'They Have Bullied Me'

 I am Joshua who came from a poor family. I always go to school inappropriate clothes. My pair of socks doesn't match with my shirt and pair of trousers Nevertheless I do love going to school to finish my high school.

Discussing child's protection

One day as I came to school, I saw a group of seven of my classmates, two boys and five girls I was smiling feeling happy as I entered our classroom. I passed with them. They're laughing, throwing insulting phrases like "baduy" (mismatched style of clothing) for I was wearing a yellow pair of socks, green pair of trousers, and crumpled shirt for lack of ironing One of them, I overheard saying, "it's stinking It smells like a naphthalene ball!" They continued deriding me until I reached my permanent seat

The time ran fast. Our teacher wasn't able to arrive. We'd no class then. They took turn insulting until I could no longer resist the situation. I hurriedly stood up and went out crying. Upon reaching the school main gate, I ran with the thought that I would never ever go back to school anymore.

This the role I played in portraying a student being bullied in the school. This case is required to be interpreted by our group, the Aqua Blue in our second day afternoon session of the 3-day workshop on child protection conducted by our division of city schools. And. it was attended by the different school guidance coordinator, faculty president, and the school heads of elementary and high school, both in public and. private schools.

Insulted, laughed at

Case Analysis

With the role playing, we have noticed that Joshua is the bullied and the bullies are a group of 7 of his classmates. As being bullied, he realized that he was being belittled, humiliated and became the center of insult, and even the laughing stock inside the classroom.

He had made up his mind being insulted, hurt by inhumane remarks from his classmates not to go to school anymore. He wanted to isolate himself. He got a broken heart, frustrated and developed unexplained fear of his classmates. He got angry with them for such hostility he had experienced from his classmates.

With Joshua's case, the school should organize anti-bullying committee to handle this incidence. The school should come up with the rules and regulations, prohibiting bullying inside the school. Everyone should be responsible in implementing the anti-bullying policy in the school.

Parents, civilians, and community officials should be involved and commit themselves to support the said policy.

Feeling humiliated

Bullying

As. defined. in. its. primer, bullying is  referred to any severe or repeated use by one or more students of a written, verbal or electronic expression, or a physical act or gesture, or any combination thereof, directed at another student that has the effect of actually causing or placing the latter in reasonable fear of physical or emotional harm or damage to his property. .

The. following .are. considered. bullying .acts. or .commissions:

a. Any unwanted physical contact between the bully and the victim like punching, pushing, shoving, kicking, slapping, tickling, headlocks, inflicting school pranks, teasing, fighting and the use of available objects as weapons;

b. Any act that causes damage to a victim’s psyche and/or emotional well-being;

c. Any slanderous statement or accusation that causes the victim undue emotional distress like directing foul language or profanity at the target, name-calling, tormenting and commenting negatively on victim’s looks, clothes and body; and

d. Cyber-bullying or any bullying done through the use of technology or any electronic means.


Reference:. Primer on the Anti-Bullying Act of 2013