arassment is any form of behavior that constitutes lack of respect, teasing, put-downs, sexual or ethnic negative remarks, physical gestures, swearing and excluding from activities. Harassment can be a form of hate. Harassment can bring on violence and also depression. If harassment is not confronted, students can lose freedoms. Teachers must work together to stamp out harassment in their classrooms on a daily basis. For learning to take place for each child equally, harassment must be stopped.
    Females should not have to worry about a male teasing her, by his making sexist comments in the classroom. Students should not have to listen to swearing in the classroom or the hallways. Minorities should not have to feel like they have to sit together at one table to avoid rejection. The student that is smart should not have to feel embarrassed about it ,or feel that he has to hide it to be accepted. The student that is retarded or has autism should be able to walk down the hallway of his school and not have to be verbally abused.
    As a teacher, I plan to do everything that I can to stop harassment in the classroom. My hope is that other teachers will work with me so that we can create a learning environment where students feel safety and friendship. I do not want any student to dred coming to school.
    The articles  that I found gave me a variety of situations. Article 1 ,was a case defining the present school code, and whether it needed updating. In other words, it talked about freedom of speech versus harassment. Article 2. talked about a case of a teacher being harassed by students. The students made threats and also placed swastikas on the walls, against a teacher that was Jewish. Article 3., was about prayers at graduation being discontinued in 1995. It also stated that students have the right to say individual prayers at school, and that they can meet before and after school for ceremonies with other students. Article 4, was an article about the pain and anguish that a gay student went through while trying to attend school. He went through physical and verbal harassment for years while attending a Catholic School. He felt so alone and sad that he committed suicide. Article 5, was about the power of peer pressure from other students. A Black student in the article talked about the teasing he encountered  in school ,and how the teachers did nothing to help him. Article 6, talked about gay and lesbian harassment and how school policies are changing to address students' special needs. It was about the students that are living with parents that are gay partners.