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Running header: Bullying Among Mexican-American Children 1
Bullying Among Mexican-American Children In Elementary Schools Sch ools Cailey Hockett Salt ake Community College
Running header: Bullying Among Mexican-American Children ! A"stract #his $a%er looks at the e&&ects that "ullying has among Mexican-American children in the salt lake area and a %ossi"le solution to the %ro"lem' (hat I ha)e gathered is in&ormation &rom education &orums* health &orums* and conducted inter)ie+s +ith %arents and children a"out "ullying and la"els that ha)e "een gi)en to them' #his %a%er also looks at a %ro%osed solutions &or children to achie)e a "ully &ree and la"el &ree mindset' My goal is to hel% children "e a"le to get &ar in li&e* "y teaching them la"els do not de&ine them* and the a"ility to talk in an o%en and stigma &ree en)ironment' I +ill also take a look at o"stacles that might hinder the solution o& a sa&e and la"el &ree en)ironment'
Running header: Bullying Among Mexican-American Children , Children in elementary schools are easily in&luenced " y their %eers* +hat their %eers tell them* and the en)ironment in +hich they learn' In a school that is multi-cultural* some kids are already ha)ing la"els stuck to them and learning that they are a certain +ay and they let that la"el hinder them &rom achie)ing their goals' icole .o+ell .o+ell o& /S +rote in !01 that: 213 %ercent o& students re%orted "eing "ullied !-, times a month or more +ithin a school semester'4 5.o 5.o+ell !016 (hich means that the 13 %ercent that are "eing "ullied are already ha)ing their dreams hindered &rom them' Be&ore +e can really look at changes* +e must &irst de&ine +hat "ullying is' Bullying is de&ined as: 27n+anted* aggressi)e "eha)ior among school aged children that in)ol)es a real or %ercei)ed %o+er im"alance' #he "eha)ior is re%eated* or has %otential to "e re%eated'4 5Sto%"ullying'go) !0186 Bullying has three main areas: )er"al* )e r"al* social* and %hysical' 5sto%"ullying'go) !0186 all three are harm&ul and could lead to serious %ro"lems later in li&e' #here is also cy"er"ullying* "ut +ith ex%ansion on o n technology it is hard to ca%ture ca% ture trends and statistics accurately' 5sto%"ullying'go) !0186 At least !8 %ercent o& atino students li)e in &ear that they +ill "e su"9ected to %eer % eer a"use' 5#e9eda !01,6 In une o& !01! Se"astien de la Cru; %er&ormed the 2Star S%angled Banner4 at the BA &inals' He +as 11 years old and a &i&th grader' A&ter A&ter singing the Anthem* he got "ullied online relentlessly' relentlessly' 5#e9eda 5#e9eda !01,6 2Bullying* transcends cultural "oundaries* %ermeating into li)es o& not only atino students* "ut A&rican Americans* Americans* Mentally disa"led children* children o& the
Running header: Bullying Among Mexican-American Children = In order to %ut a halt ha lt on "ullying* +e must &irst address the issue +ith our children and %eers' ' Mckenney* /' S' Craig* ? Connolly* ' !0086 #here is a need to address ad dress "ullying* &or a +ide )ariety o& reasons' Children that are "ullied at a young age* tend to ha)e those +ords stick +ith them &or longer* i& not &or their entire li&etime* ha)ing their dreams and goals hindered "y " y a &e+ +ords that +ere s%oken negati)ely to+ards them' Bullying needs to "e sto%%ed "ecause in some cases* it leads to the child that is "ullied* "ullying others &or the same reason' It has a negati)e domino e&&ect o& children children "eing la"eled and them carrying it &or the rest o& their li)es' Bullying also o&ten leads to de%ression* anxiety* and %ro"lems +hen they get g et older' 5sto%"ullying'go) !0186 Im%lenting the %ro%osed %rogram +ould not cost much* considering it +ould "e a&ter school* so not taking any school time* and to a@uire games and other acti)ites* they could "e donated &rom the community and other "ullying %re)ention organi;ations throughout the state' #he %rogram +ould "e mo)e around to di&&erent elementary schools e)ery cou%le months* so other children in di&&erent schools could ha)e the same o%%ortunity' Im Im ho%ing that I could get g et
Running header: Bullying Among Mexican-American Children )olunteers to hel% +ith one school as I mo)ed the %rogram to a di&&erent school* so children could kee% getting the same sa&e ;one* and not ha)ing ha )ing it taken a+ay' #his %rogram +ould "e a %ro%osed cost o& a"out 100 a month* i& the %rogram +ere to %ro)ide snacks and drinks each time the %rogram +as run' In a "i-monthly %rogram that is ran at the "eginning o& the month and the end o& the month* that +ould "e 0 each time &or snacks and drinks &or the children' Community donations +ould "e acce%ted and community )olunteers +ould "e gladly acce%ted and +elcomed' $eo%le o& resistance could %otentially "e %arents* children* and &aculty' #here ha)e "een cases +here %arents dont +ant to admit that their children are "eing "ullied* and might deny the %rogram* or say that the %rogram is against school time' Children could "e the o%%osition "ecause they are scared to go some+here that could "e sa&e' #hese children could &ear that their a"user could "e there* and they could &ear that going to a %rogram like this could only make things +orse' In most cases* children ha)e such high le)els o& anxiety &rom "eing "ullied that nothing &eels sa&e to them' I +as saying that aculty could "e a resistence "ecause sometimes* teachers look o)er "ullying* saying that it is 9ust children "eing children and they dont d ont +ant to hel% &ix the %ro"lem' Ignorance +ith "ullying is ho+ children de)elo% de)e lo% those anxiety and mental disorders' I& +e continue to look o)er "ullying* the more %eo%le die' #o %ut it "luntly* +e could "e sto%%ing suicide and the rate o& rising suicides* "y 9ust s%eaking u% and teaching our kids that e)eryone has a di&&erent culture and a di&&erent "ackground* and that "eing di&&erent and acce%ting your heritage is +hat is going to lead you to a "eauti&ul and anxiety &ree li&e'
Running header: Bullying Among Mexican-American Children 8 I inter)ie+ed %eo%le in the South ordan community* and a &e+ kids +ho attend Monte .ista .ista Elementary* 5I tried tried to reach the school &or an inter)ie+ "ut they ne)er returned the call6 I ha)e a &riend +hose &amily is His%anic' His &ather is &rom Cali&ornia 5grand%arents &rom mexico6 and his Mother +ho is &rom Mexico' She +as kind enough to ans+er some o& my @uestions' But declined to ha)e her name stated' (hen asked ho+ she &elt a"out "ullying she said 2It is an a+&ul &eeling as a mother and hearing your child come home crying "ecause o& +hat they +ere told at school* 9ust &or them "eing di&&erent'4 Her son Eric +as o &ten "ullied "ecause o& his S%anish accent* and ho+ he +ould sometimes res%ond to @uestions the teacher asked in s%anish' His %arents encouraged "oth languages at home* insisting that he ne)er let his culture "e taken a+ay &rom those +ho o%%ose "eing di&&erent' I asked Eric a"out the %rogram and his res%onse +as one o& 9oy' 2I +ould lo)e to ha)e a %rogram like that4 he res%onded 2and I kno+ many others +ould like that too* sometimes +e all +ish &or a %lace +here +e could talk a"out a "out di&&erences and &eel sa&e +ith no &ear o& discrimination'4
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