Legal Stories Collection: Recent Episodes
Emily Shen
There are about 1.8 billion teens and children in the world, accounting for about 24% of the world’s population. Do you know that every year and every day, many teenagers and children suffer from physical or mental injuries and difficulties? According to United Nations’ statistics:
About 150 million students between the ages of 13 and 15 have been bullied, accounting for about 50% of the population in this age group. In addition, around the world, for every 7 minutes, a teenager is murdered due to violence.
Have you been bullied or harmed by others? Have your other precious possessions been snatched by others? If you encounter these difficulties, who would you turn to for help?
Having a general understanding of basic legal principles is very beneficial. Not only will laws teach us how to respect others, but we can also learn how to better protect ourselves.
Legal Stories Collection discusses legal issues related to the daily life of teenagers. Each episode has a story and a theme that is closely related to teenagers' daily lives. Through discussing legal principles, Legal Stories Collection aims to inspire further interest and discussion for the law amongst teenagers.
Have you ever been bullied in school? For example, have you been insulted by your classmates? Well, actually, that is quite common! In fact, school bullying is common all over the world. According to UNESCO statistics, about 33% of students worldwide have experienced bullying. In other words, one out of every three of us has experienced some form of school bullying. But for some reason, it might not seem as prominent as it sounds. Why is that? Because many students who were bullied chose to remain silent! According to statistics, about 30% of students who have been bullied decided to stay silent.
If you do encounter school bullying, what would you do? Right! You can tell your parents or a teacher. Of course, you can also try to stand up for yourself. So here comes the question: if you stood up against the bully and accidentally caused the bully to be seriously injured, do you have to bear legal responsibility? Do you need to pay for their medical expenses?
Well, let's discuss this issue together through a scenario!
Black Friday is the busiest day for major shopping malls every year, and many people rush to make big purchases on this day. For this year's Thanksgiving, Ellie and her family happily went shopping in the mall, but an accident happened! Let's take a look at what happened during the accident.
Every student has his or her own dream school and has all worked hard for it. Therefore, we often see the scenes of students shedding tears of joy when they get the admission notice from their dream school. The protagonist of our legal story has a similar experience. Let's take a look at what happened to Ellie!
Have you ever seen a swimmer drown? Have you ever rescued a drowning person? If the drowning person is injured during the rescue, should the rescuer bear legal responsibility? Let us take a look at the legal case story in this episode.
Do you like dogs? Have you ever taken care of a dog? I once had a corgi named Ethan, but unfortunately, he is no longer around.
If your dog bites someone else, as the owner of the dog, do you have to bear any responsibility? The topic we will be discussing in this episode is that whether or not the owner needs to bear responsibility if the pet bites a child. Let us take a look at the legal case story in this episode.
We know that athletes often get injured in sports competitions. Minor injuries might include scraping on the skin, whereas more serious injuries may include sprains and fractures. A major injury may even ruin an athlete's career, not to mention the medical expenses that ensue! Let's take a look at what unfortunate event happened in today's story!
You must have the experience of finding something! It may be a pen, a book, or a dollar. However, if you found a seemingly abandoned or lost golden retriever and took care of it for a year, does that mean that the golden retriever belongs to you?
Have you ever lost anything that belongs to a good friend? If you have not been in a similar situation, your friends around you may have had such an experience. Let's quickly look at what unpleasant event happened in episode 2 between these two good friends, Felicia and Ellie!
Did you know that there are about 260 million children in the world who can’t go to school? According to statistics from the World Health Organization, the COVID-19 pandemic had prohibited 1.4 billion children from going to school worldwide.
However, have you ever heard of incidents where parents prohibit their children from going to school? Although you might be surprised, these situations do happen! Let’s take a look at the legal story in episode 1!
Welcome to the Legal Stories Collection, where we explore and discuss the issue of juvenile protection!
Stay tuned for upcoming stories and discussions!