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Exercise 1 - Suggested Answer

1. Theme of the seminar:

School violence

2. Guest speaker:
Name:	David Lee
Occupation:	school social worker

3. Host's first question:

Why is there a rise in the number of cases of school violence?

4. Speaker's response to it:	There isn't a rise
5. Reason for such response:	Government statistics are misleading

6. Official figures:
Year		Number of cases
A.	2001	D.	527
B.	2002	E.	427
C.	2003	F.	643

7. Reasons for the figures not reflecting the real situation:
A.	A lot of violent acts do not happen in front of teachers
B.	A lot of violent acts take place outside school
C.	Victims do not want to report violence to teachers

8. Victims' characteristics:
A.	not outgoing, have few friends
B.	very quiet, have little social interaction with others

9. Parents' response to such cases:
A. If they do not know,	they only worry about exam results
B. If they know,	they keep changing schools

10. Actions parents should take:
A.	improve their child's self-esteem
B.	Build up a stronger sense of belonging at school

11. Suggested actions to be done by victims:

join more school activities, especially sports

12. Before bullies physically abuse others, what did they do to start with:

verbal abuse

13. The case which happened 6 or 7 years ago was cited to show:

If bullies are not stopped, they can develop into future violence.

14. Procedures which schools should follow in dealing with such cases:

Someone is bullied by others.

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Students should report to teachers

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teachers should have an internal investigation

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don't report to the police, offer counseling sessions to involved parties

Report the case to the police

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offer assistance to the bullies

15. Why it was not a good idea to report the case to the police at the initial stage?

Calling the police at this stage only attracts unnecessary media attention, which will make the investigation more difficult.

Developed by:

Ms Emily Mak, English Panel
Kit Sam Lam Bing Yim Secondary School

Recording made by courtesy of Ying-wah Cheung and Calvin Wu, Shatin College

The suggested answers in these exercises are for your reference only. Therefore, the scores you obtain are calculated based on these suggested answers, and are also for your reference only.