tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803744807099207043.post2064147465840201125..comments2023-01-29T12:32:56.117-05:00Comments on Native American Commitment to Wellness & Respect Blog: The Institutional-Level Bullying of Native American StudentsNative American Commitment to Wellness & Respecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06158243264765557325noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803744807099207043.post-47286277851185146842011-01-27T11:54:56.273-05:002011-01-27T11:54:56.273-05:00I would love to see a qualitative study that captu...I would love to see a qualitative study that captures the institutional bullying stories of Native American students. It would be so powerful to put some real voices behind the awful numbers that you cite David. Are you aware, has anyone done this already?njsmythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03208015137589789155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803744807099207043.post-82227385971434368652011-01-27T11:33:39.944-05:002011-01-27T11:33:39.944-05:00Unfortunately, in my limited experience as an ad h...Unfortunately, in my limited experience as an ad hoc college instructor in Canada, institutional-level bullying also seems to go on at the post-secondary level, too.<br /><br />Both times that I taught (first as a legal instructor, then as an economic history instructor), Aboriginal administrators were unreaonably demanding and harsh toward their Aboriginal students. (To further explain, both courses were partnerships between colleges and local Aboriginal organizations that were meant to enhance professional competence and employment competitiveness through skills and knowledge upgrading.)<br /><br />What I think happened was this: the non-Aboriginal school administrations practiced benign nelect out of an honest desire to let Aboriginal people manage their own affairs, while the Aboriginal organizations that provided the students for the courses were afraid of being embarrassed by potential student failures or irregularities. In the end, this meant that the non-Aboriginal parties turned a blind eye to minor student abuse and in fact seemingly failed to monitor course progress at all, while the Aboriginal "handlers" projected their fears about their own inadequacies onto their students (ironically, this meant that they insisted on standards that they themselves could not always fuly maintain). <br /><br />Although the intentions of both parties were good, the way they went about things was not at all optimal. In fact, because the Aboriginal administrators were so hard on the students, in each case I (and even a few of the other, non-Aboriginal course intructors) felt compelled to slightly relax academic standards slightly (e.g. not "dock" marks for assignments that were handed in late) in order to compensate for the stresses that were being unfairly imposed on our students.<br /><br />On the non-Aboriginal side of things, in the future I think that post-secondary institutions must not hesitate to ensure that instructors and Aboriginal partners aren't abusive to students, and should generally monitor course progress as it happens instead of simply wating for marks to be passed in at the end of term. On the Aboriginal side of things, I think that partner organizations' professional competency and capacity needs to be enhanced so that their repesentatives will behave in a more even, effective manner in dealing with their students.<br /><br />Anyway, thanks for letting me share this experience; I hope that some benefit will come about from it someday.Watcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09248891231775228613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803744807099207043.post-75805135799919148122011-01-26T16:08:30.517-05:002011-01-26T16:08:30.517-05:00Hi Monique, I think you comment is missing a word ...Hi Monique, I think you comment is missing a word or two. Peace, DAPNative American Commitment to Wellness & Respecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06158243264765557325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3803744807099207043.post-23883712078121226872011-01-26T15:04:48.358-05:002011-01-26T15:04:48.358-05:00hi,
You just never know is being bullied.hi,<br /><br />You just never know is being bullied.MONIQUE MORGANhttp://www.squidoo.com/stop-the-bullyingnoreply@blogger.com