By Meghan King
Since the first day of orientation, students have seen the posters promoting the schools newest attempt to stop cyber bullying. These “Protect the Nest” ads have been scattered all over the school in hopes that LMSA eagles will step in if they see a fellow student being bullied and use the hashtag #ProtectTheNest to report it. This seems like a fine and dandy way to get students looking out for one another and unite the school. But there seems to be a flaw in this plan. No one is using the hashtag.
When asked about the initiative, senior Will Gray said, “Protect the nest does more harm than good because it causes more students to get in trouble because of simple differences they have with another student outside of school. Also the hashtag can be used to report things that are not even disputes, but simply jokes that could be misunderstood.”
While some students feel like this initiative creates narks within the building, others think this is an invasion of their privacy. Senior Paige Adams said, “I don’t think the school should be able to monitor what we say. We do it at home and on our own free time!” Many of us can remember that towards the end of last year a lot of students got “summer fever” and began acting more hostile than they normally would towards one another. This could possibly have prompted the school to want to take action against this repeating. But without eagle’s support of the “protect the nest” movement, nothing will change.
Since the first day of orientation, students have seen the posters promoting the schools newest attempt to stop cyber bullying. These “Protect the Nest” ads have been scattered all over the school in hopes that LMSA eagles will step in if they see a fellow student being bullied and use the hashtag #ProtectTheNest to report it. This seems like a fine and dandy way to get students looking out for one another and unite the school. But there seems to be a flaw in this plan. No one is using the hashtag.
When asked about the initiative, senior Will Gray said, “Protect the nest does more harm than good because it causes more students to get in trouble because of simple differences they have with another student outside of school. Also the hashtag can be used to report things that are not even disputes, but simply jokes that could be misunderstood.”
While some students feel like this initiative creates narks within the building, others think this is an invasion of their privacy. Senior Paige Adams said, “I don’t think the school should be able to monitor what we say. We do it at home and on our own free time!” Many of us can remember that towards the end of last year a lot of students got “summer fever” and began acting more hostile than they normally would towards one another. This could possibly have prompted the school to want to take action against this repeating. But without eagle’s support of the “protect the nest” movement, nothing will change.