The Physical Education Study Program (Penjas) Faculty of Teacher Training and Education (FKIP) Megarezky University (Unimerz) held an outreach at SMA Negeri 6 Takalar, on Wednesday (2/8/2023).
This activity, which carries the theme 'The Impact of Bullying on Students', is the final series of the Student Growth and Development course, taught by one of the Physical Education Lecturers, namely Wahyu Munandar, M.Or.
This activity also received appreciation from the Principal of SMA Negeri 6 Takalar, Ilham, S.Pd., M.Pd. According to him, this activity can provide a new atmosphere in the ongoing teaching and learning process at school.
The form of this activity is through discussions presented by Physical Education students, namely Winardi and Mahendar, who are also alumni of SMA Negeri 6 Takalar. It seemed that the discussion activity was going well and was interesting because of the students' enthusiasm in answering and refuting questions.
During the question and answer session, one of the students, Salaman, asked about procedures for avoiding and fighting bullying practices in the school environment. And this question was immediately answered by the speaker.
"Bullying behavior is behavior that should not be developed in schools because it can make victims of bullying become less confident and can further stifle students' creativity in developing their potential," answered the speaker.
Also present, Asriadi as BK teacher. In his statement, he also added that socialization activities like this were effectively carried out by the Physical Education study program considering that many of its students have talent and interest in sports.
"Hopefully in the future students can continue their education to tertiary level and choose Megarezky University as the campus of choice. "Currently we are in an era where technological progress is growing rapidly, starting with various social media which are also a medium for conveying information and when we are unable to sort out what information we have, we tend to fall for hoaxes," he explained.
Meanwhile, Wahyu Munandar, M.Or, who is the lecturer in this course, said that alternative solutions so that bullying can be minimized in school life include improving competencies such as academics, sports, religion and other competencies that can foster self-confidence. among students.
"How can schools create a variety of interesting programs according to students' interests and hobbies, such as creating online game tournaments held at school, this is considered to foster students' love for being in the school environment and considering that school is not only a place to learn but also a place to play, he explained.
"Forbidding students to be creative according to their individual interests tends to make students uncomfortable in the school environment and make them skip classes so that this portrait is very uneducative in the eyes of society. "Hopefully with this activity, SMA Negeri 6 Takalar can become a barometer as a school with a comfortable culture and enable students to excel in their respective fields of interest," he said.
