Stop Violence in Schools!





This blog is an online account of our work for the school campaign we have developed. It is a campaign against violence in our school.


We invite you to be part of it and tell us your story or your thoughts on the topic. Together we can change things for better.
Always remember that peace and respect must first lie within you! Take this pledge and change the world around you by showing how amazing you are!

I pledge to make school a safe place
I pledge to respect my peers and

To always stand up against violence.


I pledge to treat others with kindness
And all I do be done in love and peace!

Saturday, 25 February 2012

My parents told me ....

When they were at school, there was almost no violence.

Only in the mornings, after 8 o'clock, the ones who were late were running in the classrooms, pushing each other, falling and hurting themselves.

This was the only thing that was violent those days.

Friday, 24 February 2012

My parents told me...

When my parents were my age, the rate of bullying was low compared to nowadays. Why? The communist regime was very severe and there were not so many influences (like media, films). The school regulations were so strict that no student or teacher dared to break them.

Thursday, 23 February 2012

Word of the week: stereotyping

Stereotyping - including all the persons in a single group without knowing everyone

"stereotyping". Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary. 3rd edition. 2008.

My parents told me:

On the parents time, violence in schools was not so popular because of reduced causes of information and communist regime which didn't allow this thing.
You are not allowed to make public various cases and situations so as not to encourage the use of violence.

Wednesday, 22 February 2012

My parents told me...

When my  parents were in school, there were very isolated cases of violence, and no one could know about them. The violence didn't exist, because of the communist regime, which didn't allow freedom. After the fall of the regime, all took freedom for as a shield for doing and saying whatever they wanted; adding to this was the growing exposure to sensational news, or movies, without any strict regulations regarding audiences. All those have lead to increased violence. 

Tuesday, 21 February 2012

My parents told me...

Thirty years ago, when my parents were at school violence was seen quite different . Children only used violence when desperately needed, most of the cases in self-defence against a theft. In the communist time children resolved disputes and squabbles with the help of wise words and easy to understand explanations. My father once told me that violence in schools didn't actually exist because children that time were too busy having fun and learning. Kids nowadays are very different from the ones who lived thirty years ago, as they try to become adults too soon, and unfortunately that with the help of violence.

Monday, 20 February 2012

My parents told me...

In the old times the violence was almost inexistent because of the communist regime.The difference between then and nowis that in the old times no one was that informed like nowadays because mass-media was restricted and there wasn't internet.

Thursday, 16 February 2012

Word of the week: tolerance

Tolerance: a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior

"tolerance". Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary. 3rd edition. 2008.
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