Cyber bullying

I think cyber bullying is an important topic.  We try to teach smaller children how to be "polite" at young ages but as a society as a whole, I feel politeness isn't modeled.  So much of what students see and hear in the news (politicians for example), and through social media (celebrities especially), isn't politeness at all.  So much of the "norm" in society is giving opinions, tell what one thinks, and telling others what is "right" and "wrong" that for student to know what is truly "bullying" and what appears to be the societal norms can appear to be contradictory.

As an administrator, this can be difficult to monitor.  I do think that character education at the elementary level and character expectations as students continue to get older is important.  I think that as long as social media is so prevalent, teachers and administrators will have their hands full trying to monitor and address each incident of cyber bullying.  Things have got to change outside of the school environment before what the schools do can be 100% effective.