Woah!! It's been super long that I didn't post a single post here. I can say I've been too lazy and negligent towards my own blog here. =p Anyway, there's this case that suffice on the Internet regarding a bullying case that actually made its way to the local newspaper which really caught my attention. Here's the video people posted it on Facebook:
~Video is replaced with the one from Youtube since the user already take down the FB video~
Seriously after watching it, there's a phrase at the end of the video which really will boil you up if you truly understood what it says. The phrase is "好看吗？如果好看的话请安赞或发布~~~" which literally meant that "Is it [the video] nice? If you think so, please click 'like' or share it [on Facebook, Twitter, Blogs, etc.]" This is seriously a humiliation towards the victim and the abuse of free media sharing sites like Youtube.
These people think it's funny and even take it as a humour to overpower other weaker ones and for the record, there will be more than one person doing it in most cases. Are they sickening or just plain dumb? What if the thing happen to they themselves? Won't they feel the same as the victim if such things ever happen to them? If they think they're so great, why not they just go pick on someone 'bigger than their size' on a one-on-one basis? This is serious!! It may look like it's just some bullying case but the truth is it may just become another gangsterism case regardless of the gender. Guess what the outcome is? The attackers will just receive a 14-day suspension from the school and are required to undergo counselling sessions. Besides that, there were reports that the victim have learning disabilities and the victim's relatives was advised to send her to a special school to continue her studies.
I think such punishment is not even effective enough to even give the impression to these idiots that such act is a serious matter. Moreover, the 14-day suspension would have just served as a 'holiday period' for them. Bullying cases could have been resulted in expulsion from the school but these idiots were gracefully 'saved' from such punishments given the reason they were still young and to be given a chance of rehabilitation. Counselling session can be effective if they themselves turn up for the sessions willingly but what if they just play truant towards those sessions? Would you impose a compulsory session for them? That would sound like forcing them attend a session that they themselves won't want to be in in the first place. There were a lot of negative comments towards the punishment endorsed towards the attackers on the Internet. A lot of people suggested that they should just be expelled and be done with.
Here's my comments towards their punishment :
1)First, a 14-day suspension would have been effective if the students themselves cherish education as an important part of life to them. They would feel that the absence from class would have affected their studies if they really have such mindset in the first place. However, the student nowadays simply do not have that mindset well imprinted in their mind anymore. Some would just think that it's such a nice thing to have such 'holidays' with probably just a bad record that's all. [Duh......] =\
2)Second, counselling sessions are good but I think it'll be more effective if those being counselled are willing to listen. A lot of students of such age are rebellious and won't likely to listen to others while they think they are 'better' than others.
3) Third, I suggest a better punishment would be more deserving to the attackers which is to do community service under supervision after school for at least up to 3 months and any disatisfactory performance or behaviour during such period should result in a 3-month extention period of the service. Reason given was that they are still young and would be given a chance to rehab right? So, this is more productive in a way that they're having their fair share of punishment while providing service to the community as well.
4)Finally, I find that students nowadays don't really respect their teachers. If there is no sense of respect towards the teachers, then how are the teachers going to excel in their job? They would have spent extra hours to teach willingly if students are keen to learn and respect their teachers' teachings. Think about that people!! Don't just always complain teachers are not good while you students are just plain lazy to even find out what's the right thing in the first place.
To those idiots that I mentioned in the video:
You may seem superior 'there'. You may even be 'marvelous' and be hailed as 'heroines' by others in your particular school. The moment you walk out to the society with such attitudes, you're only going to get yourselves into troubles. The society can be more vicious than you can ever imagine at your age. People won't even care if you ever walk yourselves into such troubles. Don't even expect people to pity you if ever had such experience in the future. You dare to do it then better be ready to face the consequences. In other words, people would just brand you as 'Lap Sap' [Rubbish] if you continue on with such attitudes. If you really wish to atone for what you did, you better take your education seriously and be a better person in the future. Excellence in education only is nothing if you're just another lousy person who treats people badly.
It's sad to hear about such case but recently people had been sharing videos regarding to bullying in local schools on Facebook. I can really say, "There are too many Lap Sap students in the country!!" Haiz.........
