Personal Statement On Revenge Seeking Behavior

Bullies run rampant through the halls of schools across America, but fellow students are not always the problem. Teachers bully their students by using verbal abuse, causing unnecessary stress, or putting the student in harm's way. Students need the help and support of their mentors to achieve their academic goals. When the teacher becomes the bully, students cannot get the most out of their classes. Personal cases from students of Tinora High School and Karen Eubank show different ways that a teacher can cause more harm than good.

In the short story “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe, readers can derive that revenge is only justified in certain situations. The narrator introduces the idea of bearing with Fortunato for a long time, “but when he ventured upon insult [he] vowed revenge” (Poe 1). The way that the narrator describes this situation makes it seem like his desire for revenge is justified. People normally seek to annoy those who bother them. Consequently, they will do something as an act of revenge to satisfy themselves. Revenge can be justified, but sometimes it goes a bit too far. While in the dungeon, the narrator forces Fortunato through a narrow niche and “began vigorously to wall up the entrance of the niche” (Poe). Now, the readers are aware

Research has identified different types of aggression to include instrumental, reactive, relational, bullying aggression (Berger, 2008; Merrell, Buchanan, & Tran, 2006; Cappella & Weinstein, 2006) and social aggression [ (Merrell, Buchanan, & Tran, 2006; Cappella & Weinstein, 2006) ].

The article “Revenge: will you feel better,” author Karyn Hall (2013) claims that while the temptation of revenge may be convincing, acting upon these urges is not always worth the consequences after. Hall contemplates the idea of revenge being “self destructive” and being harmful to both those giving and receiving revenge. Furthermore the article states People who have been hurt seem to believe that if the other party suffers, then they will feel better and that their emotional pain will lessen. This idea is later touch on towards the end of the article when author explains the idea of the “understanding hypothesis”, which is when the offender knows the connection between the original insult and the retaliation. In contrast, the author also

Do you think revenge is always misguided, or is it justified in some cases? In some cases I feel that revenge can be justified, but is usually caused by misguided care from the past. Although there are many instances where revenge is misguided, it can also be justified in some cases. The right or wrong opinion is always blind sides someone else’s side of the story which can sometime make it impossible to tell if the actions of revenge were justified or if they were a result of being misguided.

Aggressive children usually direct the behavior of others on those they think are against them. Helping the child to know that their action hurt the victims they verbally assault.

When the chid believes that others have deliberately tired to hurt them and attempts to get even begin. This can be shown physically or psychologically. They might hit or kick others or simply destroy their property of that of the teachers. A revenge-seeking child is very difficult to help. Teachers must realize that they hurt others because he feels hurt (Walker, R), however what the child really needs is to feel loved and cared for. If we as teachers allow students to fall through the cracks and miss the signs that Dreikurs goals talked about they will fall into the helplessness or inadequacy stage. The student at this level has given up on the possibility of being part of a group or needed member of the classroom. They want to be alone and refuse to try anything asked especially that of educational meaning.

The articles that I read for this assignment were “Bullies and Victims: Revenge Revisited”, “The Partner as Enemy”, and “Competition: Who’s the Greatest?”. Each one of these articles is an in-depth analysis on the human psyche, and each one gives the reader a chance to grapple with some of the bigger questions in life. These articles all talk about subject matter that should be relevant to the reader at one time or another in their life. As I read the articles more closely, a central theme began to emerge. That, through a fixed mindset, one is unable to make the changes necessary to better one’s self. That one is unable to truly move forward with becoming a better person until one loses that way of thinking.

All three of these strategies are related to forms of power. The first is that of heterosexual power is always held by the male. Secondly, disrupting the classroom from their normal direction is indeed a form of power, and the last strategy involves the practicing of “fighting.” As stated in Bad Boys, “The tone of the engagement with power and the identity of the actor is highly consequential in terms of whether a performance is over looked by the teacher or becomes the object of punishment”

Is revenge worth it? Is satisfaction an inevitable feeling when the deed is done? Revenge is useless and no one benefits from it. In Hamlet, all of the main characters died and in The Count of Monte Cristo, the Count regretted one of his plots. An unintentional tragedy had occurred in the Villefort household. The character Hamlet from the play, Hamlet by Shakespeare and Edmond Dantes from the Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas demonstrate the idea that despite being unhealthy and causing destruction. Revenge is a natural human desire.

The single most destructive force in this world is revenge. An immense amount of wars, murders, division, and hatred is due to the evil that is revenge. There are many famous forms of literature that discuss revenge. One is “Of Revenge” by Sir Francis Bacon. In this essay Bacon explains the evil of revenge and why it shouldn’t be taken. Also, down-playing revenge, Robert Kennedy gave a speech called “A Eulogy for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.” Immediately following the death of Dr. King, Kennedy pleads with the African American community and America to forgive this offense instead of taking revenge for King’s murder. The final piece of media that discusses revenge does it in a different manor. Edgar Allen Poe writes about revenge in a short story called “The Cask of Amontillado.” The plot of this story is that of a man named Montresor desperately seeks revenge upon a colleague and eventually murders him by trapping him in catacombs deep underground. No matter what the circumstances, revenge should never be taken because men become controlled and destroyed by revenge, and revenge creates division among people.

Revenge as a theme is cleverly built upon throughout Hamlet; with it being the driving force behind three of the key characters in the play. Revenge is a frighteningly vicious emotion, which causes people to act blindly and without reason. In Poe’s, “The Cask of Amontillado”, Montresor enacts revenge for reasons unknown. Hamlet in contrast, has all the motive in the world to complete his task; yet he constantly hesitates. The text reveals that the need for revenge creates a stranglehold on the genuine emotions, thoughts, and actions of three characters: Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Laertes; son of Polonius, and Fortinbras; Prince of Norway. This hold makes the characters act beyond their standard ethical positions and makes them helpless to

Authoritative teachers will often “try to catch their students being good” and will reinforce the good behavior, rather than focusing on the bad. (Iannelli, 2004). It is critical that teachers praise their students for their efforts. A teacher can teach the entire classroom by recognizing one child’s positive action. Children desire praise and they will learn appropriate behavior when their fellow students receive praise. When teachers focus on bad behavior and make an example of a particular student to the entire classroom, it only makes the child that is being reprimanded feel alienated, ashamed, embarrassed, or possibly revengeful.

Another reason that students may react with disrespect, or display these negative behaviors is that they do not feel respected themselves (McNeely, 2017). Students that do not feel respected in the classroom may act out. Furthermore, if the student is not treated respectfully this can lead to confrontations, power struggles, and disruptions (McNeely, 2017). Some teachers aspire only to be respected. Consequently, they forget to respect their students (Tomlinson, 2011).

It has been investigated that there are two main features found in bullying behavior, power-concerned to bullying and affiliation-concerned to bullying, are connected to being violent and hurting others. (Fekkes,Pijpers,& Verloove-Vanhorick;2004).