Hi, this is Jae Yeon and Ye Rin in SSIS, Vietnam. In your podcast, you have said Vietnamese students do chores at their school, go to school for 4 hours in a day, go to school 6 days in a week, and they go to teacher’s house to eat lunch. Doing chores at school is only for students in few schools and most of Vietnamese school doesn’t do as much chores as you think. They do go to school for 4 hours in a day, and they go to school for 6 days in a week, but most of students in Vietnamese school don’t go to teacher’s house to eat lunch unless they need extra tutoring.
However, we are not in Vietnamese school. We are the students in SSIS, Saigon South International School. Our school is more likely to your school. We don’t do chores at school, we go to school for 7 hours in a day, we go to school 5 days in a week, and we eat our lunch in cafeteria. We don’t know if you can bring your own lunch, but in our school some students often bring their own lunch.
Anthony, you had said that Vietnamese school has 57 people in one class. It is true that Vietnamese schools have one class with many people. And usually they have 40 to 60 people in one class. Moreover, you mentioned that the class starts at 6:50. It is right but sometimes they don’t start class until 7:15.
However our school, SSIS, is different from what you know. SSIS is an international school located in Phu My Hung. We have approximately 15 to 20 people in one class, which is more like your school. And we start our class at 8:00. Our school is mostly similar to American school.
What is cyberbullying?
“Bullying which is carried out through an Internet service
such as email, chat room, discussion group or instant messaging.
It can also include bullying through mobile phone technologies such as short messaging service (SMS).”
“Examples of cyperbullying are…
* Teasing and being made fun of
* Spreading of rumours online
* Sending unwanted messages
* Defamation”
“What is cyber bullying? | NetAlert,” http://www.netalert.gov.au/advice/risks/cyberbullying/What_is_cyber_bullying.html.
How often are kids netbullying?
“Netbullying takes place far more often than most adults realize.
Few kids have gotten away without knowing someone who has been netbullied,
netbullied someone else or been the victim of netbullying themselves.”
“Net Bullies…preventing and handling cyberbullying and harassment,” http://www.netbullies.com/pages/1/index.htm.
How to deal with cyberbullying?
* Tell an adult you trust if you’re cyberbullied
* Password protect your wireless phone
* Only share your passwords with your parent or guardian
* Ignore harassing or rude messages
* Use privacy settings to block unwanted messages
* Save or print the evidence
* Change your passwords often
* Think before posting or sending photos of yourself—they could be used to hurt you
* Respect yourself and others online
“How to deal with cyberbullying,” http://www.bnetsavvy.com/ht/d/HotTipDetails/i/482.
We need to stop cyberbullying. Cyberbullying hurts…
