The Rachel’s Challenge presentation that was given at school today was quite inspiring. I honestly never thought that those who lost their lives in the Columbine shooting were real people. I don’t mean to sound totally heartless, but they never seemed like actual people. I had never met them, seen their faces, and I didn’t even know any of their names until today. The shooting was just something that happened and I guess that I felt that it didn’t really impact me in a way that I needed to exceedingly care.
The speaker today made me understand Rachel Scott. The speech definitely opened my eyes and helped me understand that this was a true national tragedy that was mourned and is still remembered today.
Rachel’s Challenge presents the idea that we all can initiate a chain reaction that will spark kindness around the whole nation and even world. The program promotes no bullying and teaches us how we can be caring towards everyone.
I felt like this program initiated a change which sent a chain reaction that brought kindness to Fulton County. I know that bullying has been banned in the Fulton public school system for a while now, but just recently our county has taken that to a new level. Now not only blaming kids with this harsh behavior, Fulton has newly initiated a law that makes bullying in the workplace illegal. According to the law, workers can now be fired if they are accused of any type of bullying. I guess that this can be a bit extreme because adults are adults. By that I mean that that is the age where people do what they want but have hopefully learned manners by then. On the other hand, this law would help those who obviously have not had the previous training to understand proper social tactics.
Bullying is something that should be taken seriously, but I don’t think that there should be any type of laws against it. I feel like although there are many times that it can be taken to the extreme, bullying is just something that everyone goes through in life. In elementary school, I used to be bullied. Just like any other kid. Kids find one thing they don’t like about you, and they find ways to taunt you.
I do understand that bullying is prevalent in today’s society, but unless these workers are really big babies I don’t think there should be a law against bullying in the workplace.
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/county-bans-bullying-in-the-workplace/nS2Kp/
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