Collective Voice: The best teachers do something about bullying

Grade 9 students in the Collective Voice program at Aden Bowman Collegiate share their lives and opinions through columns. Selected columns run on Mondays in The Saskatoon StarPhoenix.
 
What really happens when a student reports bullying to teachers? Do they really stop the situation from happening? Sure, if they see a fight in the school yard they will break it up, but what about the uglier and more hurtful things that aren’t always as obvious, like verbal or social bullying? How do