Worksheet1: Defining the Social Problem

Date: 09/11/06 Discipline Committee Group Members:

D. Chukwukere L. Jackson

H. Akintunde K. Miller

See Ms. Chukwukere:

Mr. Reid Mr. Jackson, Ms. Villamar, Ms. Patten, Ms. Samuels, Munchez, Ms. Fiferoa, Ms. Gonzalez, Ms. Almonte (Parent)

1. In one or two sentences, state the nature of the social problem that your group plans to study.

Bullying in PS 208

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2. List at least three undesirable social conditions that result from this problem:

a) A small number of children are becoming a negative peer pressure group that express themselves with aggressively inappropriate language.

b) A small number of children are enlisting other children by intimidating them in a manner of more than one student against another.

c) A small number of children are generating aggressive and undesirable reactions from other children.

3. Write a short phrase that summarizes the social problem and its location (examples: students reading below grade level at P.S. 299; vandalism at Jones Middle School; cheating in Mr. Green’s math class)

Bullies try to become the role models that influence classroom tone and school culture.

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