Hi Students, please make sure you read the next post, ‘The latest from 5KP’ as that is where tonight’s homework is.
However I also wanted you to check out this site as I think it is full of great information. Something that caught my attention on the site is this ‘ethical dilemma‘ and I would like you to have a think about it too. When I read this pretty typical dilemma I thought you guys might like to go to the comments and add your own so I went to the comments and checked them out, there were 125 at that point. The comments were all full of positive advice and information but I wonder how many people really do those things…
As a teacher and a parent, I was interested to read all of these comments and thought that the kids that posted them were mostly really nice kids who talked about doing the ‘right thing’. However, also as a teacher and a parent, the things the kids talked about doing compared to the things I see students in my playground actually doing were pretty different.
I hope that people do the ‘right thing’ in real life and aren’t just good at talking about it.
How good are YOU at practicing what you preach??? I’d love it if you could
a) post a comment on the ethical dilemma above
b) respond to my question: how good are you at practicing what you preach? Hint don’t double your workload, copy your scholastic response as a response to my blog and why not post about it on your own blog too…
c) feel free to post any other comments on the previous scholastic ethical dilemmas, there are some interesting ones on there
the barefoot librarian 
When I read the Ethical Delema of this week on scholastic I thought about it then I figured out what to say. If I were to be the girl who wants to become the new girl’s friend named Chandra I would definetaly go up to the new girl Cheyenne and be her friend. I would choose to do this because it is a lot better to be teased than to tease someone else or even stand there and watch while they are being teased.
Teasing Tips
– don’t take it personaly
– just don’t even listen to them they are just trying to hurt you feelings
– simply walk away
– make a joke about what they said
– say “who cares”
– start laghing at what they say
Don’t do This
-tease them back because then you are just as bad as they are
I am just trying to say I think it will be a better idea if she becomess her friend, and who knows maybe they won’t even tease her anymore.
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On a scale from one to ten if I were to grade my self on how well I practaice what I preach I would give my self a 7 1/2. I say this becase most of the time I do practaice what I preach but some of the time I don’t. This accurs most of the time when I get stressed or mad at my brother.
I try not to be mean or scream at any one but this definetaly happens when I get stressed because when this happens I just want every thing my way.
It also happens when I get mad at my brother because he often annois me and sometimes I say rude things to him or just chase him around trying to tackle him but I rarly do that.
I think that if I practaice I will be able to improve my skills on practaice what you preach.
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On the Sticky Situation, I think Chandra should go up to Cheyenne and be her friend, because just watching someone get teased is much worse than getting teased yourself. I’d go and stick up for Cheyenne. Just because someone’s different from you, doesn’t mean you can go tease them about it. Everyone’s different and unique.
Teasing Tips
* Don’t be upset or start to cry. It can be hard, but the more you act upset, the stronger the bully will feel. If you don’t do anything at all, the bully will just find someone else that they can pick on.
* Make a joke. Bullies want you to cry, and not laugh. If someone says to you, “You’re terrible at hula-hooping! Even a gorilla could be better.”
You should just laugh and say, “Yeah, you’re right! Can you help me out?”
That’s a good tip. It’ll make the bully feel surprised and maybe even embarassed.
* This is easy. Shrug it off and walk away.
Practice What You Preach
On a scale of 1-10, I’d give myself a 7, because I sometimes get stressed with homework. I sometimes feel like I’m never going to finish something, or there isn’t enough time for a piece of work. I like to fall back onto a couch when I’m finally done. I’ll slow down, and do my work a piece at a time. Before I know it, TA-DA, I’m done.
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I think Juan should tell Jerry that cheating is wrong. He should let him go this time, but next time he could tell the teacher – but he needs to tell the teacher not to tell who told on him.
This is a post on the sticky situation on the scholastic news.
Teasing tips:
1. Don’t cry or act sad because the more you act scared the bully would feel more powerful. If you just ignore him he would probably stop bullying you.
2. Make a joke because bullies what you to be sad not make others laugh. For example when they tell you an insult you just laugh with them.
