Social Media Causing More Altercations?
By music217
@music217 (291)
United States
December 6, 2012 11:28am CST
I am in high school and we have been having a lot of problems with fights recently. Last week we had four fights, all of which were girls. This year we have had 12 girl fights and 1 boy fight.
I am a part of student council and at our meeting on Tuesday our principal came to talk to us. He asked us if we have any ideas on how to stop all the fighting, and he also said he believes a lot of it comes from Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. We didn't come up with any really good ideas except for one that another school did, we would get a specific group of students that would wear red bracelets and if someone needed to talk to someone about something they would know they could go to them.
If you have any ideas on how we could stop this or bring it to a minimum I would love if you could share them. We really need some help because there isn't anything we can think of that will work. Our building is also the Jr. Highschool, so it is 7-12.
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7 responses
@SuperShames (780)
• India
6 Dec 12
Hi music.
Well in our school these kinds of fights were restricted by the fear of being punished by the school authority. In your case, what we can do is to engage students in events that would take away their attention from such things. Anger is a good thing if you can learn how to channel it. May be you can use it over some constructive activities like competitions. This would not only help them but also would give the winner a sense of achievement. Anyways have a nice day...
=SuperShames=
@SuperShames (780)
• India
7 Dec 12
Hi music.
Well you can take ideas from Harry Potter movie. People were divided into houses and each house used to compete with the other for the prestigious honor of being called the best house. People who didn't like the other for some reason or the other received satisfaction of triumph over the other when their house defeated the other. I hope my suggestion was useful. Anyways have a nice day ...
@jenny1015 (13366)
• Philippines
7 Dec 12
For starters, I think that the school should be strict in putting all the students concerned in the fights with a suspension. Also, to talk to their parents and ask their help in monitoring their kids social media presence. If you think that the social media plays a major role for all the fighting, coz most probably it all started with something petty that just blew out of proportion, then, the students should need lesser access to it. Also, the school should also be vigilant with the posts/comments made by their students which could give a negative image towards the school.
@jenny1015 (13366)
• Philippines
7 Dec 12
That is sad.
Not unless the parents would care enough and be compassionate about their kids' welfare, then there is literally nothing much that the school would do. Coz if the school would go to the extent of kicking out a student for being involved with the fights very often, then the kid would just probably be all over the place and would just be one of those bums with parents who cares less.
Not unless the parents would care enough and be compassionate about their kids' welfare, then there is literally nothing much that the school would do. Coz if the school would go to the extent of kicking out a student for being involved with the fights very often, then the kid would just probably be all over the place and would just be one of those bums with parents who cares less.
@mzz663 (2772)
• United States
7 Dec 12
I can see where social media is becoming a problem. I think some sort of assembly where everyone starts with online bullying might be good. I had to laugh the other day, I was at the mall and three grown women were talking about another woman that refused to add them to her facebook, one had been deleted. I really thought they shouldn't be taking an add or delete so personal.
I think a run through with a powerpoint at an assembly with how to change and adjust privacy settings on the sites might be a good idea. it goes back to the old saying of out of sight, out of mind. Blocking works wonders. Maybe parental awareness at a PTA meeting or something would be good, too.
@cupkitties (7421)
• United States
7 Dec 12
Social media is not the cause. Social media is the tool. They are bored. Plain and simple. The young people need more active things to do. I have a teen and tween. They both have a very limited time on the computer and then they must go outside and ride bikes, dance, sing, and whatever comes to the imagination. In my experience my own kids will often start arguments with each other just because they've got nothing better to do. That is when I'll go right to them and say "Both of you. Outside now!" That ends the fighting right there. The teen does have Facebook, but she is only allowed to add people that I approve and if she wants to add anyone from school, it must be a really good friend. Everything that she wants to post, must be approved by me first or her account will be deleted. Part of the problem with things being started on sites like Facebook is because of people not being more selective about who they add.
@music217 (291)
• United States
9 Dec 12
The problem is that people are having a problem and its escalating on social media sites. I'll give you an example with random names that we have had before.
Hilary is dating John. John is seen hanging out with Anna. Hilary posts on facebook (tagging Anna) "Anna is such a sl*t and needs to stay away from John" Now Anna sees this and gets angry. Anna comments "We are just friends. You are such a b**ch. Leave me alone." Now other people start commenting egging them on and the whole thing gets blown out of proportion and a couple days later they see each other in the hallway, one starts screaming at the other, and it turns into a fist fight. Both get suspended, but their parents don't care that they got in a fight at school so now there is no punishment at home and they feel like they got away with it.
I have never been in a fight, and I do have a facebook. I have had people act pretty mean towards me on facebook but I don't retaliate. I just let it go. The other day I got an attitude for a comment I posted on the page for my school's band. I said that I really want to play this one song we are supposed to play in the spring because I get a solo and someone started going off on me for being selfish. I didn't think I was being selfish but I let it go. With some of the other people in my school that would have turned into a brawl.
@superbadx (484)
• Malaysia
7 Dec 12
Well, there is tons of ways to minimize these problem. For example, increase school co-curricular activities or held an events. The main reason is to take the students time and minds away from doing useless stuff they used to do. The simplest way is to punish them for what they did.
@music217 (291)
• United States
9 Dec 12
The problem with a lot of events is they cost money and we don't have money. Our school has lost a lot of classes and clubs because of budget cuts so we work with what we've got. Teachers started getting pink slips again last week so it will be interesting to see where this all goes.
@vidhyaprakash_2 (7116)
• India
7 Dec 12
Hi friend, sad to hear about this, as your principal thinks it is due to social sites, i too think in this sort. Now a days students are very much interested with this kind of online social sites and have unwanted fights due to it. Better to ban this kind of sites from them during school hours as well as principal must strictly announce that no student will talk about their social site activities during school time and try their maximum to keep peace in school hours. He will give some prizes to the class which is good in all the manners and don't have any fights. This kind of activities will avoid this unwanted things
