ENG1514 ASSIGNMENT 3 OF 2023
UNIQUE CODE: 779357
, ESSAY QUESTION:
In Phylica Oppelt’s article in the Sunday Times - Demon of Bullying a reflection of a
brutalised society, she states:
A teenager takes an electric wire, swings it round a beam in the house he has lived in for
most of his life … In the fast ticking seconds before his death … did the punches and
pulling the jeers and mocking of four teenagers who had assaulted him the previous day
at school ring like taunting bells in his ears? Was the shame of being beaten in front of
schoolmates the one thing that propelled DH into an unthinkable void of despair?
This is not an isolated incident and as she says the scale of bullying of physical brutality
among our nation’s children is horrific and occurs in schools across all classes to both
pupils and teachers.
Write an essay of 1 000 - 1 200 words (this is about 2- 3 typed pages) in which you discuss
why bullying is increasing in our South African schools and what you think the role and
responsibilities of the Department of Basic Education, the school authorities and/or the
parents are in dealing with this?
Ensure that you discuss the role and responsibilities of all three of the stake holders and
provide reasoning for why you think they have a responsibility to act or if not, why they
should not be involved.
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UNIQUE CODE: 779357
, ESSAY QUESTION:
In Phylica Oppelt’s article in the Sunday Times - Demon of Bullying a reflection of a
brutalised society, she states:
A teenager takes an electric wire, swings it round a beam in the house he has lived in for
most of his life … In the fast ticking seconds before his death … did the punches and
pulling the jeers and mocking of four teenagers who had assaulted him the previous day
at school ring like taunting bells in his ears? Was the shame of being beaten in front of
schoolmates the one thing that propelled DH into an unthinkable void of despair?
This is not an isolated incident and as she says the scale of bullying of physical brutality
among our nation’s children is horrific and occurs in schools across all classes to both
pupils and teachers.
Write an essay of 1 000 - 1 200 words (this is about 2- 3 typed pages) in which you discuss
why bullying is increasing in our South African schools and what you think the role and
responsibilities of the Department of Basic Education, the school authorities and/or the
parents are in dealing with this?
Ensure that you discuss the role and responsibilities of all three of the stake holders and
provide reasoning for why you think they have a responsibility to act or if not, why they
should not be involved.
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