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We have been reading about bullying recently and how serious the results can be. Do you think this is a case of bullying? Where do we draw the line as far as what bullying is? Back up your opinion with details from any of the things we have read or watched about bullying in the last few class periods (topic sentence, opinion, supporting detail, supporting detail).
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Was the game an act of bullying? In my honest opinion, no. It is just a game and the other team may not have been on their A-game. Also there was no act of bullying going on, there were no threats or put downs that caused the parent to file a claim. She probably did it cause her "baby" lost the game by a huge amount
ReplyDeleteThe serious results can be so over coming with feelings about not being here anymore and ending your life, but that's not the best way out. I don't think they game was a sign of bullying only because the other school opened up a big scoring on the other team and kept it going doesn't mean that they are bullying. They just where the better team in the game sometimes you have your good's and worst days and for the losing team it was just one of those bad one. The parents wanted the game to stop because by the half it was 61 to 0 but you can't just stop a game because of the other team losing so badly you have to keep playing till the clock runs out.
ReplyDeleteI don't think this game has to do with anything about bullying. It's just a game, some players are better than others. Their coach didn't tell them to play hard to make the other team feel bad. He let them do their own thing, and if they wanted to play hard then that's up to them, not the coach. They didn't say anything bad to the other team to make it look like bullying. They just played and it turned out their team was better than the other one. Bullying didn't have to do with anything at all in this football game.
ReplyDeleteI do not feel like this is a case of bullying, because all the winning team did was play there hardest. The bullying complaint just sounds like a mom freaking out about how badly there team sucks. Or maybe she got a little upset because her son got hurt, so shes freaking out saying that the other team was bullying for winning a game. I would say that we draw the line as bullying is like saying mean things or hurting people, but in football its a contact sport, so I don't think there is any reason to file a bullying charge on kids and coaches who were just trying to win.
ReplyDeleteI dont think that this is a case of bullying;because what could be classified as bullying? i think there is no reason to call this bullying because the other team got there but, whooped like a red headed step child! I feel bullying is to when you are hurting someone for the pure enjoyment of doing it. not over a football game this is pretty stupid just saying!
ReplyDeleteIt was just a game really. I don't think it was cause of bullying the parent to file a claim, the parents are mad because the team that they cheering got creamaded. The parents are over reacting. They winning team never threaten or showed any bullying to the other team. And not really common to see it in a game
ReplyDeleteThis is funny cause there is no way that, that is cheating the other team just wasn't very good and that is not the winning teams fault. Well this is not a case of bullying why you ask, because the winning team didn't do any thing to bully them they were just playing football and in the article it said that they weren't trash talking the players or anything and like I said they were just playing football. Bullying is when you harsh the kid and you hurt them but the football team had good sportsmanship and they didn't do any of that they just played football and the coach said that he even put in his 3 string players and everything.
ReplyDeleteThis football team killing the other team 91-0 is a huge victory for them. But when the other side of the team files a bullying compliant against that team. That is called being a huge poor sport. In today's society bullying is a huge case and is a growing epidemic that eventually needs to stop. In cases like this one, this is ridiculous to the case in Florida when a teen girl kills herself because of bullying. When you compare these to cases you can she which one is more serious and which one is a parent being a poor sport because they lost one stupid game that doesn't effect anyones life unless if you gambled money on the game.
ReplyDeleteBullying is cause in a different matter. What they say is "bullying" really isn't close to bullying someone. It's a game and I think that if they can't stand the fact that they lost, then they shouldn't play. Filing a complain saying that they were bullied is a little over dramatic. Football is an aggressive sport and they should handle the heat, and if they can't then what are they doing there in the first place.
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