The popular show on ABC that acts out different scenarios in public places to see if anyone will react and step in. Tonight the show is about bullying.
The scene: a young man who happens to be an albino is sitting on a street bench when two other young men come up and start harassing him. Out of the 200 people who passed by that day only 14 stopped to help. Fourteen!! Why? Why aren't more people willing to stand up for someone being bullied?
The scenario was changed up a bit to include a girlfriend sitting with the young man on the bench. And still most people walked on by.
But of the 14 who stopped to intervene, I applaud you! These people were not afraid to say something, to stop the bullying. They knew it wasn't right and they were strong enough to say so. They did what we all should do in this case, stand up for what you believe in. Treat others like you would want to be treated, in this case, help this person who is being bullied just like you would want someone to help you if you were the one sitting on the bench. Often times it only takes one person to step in and then others find their strength to step in too.
The actor playing the young man on the bench was brought to tears at the compassion of those who helped him. He said that this scenario happens to him often but usually no one is strong enough to step in and say anything.
All I can say is put yourself in his shoes. Think about how it would make you feel to be bullied and watch others just walk on by, willing to let it continue happening. Isn't that what happened with Jesus when he went before the Sanhedrin? I have to imagine that there was at least one person in that room who disagreed with what was happening. Unfortunately that one person did not stand up for what he knew was wrong.
Which person do you want to be? Are you willing to let fear lead you? Are you willing to walk on by and see the behavior as acceptable? Can you justify ignoring the situation? Are you always going to be willing to let others lead the way even if you disagree?
Stand up, be counted, be willing to say "this is wrong." Don't walk on by.
Want to watch the episode with host John Quinones, click here: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2012/03/man-with-albinism-bullied-on-street-would-you-step-in/
Showing posts with label bullycide. Show all posts
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Friday, March 16, 2012
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Teacher Against Bullying
A teacher in New York was teaching her class about bullying and gave them the following exercise to perform. She had the children take a piece of paper and told them to crumple it up, stomp on it and really mess it up, but do not rip it. Then she had them unfold the paper, smooth it out and look at how scarred and dirty it was. She then told them to tell it they’re sorry. Now even though they said..................they were sorry and tried to fix the paper, she pointed out all the scars they left behind. And that those scars will never go away no matter how hard they tried to fix it. That is what happens when a child bullys another child, they may say they’re sorry but the scars are there forever. The looks on the faces of the children in the classroom told her the message hit home.
Monday, February 20, 2012
Student Takes On Bullying
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Saturday, January 28, 2012
Schools and Bullying
First my comments:
This case happened in 2009. Have things really changed? I don't think so. We are still hearing heartbreaking stories of kids being bullied in school, and very unfortunately, kids are still committing suicide over bullying. THIS HAS GOT TO STOP!
Every time I hear another story like this my heart breaks and the tears flow. Why does it have to continue? It doesn't!!!! I believe it is time, past time for us to take a stand. United we stand, divided we fall. Yes, it's an old cliche. But it's so very true. We must stand together to stop this senseless, hateful thing. How are we going to do it? By working together. By coming up with ideas and plans together.
The Department of Education reports that 25 percent of American students say they were bullied at least once a day. States have tried to address the issue by mandating their school districts adopt anti-bullying initiatives. But can these policies really stop school bullying and possibly save lives? CBS News correspondent Bianca Solorzano reports.
Eleven-year-old Carl Walker-Hoover had a beaming smile.
"He loved life. He loved to laugh," said Carl's mother, Sirdeaner Walker.
But soon after Carl began sixth grade at the New Leadership Charter School in Springfield, Mass., he became the target of school bullies who taunted him - even threatened to beat and kill him.
Sirdeaner Walker says she i immediately contacted the school to address the issues. But she couldn't prevent what followed.
On April 6, 2009, Carl hanged himself with an extension cord - just 10 days shy of his 12th birthday.
CBS News has identified 10 other students ages 13 to as young as nine years old who were bullied and committed suicide in the last 12 months. Suicide is so rare among children that young the CDC doesn't even consistently track the numbers.
Yale professor Young-Shin Kim has done research on what's been termed "bullycide" and has found that victims of bullying are 5.6 times more at risk of attempting or thinking about suicide.
The administrators at the New Leadership Charter School ignored CBS News' request for an interview or comment on Carl Walker's death. But CBS News has learned the school has had an anti bullying policy since 2006, and a reported intervention happened the day Carl Walker died - leaving some advocates to question whether these initiatives fix the problem or make it worse.
Author Jodee Blanco was constantly bullied throughout elementary and high school - so much so she almost committed suicide. She now tours the country talking to students about the consequences of bullying.
She believes disciplining bullies is ineffective because it creates a hostile environment; the bullying may move online and it doesn't prevent what Blanco calls the worst kind of bullying - social isolation.
"It's the most damaging kind. … It makes you say to yourself, 'There's something wrong with me,'" she said.
This case happened in 2009. Have things really changed? I don't think so. We are still hearing heartbreaking stories of kids being bullied in school, and very unfortunately, kids are still committing suicide over bullying. THIS HAS GOT TO STOP!
Every time I hear another story like this my heart breaks and the tears flow. Why does it have to continue? It doesn't!!!! I believe it is time, past time for us to take a stand. United we stand, divided we fall. Yes, it's an old cliche. But it's so very true. We must stand together to stop this senseless, hateful thing. How are we going to do it? By working together. By coming up with ideas and plans together.
The Department of Education reports that 25 percent of American students say they were bullied at least once a day. States have tried to address the issue by mandating their school districts adopt anti-bullying initiatives. But can these policies really stop school bullying and possibly save lives? CBS News correspondent Bianca Solorzano reports.
Eleven-year-old Carl Walker-Hoover had a beaming smile.
"He loved life. He loved to laugh," said Carl's mother, Sirdeaner Walker.
But soon after Carl began sixth grade at the New Leadership Charter School in Springfield, Mass., he became the target of school bullies who taunted him - even threatened to beat and kill him.
Sirdeaner Walker says she i immediately contacted the school to address the issues. But she couldn't prevent what followed.
On April 6, 2009, Carl hanged himself with an extension cord - just 10 days shy of his 12th birthday.
CBS News has identified 10 other students ages 13 to as young as nine years old who were bullied and committed suicide in the last 12 months. Suicide is so rare among children that young the CDC doesn't even consistently track the numbers.
Yale professor Young-Shin Kim has done research on what's been termed "bullycide" and has found that victims of bullying are 5.6 times more at risk of attempting or thinking about suicide.
The administrators at the New Leadership Charter School ignored CBS News' request for an interview or comment on Carl Walker's death. But CBS News has learned the school has had an anti bullying policy since 2006, and a reported intervention happened the day Carl Walker died - leaving some advocates to question whether these initiatives fix the problem or make it worse.
Author Jodee Blanco was constantly bullied throughout elementary and high school - so much so she almost committed suicide. She now tours the country talking to students about the consequences of bullying.
She believes disciplining bullies is ineffective because it creates a hostile environment; the bullying may move online and it doesn't prevent what Blanco calls the worst kind of bullying - social isolation.
"It's the most damaging kind. … It makes you say to yourself, 'There's something wrong with me,'" she said.
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