The Squid Calendar

Today begins Anti-Bullying Week in the UK, which runs November 21 – 25 2011.

43% fear harassment in the bathroom at school.  Every 7 minutes a child is bullied. Adult intervention – 4%. Peer intervention – 11%. No intervention – 85%.  (source)

Check out Bullying At Primary School by aj2008

In her own words:

This lens was made as the result of the bullying that my daughter endured during nearly three years at Elementary School. We learned a lot during that time about how some schools do not take the problem seriously and how some parents refuse to acknowledge that their child is a bully.

Everything we learned is now on this lens, which provides help to other parents whose children are bullied.

November has been declared National Native American Heritage Month. Schools around the country incorporate curriculum to help learn more about the Indians and Alaskan Natives and try to dispel many of the myths that people have about them.

November is National American Indian Heritage Month – This  article, by KathyMcGraw,  also includes books on Native Americans that don’t promote stereotypes, and don’t include the erroneous stories that American schoolchildren had been taught. These books were all recommended by, and written by Native Americans.

Photo by Grand Canyon NPS used under CC 2.0.