The Violence Of South African Schools Perpetrated On...

Definition of Education Introduction According to the dictionary â€Å"violence is the use of physical force, usually intended to cause injury or disctruction. I strongly agree on this definition and to further more explain the definition, I will use King Shaka Zulu when he used violence in order to gain power or kingdom. We as African used violence to fight over white domination in our country that means violence in African people is running deep on their /our veins. Violence happens in many places but in this essay I will look at violence in South African schools perpetrated on teachers by learners. I will begin the essay by giving three main causes of violence; explain three forms of violence which might be in the form of verbal, physical or emotional. Towards the end I will be discussing the impacts of violence in schools and what to be done or already done by schools to intervene in other to fight violence. According to Morrell (2001) says that many teachers come from background whereby violence is used as a tool to solve conflict. I will conclude by giving my own view about violence in schools. When learners have smoked or drank too much during working hours or schooling hours, the problem begins. Learners become so disrespectful in such a way that the teachers forget about being a teacher and show learners his/ her true colors to overcome the situation because nobody can stand to be disrespected by learners. There was a situation in my previous school whereby two boys cameShow MoreRelatedAn Introduction to Intercultural Communication29172 Words   |  117 Pagesreact to people, incidences or situations that are open to misunderstanding due to cultural differences. The fundamental intention of cross cultural training is to equip the learner(s) with the appropriate skills to attain cross cultural understanding. Once the foundations of cross cultural understanding have been laid, the learner(s), either through continued training or experiences within the workplace, gradually attains a more acute appreciation of cultural differences. The different types of appreciationRead MoreMarketing Mistakes and Successes175322 Words   |  702 Pagespondering whether he should do the same. After all, how many hundreds of millions does one man need? But he did not really see himself as an entrepreneur. At his young age, about the same age as Sergey and Larry, he was not ready to retire to some South Sea island and count coconuts. So he stayed, caught up in the challenge of solving tough problems with other smart Googlers.1 Making the brain drain all the more tempting for many of these employees was Google’s hiring of the brightest young people