Yesterday, on the occasion of the National Day to Combat Harassment, schools on the island organized various awareness-raising events for students. We were able to attend a workshop organized at the Lycée Professionnel intended for students in the second and final grades.
According to surveys conducted by the ministry, 94% of students feel they feel good in their college. However, the phenomena of harassment, the effects of which are often multiplied by social networks, deteriorate the school climate in some of our establishments. This is why the ministry is leading a resolute fight against all forms of harassment. Source: http://www.education.gouv.fr/cid135803/journee-nationale-de-lutte-contre-toutes-les-formes-de-harcelement.html
• A different approach
The workshop begins with an invitation for everyone to reflect on themselves and their feelings: How do I feel today? What do I need to get better? What are my qualities and my faults? Some questions that seem trivial but are essential to open the dialogue with this young audience. In order to tackle such a delicate subject and to free up speech, the teaching team chose a gentle and benevolent approach on the theme of self-esteem led by Leevie B. Thôle, socio-esthetician based in Guadeloupe. "I met Leevie during Blue Week, I really liked his contact with the elderly and I thought that an approach based on the feeling and the body would be ideal for the students" informs us Maryse Lafleur, social worker and “harassment” referent.
• The consequences of harassment in schools
Two short films on this subject were screened, a door open to discussion on the devastating consequences of such violence. After a reminder about the definition of harassment and all the forms it can take, students were asked to question everyone's responsibility in this situation. “In the harassment there is the victim, the aggressor but also all his accomplices. For example if you receive compromising images of a student and you like or share, you are guilty of complicity because it implies that you agree, that you agree with these actions. Explains Eugène Venthou-Dumaine, member of EMAS (Academic Mobile Security Team).
It must be noted, with sadness, that these facts are far from being isolated: several students testified to the situation experienced by other classmates by seeing naked photos of them being disseminated and relayed in particular on the social media.
• Harassment: how to get out of it?
The professionals are unanimous: we must talk about it! A friend, a relative, a trusted adult with whom to express their suffering and for witnesses, it is a question of denouncing acts of violence (physical, verbal, psychological, etc.). In addition, it is also important to build a solid self-esteem in order to develop internal resources to defend oneself. At the end of the workshop, Bach Flowers and some notions of self-massage were introduced to adolescents to help them better manage their emotions.
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