Items of the week – Bullying – Do this assignment or I’ll steal your lunch money

Mr Moshé March 26, 2012 Items of the week – Bullying – Do this assignment or I’ll steal your lunch money2017-11-04T15:28:51-05:00 Uncategorized

With too many causes to list, bullying needs to be dealt with. Here we are!! Let’s get it together to find a solution together. This is a topic NOT to be treated lightly. We will likely spend a couple of weeks on this. What’s the solution? Is the solution to bully the bully? I don’t think so. An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. One of my idols, Ghandi, said that. We need to pay attention to him, to each other, and to our own behaviors. I believe that. What are we doing to contribute to the problem? How can we contribute to the solution instead?

Parents – If you are willing and able to participate in this discussion, I want you to. Before you post to this discussion, please go to the following link and post your agreement to my terms – Preparing to Post to THE DISCUSSIONS. Your child will make sure you do what needs to get done in order for you to be prepared to post. Thanks 🙂 .

Here is a series of tasks for you to complete.

First – Students Only –

Watch and take notes. Turn in your notes. You need one note for each slide (28 notes total) PDF/Powerpoint- Bullying in Middle Schools:What schools need to know
Read the page and add to your notes above – Types of Bullying

Second – Students & Parents – The message is REACH OUT. Watch this video with your parents. Parents are welcome (but not required) to post to the discussion as well. I will double your grade for your parent/guardian participation. Parent posts must be separate submissions (include your child’s first name and last initial for grading purposes0. Discuss with your family what you bear witness to in the video.

Teen Bullying Prevention – A Cyber Bullying Suicide Story

Third – Students & Parents – POST TO THE DISCUSSION.

Talk about what you think, feel, know. . .

about your personal experience.
a person being bullied should do.
a person is expected to do who KNOWS about someone else being bullied.
we can do to help a bully stop bullying.

Bullying

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Joshua W. - May 24th, 2012 at 12:27 none Comment author #8037 on Items of the week – Bullying – Do this assignment or I’ll steal your lunch money by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

A person being bullied should consult his teacher and his parents and if they do nothing he should stick up for his self, If a person knows someone is being bullied he should stick up for him and if that keeps happening he should tell a teacher, and to help a bully stop bullying see whats causing him to be bullying.
Chrisjon P - April 26th, 2012 at 16:48 none Comment author #7670 on Items of the week – Bullying – Do this assignment or I’ll steal your lunch money by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

That is the most meanest thing you could do to someone that you don’t even now. But one day they could be your boss.
Deanna R. 1 - April 26th, 2012 at 16:44 none Comment author #7669 on Items of the week – Bullying – Do this assignment or I’ll steal your lunch money by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

I agree with Jenna and Angel because honestly even if we do stand up against bullying, there will be some people who decide to be ignorant. Those may get punished may not, but if they dont like Angel said they will have no reason to stop.
Natalie W 4 - April 25th, 2012 at 18:08 none Comment author #7659 on Items of the week – Bullying – Do this assignment or I’ll steal your lunch money by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

Wow Adiam T, Adam’s song by Blink-182 was really good, i never knew they wrote that song. It was heart breaking to listen to their lyrics, it made me want to cry.
Riley D.4 - April 25th, 2012 at 14:11 none Comment author #7655 on Items of the week – Bullying – Do this assignment or I’ll steal your lunch money by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

Poeple who are being bullied feel like they are trapped and that they have nowhere to hide and nowhere to go. There stuck and they are going to be bullied for forever unless they take their lives or they stand up and fight back with the bully. Look at all of the people in the world who are being bullied because they are different or becuase of their genders, or specifically which gender they prefer to like. If you feel that you can stand up to that bully who is bullying an innocent child then you should. Our society is heading down a terrible path with most people bulling or being bullied. Think about what our childern will probably go through in another 10-20 years. Would you want your children growing up in a safe enviorment or being bullied so badly that they decide to take their own life? How would you feel about that if that happened to your child? We need to stop bullying now before it gets extremely out of hand. Dont get me wrong it is already out of control, but it is getting so much worse very quickly. So think about what you could do to help your next generations future. Please?
Chantelle S 4 - April 24th, 2012 at 19:10 none Comment author #7652 on Items of the week – Bullying – Do this assignment or I’ll steal your lunch money by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

