What do our students say about Poking the Bear?

Poking the bear means aggravating someone. It makes the situation worse. Saying mean stuff can annoy someone, and that's what poking the bear means.  

Your child should not poke the bear. It makes the situation worse and will get them into trouble. Some students have been poking the bear at St Patrick's and the teachers and the students are going to put a stop to it. If your child does poke the bear they will be spending time in the Office. Please make sure your child does not poke the bear.

If you poke the bear it makes a lot of people angry. Say if person A comes to person B and said that person C was talking about them behind their back. Then person B goes to person C and they may have a fight. Person B and C will be in trouble and Person A gets away. So when you poke the bear you’re setting up your friends.