School Fight Clubs
This week the issue of illegal school "fight clubs" has sadly been brought to New Zealand's attention. The death of Takapuna Grammar School's Toran Henry highlighted many issues including the increasing level of violence in schools and the effectiveness of technology in spreading information, good or bad.
Student's across NZ schools send their sympathy to the family and friends of Toran. Toran suffered from depression and this may have led to his death. " the videotaped bullying incident would have left him humiliated she (Ms Bradshaw) does not believe it caused Toran's death". NZ Herald 1/4/04
Since his death many other school fights have been reported to be on you tube and other Internet an cell phone services. Is this a problem because technology, can give instant fame to the good fighters? Are schools more violent today than ever, or have schools always had fights we just never saw them before? What do you think? What is your opinion about recording school fights and the level of violence in schools across the world? Do students have new responsibilities that accompany their right to use technology?
20 comments:
people can have a gang that dont harm people like last year we had a heelly gang we would only go around the school and do stuff like see who can do a ollie 180 and ride away from it.people can have a gang that gose around bashing people up for fun.they think beating harmmles people up is fun but do we!NO.students at colleges go around the streets and do the same thing but they all so vandalsim all over town and other placers
I think fighting is just dumb. It doesn't solve anything and only leaves you with fewer braincells.
I think that bullying has always been around, with all the new technology there are becoming more ways for people to get bullied. I think that it is a responsibility to have technical equipment. Is there any other way to stop violent things from being posted on You Tube?
I think think that these fights are unnecessary attempts to prove to not only the community but the whole world that this person is strong.
But obviously it is not making anybody impressed and causing problems, such as the death of Toran.
Teachers throughout New Zealand should warn their students about the situation of this problem.
Anyone who thinks videoing fights is the way to prove themselves needs to shown the extent of this dilemma.
I think whats starting these fight clubs is violent games and movies.
I think they should put more video cameras around the school
I think fighting is very stupid and it is not cool. People think they are cool when they beat the living day lights out of other people. It can put people in hospital
I think people who are involved in fight clubs are a group of bullies. trying to get into fights with people who havent done anything like Toran. He suffered from deoresion and had a fight with one of them and was found dead the next day. This is what can happen if it is not stopped or they will be trough-out New Zealand schools faster than you can say another person was Killed!
People only fight to prove they are cool but they aren't
Fighting is horrible. I don't see how people can enjoy beating other people up. Imagine what it's like for the victim, if you were the bully imagine walking up to a 8 foot guy and punching him in the gut, what would happen to you? You hear lots in the papers,TV and on the internet about school violence but some people just go around doing it anyway so lets stand up to them and fight this together!
I think that fighting in schools and outside schools is really stupid.It can lead to death such as Toran's and has to be stopped. Fighting does not solve anything so that is why I think it should be stopped.The people that beat people up think its fun to hurt people.
I think fihgting clubs at school are dangerous they kill people anywhere they dont have any respect for others and dont do any thing to help the school. What they do is hurt people and do stupid thigs to the schoolit is very stupid sport and it was sad when that lady found her son dead in her garage.
School fight clubs are stupid because they do not do any thing good for the school at all.
If you are a victim they could leave youin hosptil or dead.
If you lose and its publicly displayed on youtube it could leave you feeling like you dont belong , like you're worthless.
this is when you could end up killing yourself like Toran.
If we do notting there will be no stopping it from speading all over New Zealand or the World.
I think fighting is dumb because it's all over being the best and the strongest person. It's violent and does not solve anything. It puts people in Hospital. U Tube puts fighting videos on the website and teenagers watch them and think its ok to beat people up
I think fighting is a waste of time because some people get hurt. And some people just fight to prove to other people they are stronger than one another. People on you tube should not let the school fight clubs put things on there because the school fight clubs get famous.
I've really enjoyed looking through Blog. Great work.Your comments on school fight clubs are very interesting. You have made some very sensible statements about fighting not sorting out problems and the possibility of people being hurt or even worse killed. What I would be very interest to read is your opinions about how these school fights differ from a boxing match when people pay lots of money to watch two "adults" fight.
SCHOOL FIGHT CLUBS
I think that the people in the fight clubs should get expelled and sentenced to 2 months community service with police watching them.
I think Boxing is diferent than school fighting because boxers are pro's and they are taught to fight properly and actualy have rules.Boxers have chosen fighting as a corier and get paid to do it unlike the school fighting where thay just knock each other sencless.
I think boxing is dumb too. Who would want to fight and injure themselves just so they look like heroes. At least for boxing they have some protection gear.
I recon that in most collages and schools students are forming a GANG or FIGHT CLUBS all to gang up on one or a couple of students and show them whos BOSS. Some stdents are even asking their mates to take video of them beating up a another student, and then posting that video on YouTube Or Bebo. Why can't some people just talk insted of punching and kickig.
In most schools students are forming: GANGS or FIGHT CLUBS to gang up on one or a couple of students and show them whos BOSS. Some stdents are even asking their mates to take video of them beating up a another student, and then posting that video on YouTube Or Bebo. Why can't some people just talk insted of punching and kickig. If children are getting bullied at school like this they should talk to some one they trust and know.
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