Teachers TV.

I watched a video that got my attention. When we talk about racism, most believe that isn’t a topic anymore, because we are living in a new generation, with not racism discrimination. That would be great, if we think in that way, but we most be realistic. In some schools from all over the world, teachers and students have to deal with these issues “racial bullying”. How I listen in the video, schools doesn’t have a policy to deal with these problems, and teachers are really worry about it, because they doesn’t know how to react, or what to do in those situations. Racial intolerance come´s from their families. In their childhood kids tries to imitate some attitudes from their parents. So its difficult to make them change from one night to another. But in one place where they have to live with different people, from different colors and social stratum, teachers and the school may have to find one way to solve it. Because is hard to listen that one 68,3% said that their schools hasn´t strategys to combat racial intolerance, or worst sometimes teachers live from discrimination, one 10,2% have been bullying by students.

If we compare this situation with our country, we will find similatiries. We know here of several cases of discrimination in their classrooms, and isn´t just racial discrimination. Sometimes this happens, because some kids like to study, read , know a lot about one subject in the school, they look different, or don´t have enogh money.
Also here in Chile schools hasn´t a policy or rules to deal with this.
In this video the propose is to stimulate to the schools to fighting with these important facts and looking for solutions. A good way to star could be with debates, where all the students could expose their points of view. Also train to the teachers, or make a policy where teachers and students now how to react in front of these situations.

Here is the page where you can watch the interview.
http://www.teachers.tv/news/33255 (24-april-2009)


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