Monday, June 8, 2009

School Fights and You Tube


Remember the days you would hear about a fight afterschool and a crowd would gather to watch the fallout? We were only watching, no problem. That is no longer the case. in fact the school takes these voyeur's activities very seriously and investigates to determine whether or not they were instigators. The big concern is that boys and girls are being manipulated and pushed into fighting so that others can capture the fight on video and post it on You Tube. Can you believe it? To proactively try and get others to fight for your own benefit is beyond my comprehension. In many cases the two boys fighting don't really know each other and may have had one little disagreement. Often times the instigator will go to one of the boys and say "so and so wants to fight you now" and it goes back and forth until they are pressured into agreeing to fight. Start early and talk to your children while in grade school so they can anticipate these situations and find a way out. It will also help ensure that they don't get dragged into being instigators.

1 comment:

  1. This is very disturbing. I can't imagine what type of person would instigate a fight and I really couldn't imagine what kind of person would video tape it and upload it for others viewing pleasure. It's sick. The people that stand by and watch violence like it's nothing are just as responsible as the ones fighting. I couldn't imagine sitting around watching while someone was physically hurt much less document it.

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