Teen years are normally described as
the period of “storm and stress”. For
some reason that other age groups do not easily understand, teen-aged boys and
girls get cranky, uptight, and very impressionable.
With all things considered about the adolescent period, parents of teenagers
need to take a deep breath, get ready to face all different kinds of unexpected
incidents – which are often emotionally
charged – throughout their kids’ junior-high and high school years.
The most terrifying incident that
could happen on high school campus would be gun violence or bully. Both gun
violence and bullying against random children are mind-boggling, heartrending,
and traumatic not only to children but also to their family in every way. Today, I would like to talk about school
bully, which is surreptitiously
killing so many of our children both in and out of classrooms. With innumerable
ways of contacting – Facebook, Twitter, Snap chat, Instagram, Cell phone
Texting, etc- with one another, kids stay connected 24/7. It is good for them
to exchange their feelings and thoughts at any time by means of those fast
contact tools. However, quite a lot of them misuse the network for the purpose
of ganging up against a random student, leaving him or her left out for no
reason. Since the students bullied by the others do not always step up and
speak out about the soul-shattering situation, I believe that parents or
guardians of teenaged children are supposed to stay alert (if not become completely unperturbed in times of crisis) and ready to listen to them all the
time. There’s no waiting for tomorrow when it comes to sparing some “vis-à-vis” moments with your children.
I firmly believe that a stitch in time saves nine, especially in regards to
dealing with “school drama” to save
kids.
Here’s a piece of poem written by a
high school student who won the first prize at “Anti-bully Campaign” (2012)
Searching
for a Hero in You
By Hans Son
Have you seen the face of a lost
child before?
Have you felt the torment of a loner
to the core?
Who could turn away from their shout
unheard?
Who would let go of their pain so
absurd?
Tossed in empty space breathing
different air,
A soul being chipped away by a group
of hostile glare,
His hopeless eyes are hollering at
me, “Are you there?”
Before another day comes that
resembles his cry of yesterday,
I give him my promise that peace and
harmony are already on their way.
Heartless fellows should not be the
reason for his restless night.
Invisible bruises inside of him have
finally come to light.
No more escaping or succumbing
ahead.
Delight in raising his voice and
saying goodbye to festered dread.
Words of gratitude or tears of joy
are not expected of him now.
A hint of winning smile brought back
to his face is to what I take a bow.
Have you seen the face of a friend
pushed around before?
Have you touched his wound that is
unimaginably sore?
(Copyright © Hans Son, 2016. All
Rights Reserved)
Expressions
storm
and stress:
adolescent period (normally ranging the age of 13 through 19) during which they
conflict with parents, go through mood disruptions, and risky behavior
impressionable: easily affected by something/
somebody without critical thinking
emotionally-charged: something that is deeply
associated with emotions, highly
disturbing or very difficult/annoyed e.g., emotionally-charged conversations
about gun situations in America
surreptitiously: secretly and quickly (in the hope
that no other people will notice)
to
stay alert: to stay
aware of some kind of danger
unperturbed: undisturbed/ undismayed/ poised/
untroubled
vis-à-vis: face-to-face e.g., vis-à-vis talk
drama: slang meaning that the atmosphere
where people make a small problem seem more important or serious than it really
is. E.g., I am tired of seeing high
school drama among my girl friends that make a fuss out of nothing!
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