I came across this article while browsing Herald:
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A Calgary elementary school hopes to combat social isolation with a “buddy bench” that kids can sit on when they’re feeling lonely.
Alexander Ferguson School is installing the brightly decorated wooded bench on its playground Tuesday morning. The idea is that kids who feel left out can head to the bench, signalling that they’re in need of a friend.
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“There are students who feel anxious and, with that anxiety, they don’t know how to reach out to other students,” she said. “This bench kind of gives them a language.”
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http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/ca...796/story.html
What do you guys think?
Personally, I think it'd be a perfect setting for bullying to occur. I'm pretty sure if this was around when I was in elementary (00's), I'd be ridiculed and laughed when sitting at the bench. Is elementary a completely different place than a decade and a half ago?