The Golden Rule In America

Racism had tainted her life from the very beginning. During her childhood she attended a one-room school for blacks only. She was only allowed to attend school for a short time due to the ailing health of

She had Doby and to her that’s all she needed. What she didn’t expect was her fellow classmates making fun of her legs and skin tone. Mrs. Johnson never mentioned to sue that, the kids may tease her, due to racism. In reconsideration of Mrs. Johnson’s thoughts, I feel as though she didn’t do this, due to a few reasons. First and foremost, Sue is only six years old. She wouldn’t understand the importance of racism and its history. Secondly, as a mother, I wouldn’t want my child to go to school with his/her guard’s up. Whereas instead of enjoying this new endeavor with school, I am focusing on the negativity to come. Thirdly, it would be best if they were to experience it themselves, which in essence would give them a greater understanding of

She often found herself the only Black face in her classroom, and sometimes felt she did not fit in with the larger culture that surrounded her.

Let 's start from the beginning, I was a high school freshman who had been around the same people my whole life. Some might call it out of the norm for someone of my skin color. Although it was a public school in the suburbs of Houston it was infamous of being the “white school.” The school had just opened and there were only sophomores

It is often said that kids don’t usually understand race or racism, and that is true until Janie is met with kids who have faced oppression all their lives. Janie is a young girl who is raised by her grandmother in the deep South during the 1930’s. Janie lives among many white kids and doesn’t realize that she is not white until she sees a photo of the children and cannot identify herself in the picture. “Dat’s where Ah wuz s’posed to be, but Ah couldn’t recognize dat dark chile as me. So Ah ast, ‘where is me?’ Ah don’t see me’”(9). Janie didn’t know that she was a black girl because she had always been treated the same as the white kids, and they never treated her any differently than anyone else. The only kids that ever abused her with their words were the other black kids at school, they always teased her for living in

As a white male you were seen as one who would succeed but as a coloured individual, you were weak, emotional and not civilized. She talks about the notion that teens are always on edge. What we seem to forget is that teens are going through puberty. It's a biological change that we cannot deny. However, there are other factors that decide how one individual shapes his/her life and makes life decisions. The society around us also plays a very important role; our life experiences make us who we are today. One of the greatest challenges for kids in a school environment is the need for children to connect with each other for the purpose of meeting their attachment needs. A Teen spends a minimum of 8 hours in school, during this time they are surrounded by people of their

In Jim Yerman’s “The Golden Rule,” the reader is presented with the notation that each of us is responsible for doing right by others. Whether or not we are treated well, we can still choose to do nothing. The notation of self-control is found as Yerman’s poem begins.

There could be a multitude of reasons and situational forces that cause an individual to bully another. It is possible that the bully is in desperate need to be accepted by their peers and feels that devaluing another individual raises their own worth. It could possibly be jealous of the person being bullied. Whether it is of social or economic status, their romantic status or just that person has something the bully cannot obtain.

Bullying: The process of intimidating or mistreating somebody weaker or in a more vulnerable situation (Encarta dictionary, 2012).

You hear the sad stories on your local and even national news, kids who pay the ultimate price for being the victim of bullying, death. Many stories gain nationwide popularity like the story of Jamey Rodemeyer, an openly gay fourteen year old who hanged himself due to the torment he could no longer take from his bullies. Another infamous story is that of Florida teen Seath Jackson, who was brutally beaten and shot to death by his tormentors all because his ex-girlfriend had a new boyfriend who didn’t like him. Hearing stories like these often makes people wonder if there wasn’t more that could have been done to stop the bullies’ behaviors. It’s not just the bully

After some research, I found out that the main reason for someone to be a bully is the lack of attention, when a parent is absent from a child life, this kid crave attention, wants people too notice him. Another cause can be that the kid is being bullied from an older person that represents power to them, for example a parent, teacher or older sibling. That’s why they look for a less powerful target. (STOMP Out Bullying)

A few reasons people bully is because ‘they have a tough life at home, they are insecure about themselves or they have nothing better to do’ says bully expert Joe Haber. Phoebe was just a normal teenage girl that transferred schools, she had very good

Everyone has either been bullied or have been the bully, but the ones who are the bully don’t see what they’re really doing until it’s too late.

“Do unto others what you want them to do to you”. These words have been ingrained in the heads of children for years, a saying that is supposed to keep the children from fighting and annoying their parents with the petty squabbles of youth. The fact that it is known as “The Golden Rule” demonstrates its high status among the rules taught to children. In ancient Greece, a similar rule was forced upon children and can be found as a common theme woven into many ancient Greek myths, but the punishment for disobeying was far more severe. In ancient Greece, one of the main goals in life was to gain approval of the gods. If one were to make the gods unhappy, terrible pain and suffering were almost always the outcome. If someone were to treat a

What appears to be bullying is not always bullying. There is this misconception that when someone disagrees with another person or is hurtful towards that person, bullying always seems to be what they say is going on. Although statistics shows that one in four kids are bullied, all aggressive actions are not bullying. If a person has self-esteem and self confidence in themselves and not let others tear you down the imbalance of power is balanced. Bullies have more power over their victims and always want to be on top. They enjoy displaying the power they have over their victim.