Really helpful video going through the RJ conference in a real-life situation. Shows the power of RJ and the lasting effect (hopefully). Any updates on how the 2 students got on and if the relationship was restored? Thank you!
This is a great topic and nice works you folks are doing great work. In this situation both students were in the wrong however, I felt that the first student speaking was instigating the reaction, calling the kid "gay" and he likes playing football because he likes boys. The racial slur was uncalled for but then again both students were in the wrong and I think in this situation, there was a lot of bad blood, that just boiled over and culminated in that altercation. Nobody likes to be called a monkey but what the one student needs to realize is everyone has their breaking point. You can't just act like a bully to someone and expect them to take it all the time, even if you are bigger then that person, they can snap and retaliate. I don't know this school districts policies on fighting, usually both students get an equal punishment. However, if it were up to me, the student who instigated the fight, should receive a harsher punishment and the black student who called his colleague a monkey, needs to look in the mirror. i see someone who is black calling another person who is black, a Monkey, that is not cool, not even most white students would use that word these days.
Punishment is the only way deserves . You are old enough to know what’s right and what’s wrong . Like father like son . I don’t think these type of people will bounce back to do good to any community. Bullying destroys everyone in this world. This is way more than bullying. This has escalated to a physical assault and invading a person’s space with no consent or permission what so ever . It way too late to apologise or even mediate let alone create an action plan . The only way is the court with its highest rules to punish the person who made the crime . Because a time behind bars will allow the person who madd the crime to realise who important other people’s life , because the victim has already lost everything on every level. So let the ruler rule and stop the bullshit .
How much time have you spent in prison? How confident are you that an extrinsic deterrent like prison is more effective at reducing violence than an intrinsic deterrent such as what restorative justice offers? If prison reduced violence, the US would be the least violent country, we incarcerate more people than any other country in history. Yet our violence rate is 8 times more than other NATO countries. Restorative Justice outcomes have been studied for decades and consistently RJ reduces reoffending more successfully than the punitive criminal legal system.
One of the facilitators said at the start that the process is voluntary. I completely understand you not wanting to engage in restorative justice with people who have hurt you personally, but you don't have the right to speak over how someone else chooses to handle these things.
I am a brand new RJ facilitator/case manager. I love and appreciate this video.
Thanks for this great video! I am studying Restorative Justice and it was truly inspiring to see it in action.
Nice work on this! You folks are doing good work:)
Really helpful video going through the RJ conference in a real-life situation. Shows the power of RJ and the lasting effect (hopefully). Any updates on how the 2 students got on and if the relationship was restored? Thank you!
I will support all the terms.
A great job to do .
This is a great topic and nice works you folks are doing great work. In this situation both students were in the wrong however, I felt that the first student speaking was instigating the reaction, calling the kid "gay" and he likes playing football because he likes boys. The racial slur was uncalled for but then again both students were in the wrong and I think in this situation, there was a lot of bad blood, that just boiled over and culminated in that altercation. Nobody likes to be called a monkey but what the one student needs to realize is everyone has their breaking point. You can't just act like a bully to someone and expect them to take it all the time, even if you are bigger then that person, they can snap and retaliate. I don't know this school districts policies on fighting, usually both students get an equal punishment. However, if it were up to me, the student who instigated the fight, should receive a harsher punishment and the black student who called his colleague a monkey, needs to look in the mirror. i see someone who is black calling another person who is black, a Monkey, that is not cool, not even most white students would use that word these days.
Punishment is the only way deserves . You are old enough to know what’s right and what’s wrong . Like father like son . I don’t think these type of people will bounce back to do good to any community. Bullying destroys everyone in this world. This is way more than bullying. This has escalated to a physical assault and invading a person’s space with no consent or permission what so ever . It way too late to apologise or even mediate let alone create an action plan . The only way is the court with its highest rules to punish the person who made the crime . Because a time behind bars will allow the person who madd the crime to realise who important other people’s life , because the victim has already lost everything on every level. So let the ruler rule and stop the bullshit .
Except that court and prison perpetuate harm rather than offering reparation and healing.
How much time have you spent in prison? How confident are you that an extrinsic deterrent like prison is more effective at reducing violence than an intrinsic deterrent such as what restorative justice offers? If prison reduced violence, the US would be the least violent country, we incarcerate more people than any other country in history. Yet our violence rate is 8 times more than other NATO countries.
Restorative Justice outcomes have been studied for decades and consistently RJ reduces reoffending more successfully than the punitive criminal legal system.
One of the facilitators said at the start that the process is voluntary. I completely understand you not wanting to engage in restorative justice with people who have hurt you personally, but you don't have the right to speak over how someone else chooses to handle these things.