2. The easiest one is to shrug and say what ever.
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This was what I answered to on the Schoclastic News:
I think that Chandra should be friends with Chayenne because if they both sit by them selves then they could both talk to each other. Who cares if she has an accent she’s still human and accents are cool.Also Chandra could get a new friend so could also have a friend. Everyone should have a friend, someone to talk with and someone to sit with.
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Keaton- I’d say you didn’t only annoy your brother. Be honest!
Teasing Tips
* Ignore all those tips that say shrug it off. It is hard to do. Instead, maybe stare him back and think up a nice comeback.
I’d say on a scale of 1 to 10 I’d get around a 6. To be honest, I am a total slacker but pretty good with people in general. Rude people annoy me, and really annoying people (like my sister) make me punch them.
EXAMPLE COMEBACK
Bully: Nice Mickey Mouse socks.(this is sarcasm if you don’t get it)
You: Thanks, is that shirt Winnie the Pooh? (also sarcasm)
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Sorry, Mrs. Power but my internet wasn’t working yesterday so I wrote it on a piece of paper and now I’m typing it.
I think that Chandra should play with Cheyenne even if people are going tease her because if Chandra did get teased she could stand up for herself or maybe Cheyenne will figure out that Chandra was doing a really nice thing to her and she would stand up for Chandra. If the people that were teasing Chandra didn’t listen Chandra could say something like: how would you feel if you were playing with someone and someone teased you? Chandra could also say something like: I can play with anyone I like. Then if the teasers don’t listen, Chandra could ignore them.
Another reason why I think that Chandra should play with Cheyenne is because even if other people don’t like Cheyenne that doesn’t mean that you don’t have to like her. It doesn’t matter what other people think. Those were only two reasons why I think that Chandra should play with Cheyenne.
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I think that I’m OK at practice what you preach, but I still need to work on it. I think I need to work on not hurting my little sister’s feelings or other people’s feelings and excluding people. I think I also need to work on what Mrs. Power said about how we all wrote it all saying that Chandra should play with Cheyenne, but do we actually do that in our life? I think that I need to work on that the most.(Playing with other people when they don’t have any other people to play with). Other than that I think I’m OK.
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When I read the ethical delema, I though multiple things. The one I thought most about was the one were Dominque and Amanda got in a fight. It was a fight over nothing which happens a lot. Once they decided it was nothing, they got in to a fight over who should appoigise first. My mom tells me the saying agree to disagree. If you agree, appoligise and hide that you still disagree then your friend will be back and the fight will be over.
I also thought about Chandra and Cheyenne. I think Chandra should go over to Cheyenne and sit with her. Who cares about being bullied if you have friends. I was once in Cheyenne’s situation and trust me it isn’t fun moving. This was my first time moving and already so many people have made friends with me. It makes me feel good to have friends.
The last one on the page, the one about Mark and Thomas, is really hard. If I wasn’t invited to my best friend’s birthday party, I would be pretty mad at my best friend. I think that he should invite Thomas and if someone starts to bully him tell them to leave him alone. You could do that or invite all of your classmates to on party and invite Thomas and some of his and your friends to come to the movies or something later.
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On a scale of 1-10 I’m on a 7. But when I say like I think kids from last year should make friends with new kids. Which I did I made friends with Jordan! Also something I do need to practice whqat I preach on because if you read this I don’t think you should do this but I do :(. When I get angry I can hardly control it. I usually yell and scream and say mean stuff that I don’t mean. Then when I had anough I stomp my way up the stairs then hide in my favorite anger spot and pout and pout untill someone comes up then I grunt and they say”please tell me what’s wrong” after their done I grunt again and they leave. After a hour or so I start to feel normal again but sometimes I go to the bus stop mad and ride the bus mad. That something that I don’t practice what I preach.
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I will try to persuade Jerry to confess himself and if he still doesn’t confess then I will give him a warning that the next time I catch him cheating then I will tell the teacher. I don’t think cheating is fair and Jerry wont learn anything from cheating. If people who keep cheating will be caught someday. If you cheat there will be consequences.
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