1. Who is responsible for Tyler's Death? Perhaps more than one person is responsible? You may want to place responsibility based on percentage. Some examples of who may hold responsibility are, Tyler himself, Tyler himself, Tylers Parents, Dharun Ravi, Molly Wei, or even Rutger's University?
I feel that 90% responsibility falls to Dharun Ravi alone. If he had not become consumed with the fact that Tyler was gay and fixated on Tyler's request to use the dorm room alone for the evening there would have been no video and no suicide over the next few days. Dharun not only set up his web cam to watch Tyler and his friend but choose to blast it all over social media. This was disgraceful and negligent on his part and he should have been made much more responsible then guilty but only serving 30 days in jail. I believe that Molly Wei hold 5% responsibility regarding the suicide of Tyler Clementi due to her knowing and seeing both the social media portion and the web cam evidence and allowing Dharun Ravi to hang out in her dorm room while watching and waiting for Tyler to be victimized. I also hold Rutger's University at 5% responsibility in that the RA (regional assistant) of his dorm was told personally and in writing by Tyler of the horrible crimes done to him in his own dorm by his own dorm mate and nothing was done. This should have been addressed by the RA/University right at the moment the complaints were provided to them and at least a temporary solution arrived at for the safety of Tyler and future students who may find themselves in very scary, uncomfortable, horrific situations.
2. Is there something that could have been done to prevent this? It seems like some people watched the posted video, why didn't anyone step up?
I don't know that we will ever know if anything could have been done to prevent this tragedy but it certainly would have been a much better outcome if someone had at least reached out to him as a friend, confidante or someone who could make him feel safe to be who he was in his own dorm room. There are many people and many situations that may have been able to curtail Tyler's suicide but no one did anything. I think this is so sad for Tyler and for what it says about our society in general. This was viewed by other's on video, social media and discussed at least among Dharun and Molly and the RA at the dorm on the Rutgers Campus. I have studied in my psychology classes a situation reaction called "bystander affect" this is were people stand by and let bad situations happen to others right in front of them and do nothing to help the victim. This has been seen most recently in the New York subways where a gentleman was pushed into the subway tracks by another person and no one did anything to help him, they just watched him die when the subway came and killed him. One of the most disturbing elements to me was that someone took a picture for a newspaper and the crowd remembers the flash from his camera. Wow!!! This is not a new or old phenomenon and I have no answers as to what happens to us as people when we encounter these horrific situations but I do hope that I would react to someone in harms way in the way I would hope others would respond to me; by helping me!
3. How do you think that anti-bullying laws will impact cases like this?
I believe that the anti-bullying laws will help with cases like Tyler Clemeti's. I think that providing people with some way to report this type of abuse helps others to feel empowered to let those in charge research if anything is or has been done to the person. I believe that with teachers, medical personnel, etc being legally obligated to report any signs of physical abuse in the same way now as in situations where bullying abuse is suspected it allows the victim to have a voice as well as those that view or see it happening. It can be reported and then at least the person that has seen it take place can at least give the victim a chance at making it stop and those that are doing the bullying can be held accountable for their abusing of others.
Monday, December 2, 2013
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Unit 3 Chapter 1/Blog Assignment
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/18/education/18college.html?em
1. Is Professor Grossman off the mark when he says "I tell my classes that if they just do what they are supposed to do and meet the standard requirements, that they will earn a C," he said. "That is the default grade. They see the default grade as an A." Why?
Professor Grossman attributes these beliefs to students sense of entitlement. He feels that many students come into his classes with the mind set that if they work hard in the course and do what is "required of them" they then deserve a higher mark then just the default grade of a C.
2. What do you think is causing students to feel entitled to receive a good grade? Is it because a grade of A is now the expected default for "average" work where in reality a grade of A denotes "above average"? Are the students prior experiences in high school or earlier the cause? Are parents to cause "my child is perfect so it must be the instructors fault"?
I have to agree with James Hogge who states that he feels that "students often confuse the level of effort with the quality of work. There is a mentality in students that 'if I work hard, I deserve a high grade.'" I do believe that students feel that the default grade should be "A" if they are putting in effort and completing the expected work requirements from their instructors via the syllabus. The article believes that students prior experiences in high school or even earlier education is to blame. I feel that the belief comes from the "entitled lifestyle" that has been created for students over the last 10 - 15 years by education, sports and parents. It is unfortunate that we as parents have looked to blame others more often then we should be doing regarding the area of "fault" of our children's educational or sports aptitudes at least in my opinion.
3. Give your honest opinion of the article. Do you feel you deserve grades based on your effort or is it that you earned the grade you receive because of your effort? Anything else you would like to add?
It is my hope that if I do the work required (reading, notes, lectures, attend classes, etc) and put in as much effort as I have the ability to do that my grade should reflect this effort as well as be the grade I deserve. If I put in 100% effort and just am not able to grasp the requirements of the particular task or assignment then it is up to me to discuss this with my instructor and we together try to format some solutions to make the information more clear to me as the student. If I do not let my instructor know I am struggling or not grasping the information, then how can I expect he or she to help me? I as the student in college have to be able to communicate and relay this to my instructor for my future.
1. Is Professor Grossman off the mark when he says "I tell my classes that if they just do what they are supposed to do and meet the standard requirements, that they will earn a C," he said. "That is the default grade. They see the default grade as an A." Why?
Professor Grossman attributes these beliefs to students sense of entitlement. He feels that many students come into his classes with the mind set that if they work hard in the course and do what is "required of them" they then deserve a higher mark then just the default grade of a C.
2. What do you think is causing students to feel entitled to receive a good grade? Is it because a grade of A is now the expected default for "average" work where in reality a grade of A denotes "above average"? Are the students prior experiences in high school or earlier the cause? Are parents to cause "my child is perfect so it must be the instructors fault"?
I have to agree with James Hogge who states that he feels that "students often confuse the level of effort with the quality of work. There is a mentality in students that 'if I work hard, I deserve a high grade.'" I do believe that students feel that the default grade should be "A" if they are putting in effort and completing the expected work requirements from their instructors via the syllabus. The article believes that students prior experiences in high school or even earlier education is to blame. I feel that the belief comes from the "entitled lifestyle" that has been created for students over the last 10 - 15 years by education, sports and parents. It is unfortunate that we as parents have looked to blame others more often then we should be doing regarding the area of "fault" of our children's educational or sports aptitudes at least in my opinion.
3. Give your honest opinion of the article. Do you feel you deserve grades based on your effort or is it that you earned the grade you receive because of your effort? Anything else you would like to add?
It is my hope that if I do the work required (reading, notes, lectures, attend classes, etc) and put in as much effort as I have the ability to do that my grade should reflect this effort as well as be the grade I deserve. If I put in 100% effort and just am not able to grasp the requirements of the particular task or assignment then it is up to me to discuss this with my instructor and we together try to format some solutions to make the information more clear to me as the student. If I do not let my instructor know I am struggling or not grasping the information, then how can I expect he or she to help me? I as the student in college have to be able to communicate and relay this to my instructor for my future.
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