Assignment 7A

1. What is critical attributes strategy?
Critical attribute strategies focus on transmitting the procedural knowledge of identifying the essential elements of a concept so that students do not form inaccurate concepts and ultimately inadequate ideas and insufficient beliefs that are necessary to be affective citizens.
2. critical attributes
· Bully: a person who harasses someone for being different.
· Cyber Bullying: to harass or threaten someone via internet.
· Suicide: the act of killing yourself.
· Anti-bullying: people, groups or individuals who are against bullying and want to put an end to it.
3. What is your level of passion in this topic and/or your detached objectivity?

I am very passionate about bullying, it is something that I feel is absolutely wrong and anyone who is caught doing the bullying should be severely punished. As you know my service learning plan Jessica has shared some of her past experiences with bullying and every time I hear her story it makes me so sick to my stomach that someone would do that to her. Bullying has always been around but it has never been in the media as much as it has been this past year. At least once every month there is another suicide death relating to bullying and it makes me upset. There really isn’t much that needs to be preached about bullying other than it is wrong and the bullies need to be stopped and punished. But my goal and Jessica’s goal in our service learning project is to inform everyone about what bullying is, how it happens and where it happens, and ways you can you prevent it from happening. I would never force my beliefs on someone who doesn’t want to hear them but I would hope that everyone would want to learn more about bullying and how we can prevent it .
4. Do you think a level of passion gets you more fired up to want to learn it? How can this be tempered and harnessed at the same time?
Yes I do think a level of passion does get you more fired up to learn more about it. This type of learning can be tempered and harnessed by allowing the students discuss what they feel but they have to make sure that it is in way that it will not hurt others. You want students to have a level of passion about a topic so that they become involved and want to learn you don’t want them to want to seek revenge.
5. How can you avoid a discussion in your classroom becoming a debate?
you can avoid a discussion in your classroom from becoming a debate by discussing and ensure that they understand that there are many perspectives to an issue and everyone is entitled to their opinion and nobody is wrong no matter what they consider to be right or wrong.
6.
Why are kids being bullied?
How can we prevent bullying?
What should the consequences of being accused of bullying be?
Who is responsible for reporting bullying?