So I was sitting here looking at the beautiful sunshine and thinking how positive it makes me feel when I stopped to reflect on the tenor of our school over the past couple of weeks. One of my students was filling out an incident report and telling me about another student who has been harassing her for weeks - she then commented she had seen the girl at a local store over the weekend and her mom had told her to go ahead and hit her. Considering all the fights and near-miss fights we have had in the last few weeks I would say that "just go ahead and hit" (her) seems to be a popular sentiment.
What feeds this anger? Does our culture value winning at any cost (Enron, Bernie Madof (sp?), steroids) up to and including violence. If this is so, let us be honest about it - let's resurrect the Coliseum - lets keep the animals out of the arena - and put anyone who feels they have a point to prove or a fight to win at anyone else's expense.
Open the gates - Let the games begin!
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