First, I want to say this to all the students from China: Happy New Year!!! I am going to watch the Spring Festival Gala tomorrow morning. But in order to watch the whole thing, I will have to get up before seven o’clock. The good thing is I don’t have class until 3:30 in the afternoon, or if all the classes are cancelled for tomorrow, I don’t have class at all! I am so excited!
Back to the topic of integrating a quote for today’s blog. Since this is the last blog on this topic, I am doing my favorite article today. I like this article because it contains a real life case happened in a high school in California. A boy called C. Williams brought a gun to the boy’s restroom and fired on students and teachers. Within 8 minutes of shooting, he killed two students, wounded eleven students, a security guard, and a student teacher. Most of the students described him as an outsider; only a couple said he was nice. And some witnesses said that Williams was smiling when he shot as if he was taking revenge over the ones who had rejected him.
As the authors, J. Cook and G. Cook, says, “Although rejection leads to murder and suicide only in rare instances, it is associated with countless other acts of lesser violence, delinquency, isolation, and loneliness.” (page 443) The negative effects of being rejected by peers are not only shown on outside behaviors, but sometimes the effects also are reflected on problems in mental health.
Bibliography:
J.L. Cook and G. Cook. “Consequences of Peer Rejection.” Child Development Principles and Perspectives (2009): 443. Google. 01 Feb. 2011.
I like this quote it goes along with my theme of domestic violence in some ways rejection can lead to violence and harm as well in both situations.p.s Happy new year to youu!
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