As a future teacher I find this video will be a great teaching tool. As a future teacher I can't seem to understand why these principals and teachers did not do more for Jamie. Obviously he was getting bullied, anyone could have figured that out. But the thing that bugs me is that he asked for help so many times, he was mentally and physically abused. That takes a tool on a student, especially when it goes on for as long as, and was as bad as Jamie had it. How did these people around Jamie at school including teachers, principals, and other students just stand by and watch this poor kid get abused day in and day out.
It doesn't matter how you feel about his lifestyle choices, that he is gay. Whether or not if you "agree" with Jamie being gay, he is still a human being, a student, a child. He did not deserve to go through this. Everyone no matter who deserves to be treated well and loved.
I am glad Jamie decided to stand up for his rights. I feel like by doing this he realized it was not his fault what happened to him. That he knew that the way the other students and principals treated him was wrong. Like he said in the movie, when the principal told him that if he didn't want to get picked on he shouldn't act so "openly gay" and he started to think something was wrong with him. No one deserves to feel like that. By winning his case I hope that he did realize that there was nothing wrong with him but there was something wrong with the principals.
Stefanie,
ReplyDeleteYou are off to a good start on your blogs and reflections. There are a few posts missing, along with article reflections. One article reflection is required each week. One week is on a local educational issue and the next week is on an international issue. I look forward to reading more of your blogs!