Angel and Jenna are right. If you actually think about it there is no way of getting rid of bullying. lets use Angel’s example for instance that a bully really doesn’t care than what can you do? Nothing! if you can’t change the mind set of a bully then maybe you have to deal with it as you go. Stop it while its happening. BUt how. especialy when people look the other way. we can sit behind these computers or phones and talk about it, but does it really count. Not to be harse but no. Many people could be reading these comments and say I’ll look into this more “LATER” or they could be like all of this has been said already. its interesting to see what people think.
- Mr Moshé - April 25th, 2012 at 14:15 none Comment author #7656 on Items of the week – Bullying – Do this assignment or I’ll steal your lunch money by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?
  
  I say, let’s not sit by and wait to see what people say. I think we should say, “That’s not cool.” when we see it happening. Let’s not raise our hands to buyllies, lest we become bullies ourselves. Let’s raise our voices. Let’s all speak up when we see it. I do. You think it’s easy for me, eh? I’ve had student’s throw down their jackets down and square up to fight me because I stand up for waht’s right. I don’t just talk the talk. I walk the walk. DO you?
  
  I have children. I have a family. You think it’s easy to stand up and simply say, “You need to stop bullying/hitting/shoving/whatever?” It isn’t easy for anyone. Who knows what kind nuts we are confronting? No one knows. We can not let that keep us – all of us, every individual who feels strongly about this – from doing the right thing. Do you know how many times I have had to confront someone, and had students who verbally support me in the classroom stand by and wait to see if I would get hit. “What would he do?” they wonder, “Is Mr. Moshé going to get into a fight?” This inaction is part of the problem. You have the same problem. You must stand by each other and not only in words. Action is the key. Peaceful action with the force of numbers. There are a lot of you who are clearly against bullying. So do somehting about it.
  
  We musn’t raise our hands to the guilty. We need to guide them – the bullies – with the full force of our right speech. Am I stressing the idea that we all must speak up? I hope I’m hitting this one home. One person alone will NOT have an impact, but together we can not be denied.
  
  I spoke yesterday about the fact that violence is an absolute. There is no getting around the fact that violence can not solve the problem of violence. Only peaceful action, peaceful words, and courage. We must not forget to infuse courage into our being. Courage can take many forms.
  
  Hopeless is not a word I would use to describe the situation, as some of your classmates seem to imply or outright say. Imagine this show of silent power and courage. John is getting taunted by Jason. Jack, Elijah, Alexis, Chris, and Gage see this and walk over – saying nothing out loud – surround John and stand there around John essentially saying, “We will come between you and John. You will not treat him this way. We will not allow it.”
  
  People can make a difference. You do not have to allow the bully to victimize the victim until the victim lashes out. The child in the video who was picked up and thrown down on the ground could have been killed or paralyzed. No one deserves to be beat down NO MATTER WHAT. This is not a popular idea among your peers. Most often I hear, “You hit me, and Ima hit you.” (I typed it that way on purpose.) It is unfortuntate that American parents are raising their chidlren this way. I deplore that philosophy of child rearing, and it has no place in my classroom, on my hallway, and around my school.
  
  Peaceful protest is what we need. Surrounding John – in the example above – is an act of peaceful protest that shows courage in the face of adversity. If this is the reaction the hall takes to bullies, now, then people will feel safe from bullies, and I guarantee the bullies will change their ways.
  
