• Les textes publiés ont été rédigés en réaction à deux articles de la presse anglaise.

    Le premier texte: Half of all teenagers bullied at school over their looks

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    http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/half-teens-bullied-school-way-2246489

     

    Le second texte : Welcome back to school, girls. And mind those breasts !

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    http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/03/school-dress-code-extremes-no-bellies-no-buns-no-breasts

    Les textes sur le dress code


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    Stop bullying at school !

     

     

     

    Monday, September 30th 2013

     

                      by Camille HUPPERT & Marine ALEXANDRE

     

     

     

        I read an article taken from the Mirror, an English newspaper, about school bullying in the United Kingdom. It deals with the fact that lots of teenagers are bullied, mainly girls. They are so concerned about their appearance, that they decide to modify it. For example, they start a diet, (which is not good for their health). Besides, they are worried about some people trying to help them to take the right decisions. Some people set up a website, Beatbullying.com where  teenagers can speak anonymously about their problems.

     Is it the same issue at the “collèges” or “lycées” in France? I decided to get some information to compare the situation of school bullying in the United Kingdom and France.

     First, there is the dress code: in England everybody is equal because they wear uniforms but in France we are allowed to wear what we want. Teenagers who don’t follow the fashion are criticized by the other boys and girls. Those wearing short clothes are also criticized. So, what can we wear when we are always judged by the others? Then some people make fun of the physical appearance when teenagers are too big or have spots. No wonder teenagers are not self confident, they go on a diet, become depressive.

     In my view, it’s great to have created website where teenagers can explain their problems. But it would be better if teenagers weren’t so judgemental and if they were more respectful. This is one of the goals schools should have, as wellas teaching general knowledge.

     


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    British VERSUS French teenagers

     

        

    Bulllied at School :

     

    British VERSUS French teenagers

     

      

    September the 30th 2013

     

      

                 We based our article on an article taken from www.mirror.com which deals with the fact that teenagers from the United Kingdom are often bullied at school. Indeed,  approximately 30% of the British teenagers  are often victims of bullying. It is not thinkable that the culprits of these bullyings are the friends of the victims,... Ironic, isn’t it?

     Spots, acne, weight are the name given to the weapons designated to beat the poor victims! Girls are said to be the worst bullies, they always judge their friends’ looks, but the boys are more bullied psychologically because of the puberty that attacks  the teenagers.

      Here are a few figures: 50% of the girls in the UK admitted they went on a diet when they were 14-18 years old, in France, it’s nearly the same and 1/3 teens who knew a bully victim were unsure how to help.

             In France, people are mostly bullied at the collège, between 11-16 years old. Prejudices are present in all the minds of teenagers, they don’t dare to think differently, they are like a flock of  sheep: they follow a trendy movement or an ideological one.

     Maybe, one of the solutions is to wear uniforms (and masks?) to hide the identity of people and preserve their integrity, create  unity and  links between pupils.

     

     It was Romain, Vincent and Gabriel, reporters for Lycée Leclerc.

     

     

     

    -The original article hasn’t been approved but we didn’t have any other solutions, so please excuse us.

     


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    Welcome to school, welcome to hell!

     

    An extract of “College Boy” ’s video by Indochine. You can listen to this song here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp5U5mdARgY 

     Monday, 30th September 2013

     

    Welcome to school, welcome to hell!

     

    -Bullying in the UK & in France-

     

      

    On September 3rd, an article about bullying in British schools was published on

     

     

     

     

     

    the Daily Mirror website. Amazingly I discovered that a quarter of British girls are picked on because of their looks at secondary school. There are indeed mainly girls, who suffer from jibes. Why? Because of their weight, spots or clothes! And even worse, a third of the taunts come from the victim’s friends! Did these so called “friends” just realize that it could be dangerous for their health because of uncontrolled diets, and generally for their way of life? Targeted people could stay alone with only negative thoughts. That’s why this article finally talked about BeatBullying, a website, where bullied teens can talk to someone and be helped in an anonymous way.

     

    As a result, I wondered: and what about France? Teenagers are bullied too, particularly the 11-15 year-old people at the college. But I don’t tell you a sensational event! Listen to Indochine’s song if you want! Teens have always been judge throughd by

    what they wear, what they love, what they say. As for  the UK, weight and spots are two big concerns of all teenagers too. The main one is certainly clothes. I remember that at my college, people used to look at your style every morning and laughed at you with their friends if you didn't "conform". Besides, everybody who doesn’t fit in the “normal way of life of a teenager” is taunted. If you have better marks, if you have red hair or an extravagant style, be ready to be bullied! Unlike in the UK, girls and boys are picked on in the same way: mental harassment, fights, threats and so on.

     

    As far as I’m concerned, I think teens can’t be themselves and it’s not acceptable. Why are some people allowed to criticize others? Who can judge what’s right and what’s wrong? Is there a “bullying code”? Moreover, I don’t think there are lots of means, used to reduce this cruelty in France. People don’t care about political men in black suits saying: “Bullying is not a good thing”. What do you do, to help teens? For example, in France, you must go to a swimming lesson. But, doesn’t it emphasize the differences between people? I don’t say people must abolish the differences. Of course not! But teens are harsher self-critics, and when you can ,at least,, decrease a reason of targeting, why don’t you try? Thinking that bullying can be deleted is only a sweet dream… Having someone ready to listen to your problems ,could already be a big step against the cruel side of humanity.

     

     

     

    By Amandine Debus & Anne-Marine Goetz

     

     


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  • Monday, the 4th November 2013

     

     

    American dress code VS French dress code

    by Emilie Mathis et Lara Ergul

     

     

    First of all, I learned that in a high school on Chicago's South Side, the dress code is « No bellies, no buns, no breasts » that is to say:"no" to  the 3Bs. As this code concerns mainly girls, the principal of this high school has added a 4B for boys : « No boxers ». Therefore, we can say that the girls' dress code is stricter than the boys' dress code. Moreover, the time used to scrutinize students' dress is time lost to teach and it has become a real issue.

     

    In France, we have not a dress code as harsh as this. We are not allowed to wear obscene and libelous dresses or display any indication of gang or religion membership. Moreover, we don't have to wear uniforms in France contrary to England or Australia. At the Lycée Leclerc, everybody is allowed to wear what they want. For example, sometimes I can see boys wearing suits and girls wearing mini-skirts. Of course, it happens that teachers and even students find that some dresses are inappropriated for school and they can tell it but as I said before, there are not really rules.

     

    To my mind, the American dress code is too strict. Of course, you should not come to school with a slanderous dress and showing buns and breasts, but if sometimes a boy can see a centimeter of a girl's belly it is not that terrible ! I think that it is the parents' job to tell their kids if a dress is appropriate or not . Morever, if the school has to scrutinize all the students' clothes, there will be a lot of time lost. Otherwise, a journalist said that her daughter was interrupted during a science lesson because they could see a centimeter of belly. I find it totally ridiculous ! Then we can wonder : « Why not wearing uniforms ? ». Well, uniforms are really expensive even if it could be simpler for teenagers to know how to get dressed in the morning.

     

    Finally, we can see that the impact of the dress code is bad. For example, it destroys trust between teenagers and adults and teenagers can not express themselves thanks to  clothes anymore. Moreover , I think that they are a part of the community with the same rights and it includes to wear what they want without forgetting the wise rules which are: " no scandalous dress and don't forget school is a  secular place."

     

     


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