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Wesley Discourages Bullying
Fri, November 21, 2014
Bullying is a social phenomenon that is often dismissed in Belizean society. Self-defense and "rough-play" are used as camouflage against detection and reprimand. But it is a prevalent issue in Belizean schools - more so than you might guess. And today our Albert Street neighbors at Wesley Lower School attempted to put a stop to it, through their anti-bullying initiative called "Say Something: Be a Buddy not a Bully".

Today students assembled outside their school compound on Albert Street to promote this initiative. One of the teachers, Rudolph Neal spoke to us about the detrimental effects bullying has on school children and how it can be addressed.

Rudolph Neal, Teacher
"Definitely bully is indeed a problem. Often times because we live in Belize we perceived that bully isn't a problem here. But it is indeed a problem and even at the school here we experience different acts of bully; teasing, punching, kicking, name calling, some even want to perpetrate acts of violence. Children are accustomed to keeping quiet, holding things in - that is our culture here, even us as adults. When something is bothering us we tend to hold it in. However, for the past week that we have embarked on this venture, we have stressed the theme "Say Something" and that is important because whenever you hold it in that's when it boils up the most and then it leads you to do things that will be undesirable unwanted outcome."

The initiative began last week Monday and continued throughout the week with special guest speakers from the Community Policing Department.

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