CORNEL WEST& TAVIS SMILEY SchoolsForLearningOnly NOT NegConsequencePunishBullying; Kids Copy Us!
Channel: Michael Sirbola
Date: 2012-10-31

Schools are Places of Education, Never of Punishment of Child or Adult

Think for a moment what this would mean, what changes would have to take place...

Seriously... 

Take for example; how to deal with student on student, student on adult, adult on student, and especially adult on adult bullying. I say especially because children, as all educators know, learn by watching adults. ;)

HAPPY KIDS NEVER BULLY!

SEE http://youtu.be/1-NFC7sF9mk FOR NEW PERSPECTIVES 

SEE MR RODGERS REMIX FOR INSPIRATION http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFzXaFbxDcM&feature=colike

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SPEAKER: Michael Sirbola to Broward County School Board, Broward School District, Broward County, (South) Florida and Superintendent Robert Runcie July 2012 (Sadly, Not Mr. Rogers!)

Recent positron & magnetic, PET & fMRI, imaging advances show that whole new ways of looking at children are needed to stop bullying in schools with bold new anti-bullying & cyber-bullying laws & solid school, student, teacher, workplace bullying statistics.

WHAT ARE the REAL  statistics AMERICA?  
TEXAS California KANSAS New York? FLORIDA? Ohio? COLORADO?



Bullied & Stressed-out & Hungry = OBESITY & Dropping-Out! 
HOW MANY HUNGRY & HURTING STUDENTS Children's Movement of Florida: http://youtu.be/KS9cIdgp6SQ ?

HOW DO an Anonymous Poll? 
ASK: "Have you ever ?-ed? Yes or no?" but before students answer, each privately flips a coin. If the coin lands heads, the student answers yes. If tails, truthfully. 

ANONYMOUS - HOW? 
A "yes" might reflect the toss of the coin or ones true experience, there's no way to tell. Half who answer "not" to "Have you ever ?'ed?" will answer "yes" although they haven't! 

IS IT FOOLPROOF? 
YES! Only the student knows his/her Coin-Flip result!

NOT JUST FOR SENSITIVE QUESTIONS! 
MOST class questions should be asked anonymously to encourage participation of ALL! 

100% Classroom Inclusion - All kids Participate with Anonymity!  http://youtu.be/MhIEFYgPQ4U    AND:  http://youtu.be/5phuJXzXckE

Accepting the Statistic of 1 in 5 isn't "LIKE" being Crazy -- It IS Crazy! 

Once reactive-mindsets (on-fire mindsets) become the cultural norm,  everyone's (spooky) blindness to the intensity of the fire is its own proof. "Kids on fire" should be "adults on fire" because we're NUTS! Let's stop more kids catching our "fire!" Reactive-minded persons (people on fire) are ill-suited to put other people's fires out - but things aren't hopeless, we have free will - 1 in 5 is NOT OK! 

FLIP CLASS TO FLIP COUNTRY! 
Teachers can have increased roles as mentors for students facing personal life & learning challenges that require adult insights & knowledge. FLIPPED Classrooms emphasize the common humanity of teacher & student, not the superiority of one over the other. This helps teacher & student connect more meaningfully & helps kids voice that which no one has wanted to hear... 

STRESS STRANGLES the MIND -  SPREAD the NeuroGenesis! 

Healthy Food & Happy Schools INCREASE the: 
"Behavioral Transmission of Neurogenesis!" 

Academic PREJUDICE? "The Child Left Behind In The State Of Florida," Dr. Umar Johnson: http://youtu.be/9xgvYlhA9Ug

FLIP your Class to FLIP Your School & Country from NASTY to NICE: 

HATEFUL-HURTING-HUNGRY: 
National Geography Documentary on STRESS CULTURE BRAIN 
"STRESS: Portrait of a Killer"  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYG0ZuTv5rs&feature=related 

Who's in Charge?
Schools can become Cultural-Islands of BULLYING & PREJUDICE as in classic, "Lord of the Flies," stranded kids develop a primitive barbaric culture - sound familiar? 

ADULT-Administration- TEACHER cultures of abusiveness & prejudice? 

STOP Targeting Kids - Target Kid-bully-Cultures - Not Kids themselves! 

This PRESIDENTS DAY 2013 February
Anonymous coin-toss-poll Transparent-Truth-Toss for kids (future-presidents)!

Student-Culture of Abuse & Prejudice at your school?  

Anonymous-polls for brain-body-health: http://bit.ly/SRTnis

CLASSROOM NEUROGENESIS: Behaviorally-transmitted brains... pass the brains please...  ;)  

MUST-Read: http://archive.rcgov.org/lf20031001/LF100103-02.pdf