German students fight over the Netflix series “Squid Game”. Here, too, the children’s games from the series are occasionally a topic on the playground.
the essentials in brief
- In many countries schools report violence in the playgrounds because of “squid games”.
- There are also young people in this country who imitate games from the brutal Netflix series.
- Fortunately, however, only individual cases are known to date.
Shocking scenes on German playgrounds: young people play Korean children’s games, the losers are slapped and verbally abused. The trigger for this is the Neftlix series “Squid Game”, which has taken over the Internet in the last few weeks.
Particularly frightening: The series is actually 16 years and older because of its brutality. Nevertheless, for example in Hamburg, even kindergarten children imitate scenes from it, reported the “Spiegel”.
In “Squid Game”, indebted people in Korea compete in a series of children’s games such as “Reading the newspaper”. Anyone who loses or is eliminated will be killed.
Swiss schoolchildren are also imitating “Squid Game” games
Violence because of the Korean series is now known from Sweden, Belgium, England and Italy, among others. And the hype has now also reached Switzerland.
A long-time high school teacher reports to Nau.ch: “I have already seen seventh graders re-enacting a game from ‘Squid Game’.” Fortunately, there were no slaps or other physical violence.
Since she has only seen one episode of the series, she does not know whether other games might also be played. She adds: “It is often a problem that teachers are not familiar with such things.” She only knows about certain games or trends thanks to her children and can sometimes follow the students’ conversations.
Such topics always find their way to the school
Lena Aerni, member of the executive board of the Zurich Teachers’ Association, is also familiar with the subject. “It is unrealistic to believe that something like this doesn’t reach schools here, too,” she says. The teacher, who currently teaches the third and fourth grades, knows schools where “Squid Game” is definitely a big topic.
Do your children also play games from the “Squid Game” in the playground?
70%
No, I won’t let you see something like that!
1
No, I won’t let you see something like that!
30%
Yes, I’ve heard of that too.
2
Yes, I’ve heard of that too.
For them, this is part of the task of pedagogical ICT support, a role that, in their opinion, is greatly underestimated. A person with the appropriate training could provide information about online trends and thus support the teachers. “It is difficult to always be up to date on everything,” she says. Educational ICT support could remedy this.
Third graders already know “Squid Game”
“Squid Game” is slowly finding its way into schools in the city of Bern, too. Richard Jakob, Head of Education and Co-Head of the Bern Health Service, explains: “We heard from children in third and fourth grades who were interested in the series. However, it is currently not the case with us that games are imitated on the playground. “
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