Earlier, a girl in Tsuen Wan was slapped 30 times on the rooftop by multiple women. The collective bullying incident has once again attracted the attention of the whole city. In recent years, in addition to bullying incidents inside and outside the school, online bullying has become more and more common.
A senior social worker pointed out that there was an autistic victim who was instigated by a bully pretending to be his favorite object to "shave his head" in an online chat; and in the cases handled over the years, except for the bullied youth , He also came into contact with many people who did not dare to ask for help when they witnessed bullying, and these "bystanders" often felt guilty afterwards.
Recently, an organization began to collect works created by young people with the theme of "Bullying You Have Encountered", hoping to arouse public attention and try to understand the thoughts and feelings of witnesses.
The MWYO Youth Office pointed out that, according to the "Transnational Assessment of Student Abilities Plan" published by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in 2018, the prevalence of bullying among Hong Kong students in schools was 29.3%, which was much higher than the OECD average; The published research also pointed out that in bullying incidents, in addition to the victim being severely harmed, witnesses are also negatively affected to varying degrees.
Recently, MWYO held the "When to Bully Zero" works collection activity to encourage young people to create, share or express their views or reflections on bullying as witnesses through photos, computer graphics, pictures, texts, videos, etc., so that more People understand their feelings and use it to call attention to bullying.
Autistic student who was bullied asked to shave his hair, his father wants tit for tat
Wong Wai Lun, Unit Director of the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Kowloon City Youth Integrated Service Centre, pointed out that he has worked as a resident social worker in many schools for more than 15 years and has seen bullying incidents large and small. In recent years, bullying has extended to the Internet, making social workers and schools more Intractable.
Huang pointed out that in addition to "getting the bottom", there are also bullies who will fake their identity and pretend to be the victim's favorite object on the Internet. Spread on the Internet, etc.
He revealed that a classmate with autism once shaved his hair under the above circumstances. His father found the bully privately and once wanted to "a tooth for a tooth" and asked the other party to shave their hair as an apology, but the classmate said sensible that he did not want to see the bully. Arrived, thinking that doing so was just "passing the pain back to the people".
Apart from the large and small incidents of bullying inside and outside the school, in recent years bullying has extended to the Internet, making it more difficult for social workers and schools to deal with it.
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Social workers pointed out that many "bystanders" unconsciously played the role of "cheerleaders"
Huang Weilun pointed out that although many people will call themselves just bystanders in bullying incidents, in fact not everyone is just bystanders. Some people will unconsciously play the role of "cheerleader", and some people are "helpers" to assist the bullying. behavior; and after the incident, they also felt guilty of "playing big".
Huang Weilun also shared that there were students who talked about bullying incidents many years later, and mentioned that the school teachers or social workers did not talk to them properly, which still left a shadow to this day. Therefore, the social handling method is very important.
He said that schools often hope to minimize major issues and keep things calm, but the power of the Internet is "not low". He emphasized that education and bystanders who deal with bullying incidents are also very important.
Chen Yuqian, a researcher at the MWYO Youth Office, said that although the number of students involved in school bullying cases has dropped in a recent survey by the Education Bureau, he reminds everyone to consider the long-term suspension of classes during the epidemic and the increase in online bullying.
Chen also pointed out that at present, Hong Kong still does not have a clear definition of "bullying" behavior, which lags behind that of South Korea, Australia and other places. Earlier statistics showed that 33.9% of middle school students in Hong Kong believed that they were "bystanders" during bullying incidents. ”, he thinks cannot be ignored.
If bystanders witness school bullying incidents, they can help the bullied, or try to ask classmates not to bully others, which can effectively reduce the occurrence of school bullying.
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Chen Xu pointed out that there are also many foreign literatures that if bystanders witness school bullying incidents, they can help the bullied, or try to ask classmates not to bully others, which can effectively reduce the occurrence of school bullying and increase students' sense of security. Therefore, this event is different from the common ones in the market. In addition to the bullies and the bullied, it also chooses to focus on "bystanders". "Bullying is a behavior that needs to mobilize "people", if it can make fewer and fewer "people" participate , bullying will be greatly reduced.”
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