Jeneth M.

Omongos BSEd-Filipino1
The Teaching Profession - MWF (7:00-8:00 AM)

Reaction Paper: Jeffrey Aninag’s Case

“Sexual harassment is defined as any unwanted action or activity of a sexual nature

that explicitly or implicitly affects an individual’s employment, performance, or work
environment.” In Aninag’s case, he sexually harassed his student which shows
immorality as being a teacher especially that the teacher should be a second parent of a
student in school. It is a form of discrimination that violates Title VII of the Civil Rights
Act of 1964. The legal definition of sexual harassment is unwelcome verbal, visual, or
physical conduct of a sexual nature that is severe or pervasive.
It is the responsibility of a teacher to maintain a school environment that is free of
sexual harassment but then what Aninag showed was really different from a real
teacher. Aninag’s case can cause his student losses in productivity and can lead to greater
depression that the child would not have a confidence of socializing to others because of
what happened. Victims of sexual harassment like AAA, are often fearful of the
consequences that might come from reporting the harassment. And also, the words that
are being used by the respondent can affect the student who is being harassed.
In that way, the rights of a child will be abuse. Instead that Aninag, who is a teacher
should be a role model to his student, he did not maintain his person as a dignified
professional.
For those peoples punishment is not the right answer all they have to think about is
how to cut this unhealthy deed out completely. They should deal with this the same way
they deal with cancer either cure it by cutting it off of the body or let the ill die. There is
no other solution.
Curing this problem evolves around prevention. The prevention is all programs that
can include all kinds of people; families, parents, the young and especially teenagers at
school. Because the prevention is not all about stopping the harassers from committing
any action, but it is also about making the young aware of the world and what happens
around them. They should know they should not trust anybody.
Moreover teacher and principals should be aware of what is going on between
students and fats steps towards stopping any action that might be considered as
harassment. The younger these pupils were when we start with them the better. Because
children always learn faster and never forget something they were taught during their
childhood.
People consider schools another home for their children, for they spend half of the
time in the school, where they form the life friends. For that reason teachers and schools
faculty should be carefully chosen. In order to have the young raised right with no
problems as being harassed and other problems educational system should make sure
they make interviews expanded to include psychologists that could find out the kind of
mentality the teachers have and their abilities, and what they are capable of doing.
 REFLECTION

Sexual harassment is a growing problem in our modern day society. However,

despite the rise of these crimes, nothing is being done to put a stop to it. First, most
women would not report such accidents, because they were threatened when they first
were forced to face the attack.
They would still have the same feeling after. She would live with the feeling of
getting hurt if she tells anybody. They take into account the possibility of not proving the
action on the harasser, which is when the victim would rather kill herself than live with
fear of re-experiencing what she has experienced again. And even if the trail the way the
victim and her lawyer hope, what will happen next? The harasser will spend a certain
amount of time getting punished and the fear will still exist, for the question then is what
will he do after the punishment?
On a personal level, families should never give a complete freedom to their children.
These young men and women still have plenty of time to use their right and freedom,
when they are a little older and more aware of what is going on. Parents should take into
account that no matter how wisdom their children seem to have, they still lack the
experience they have earned over years. And that is the reason, for which they should
make some rules and yet stand for them.
So, we should not let our rights be violated by others for it will lead us to downfall.
If a person needs our help, we should not hesitate, instead, make a way to let them be in
the right way.