Michael's EDU 3650 Blog

    As this image indicates, bullying can take many different forms. It is up to teachers to make sure that students learn about bullying and about important historical topics such as the Holocaust. Image from Pixabay. The connection between bullying and the Holocaust offers an interesting topic of discussion. There are many who say that we can learn about the nature of bullying by a study of history. However, others see risks in comparing bullying to the holocaust. Kalman (2016) explains that calling the Holocaust “bullying” is offensive and inaccurate. He explains that the comparison of bullying to genocide serves to catastrophize bullying and trivialize genocide. Other sources on the topic confirm Kalman’s (2016) position that the Holocaust cannot be simplified as bullying (Echoes and Reflections, 2017).   In his talk, Stan Ronell quoted General Eisenhower as saying that what he saw in the concentration camps was horrifying, and that children should be taught tol...

  Protesters take part in the March for Our Lives in New York City on March 24, 2018. Students protested because they were angry about gun violence occurring in schools in the United States. Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images   School violence can take the form of bullying, fighting, gang violence, the use of a weapon, or sexual violence. This is a big problem as data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC) shows. One in five students reported being bullied on school property (CDC, 2019). Also, 8% of high school students have been in a physical fight on school grounds (CDC, 2019). School violence is a serious problem that should be reduced as much as possible.   In the aftermath of the Parkland school shooting, which occurred in Parkland, FL., in 2018, Pew Research Center found that a majority of teenagers feared the possibility of a similar tragic event happening at their school (Graf, 2018). Lower-income families were especially worried about s...

                 Module 3 deals with prejudice and bias against various groups of people including the LGBT  community, African Americans, and Latinos. The purpose of the film and articles is to make future  educators aware of how unfairly different people have been treated in schools and in society. The Laramie Project (2012) is a film created by a theater group from numerous interviews of individuals in Laramie, Wyoming. The interviews focused on the murder of a homosexual man named Matthew Shepard in 1998. The murder caused outrage in the town because it appeared to be a hate crime motivated by anti-gay sentiment. The two murderers got life in prison. Many people in the town rallied together in support of Matthew and his family. Vara-Orta (2018) discusses the problem of hate and bias in K-12 settings. A review of hundreds of incidents found multiple hate incidences targeting African American, Latino, Jewish, and Muslim s...

Hello, my name is Michael. I live on Long Island. I am currently majoring in history and education at Molloy College. History has always been a hobby of mine. I like to read about it on my own time. I also like Tae Kwon Do. I hope to earn my blackbelt within a year.