  I’m closing this discussion now. You will have to take action peacefully to make a difference. Enough talk. Act for right now.
Jenna L 4 - April 24th, 2012 at 16:19 none Comment author #7650 on Items of the week – Bullying – Do this assignment or I’ll steal your lunch money by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

I agree with Angel, he brings up a really good point. Bullies could care less that it’s wrong, as if they don’t already know it. Like Angel also said, the only way to stop them is with discipline. Often the bully is a trouble-maker, so punishing them….will that make a difference? What can you take away from someone that will leave an indention? What will ensure the message has gotten across and the person will never hurt someone ever again? We get it, our society is rude, violent, ignorant, yes we are all of those things. But instead of complaining, how about we do something about it? A way to ensure that a bully will never strike again, a way to turn violence into peace. It seems impossible yes, but if the time is taken to sit down and think ideas like this through, once again it will feel like anything is possible. “Dare to dream it, work to achieve it.”
Angel L 4 - April 23rd, 2012 at 23:03 none Comment author #7649 on Items of the week – Bullying – Do this assignment or I’ll steal your lunch money by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

With all of the topics, seminars, meetings, programs, talk shows, news articles, and compiled information and help to try to stop bullying, how does it still even exist? Sorry to say it, but bullies don’t care. If I was a bully, you could say it is wrong, I’d still do it. Who is stopping me? The only answer is discipline, and I don’t condone violence, but fight fire with fire right?
No don’t go punch your bully, but make it so they will have to listen. There are people that don’t care about their school future, so what is suspension going to do? I guess the problem is that everybody wants to be socially acceptable, and are raising their kids to be scared and go run and tell on the kids. Oh no, you got them grounded, that is just going to make it worse on you. I don’t really know how far I can go with this, but this video completely summarizes my thoughts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swfw2QNsb7Q
Chantelle S 4 - April 23rd, 2012 at 20:45 none Comment author #7648 on Items of the week – Bullying – Do this assignment or I’ll steal your lunch money by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

Wow! These are some really good responses, and alot has been already said but there will never be enough done until bullying is totally stopped and prevented. There was many I agreed with, and few(1) I felt that didnt take the the subject to heart. Some statements were true but the rest seems as if you were covering up some activity yourself. This conversation is focused more towards Mickey H 1 response. Maybe the so called joke wasn’t what upset the person. It could have been the laughfter that followed. People normally can detect when someone is laughing at them and not with them. joking is obviously different than bullying. When you joke and clearly dont see the other person laughing, thats when you should get concernd. Automatically stop and acknowledge the fact that you were joking, and repeat the incident. when your bullying its obvious your trying to control their mind set. I have to go though because its getting late.
Deanna R. 1 - April 22nd, 2012 at 22:24 none Comment author #7646 on Items of the week – Bullying – Do this assignment or I’ll steal your lunch money by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

So the other day I was sitting in the car listening to the radio, and heard this song called Bully by Shinedown. This song really spoke out to me because I have had multiple friends of mine bullied before and I have known people that have had suicidal tendencies because of bullying and other things piled up on top of that. People should never say something to people without thinking to themselves: How would I feel if someone said this to me? If people would stop discriminating against each other because they look, act or feel a certain way the world would be a much brighter place. “If you step on people in this life, you’re going to come back as a cockroach.” ~Willie Davis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7NVxAMQn_I
Jenna L 4 - April 16th, 2012 at 20:15 none Comment author #7633 on Items of the week – Bullying – Do this assignment or I’ll steal your lunch money by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

It’s always good to see a discussion topic go from facts about bullying, to talking about stopping bullying in your own life. Statistics are always a great reminder about how much bullying there is, but sometimes you just need to take the message one step further. You can go on and on about how other people should help victims, but what about yourself? Have you ever stopped to think, “Why should I be telling others to do things I don’t even do?” Hypocrites; I myself am one at times, but I’m working on changing that. So should everyone else out there who talks a lot of talk, but doesn’t have much of a walk. “Actions speak louder than words”, they really do. So next time when a situation gets threatening don’t look around to see who’s going to jump in, take it upon yourself to do it instead. Anyone no matter who, can make a difiference. As long as they try, and are willing to do the right thing. Plus, when others see you doing the right thing, it will make them want to do the same. I and everyone else should be the leader, so we can make an impact. One day people just might be following in YOUR footsteps.
Thel P 4b - April 15th, 2012 at 12:46 none Comment author #7618 on Items of the week – Bullying – Do this assignment or I’ll steal your lunch money by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

Each day an estimated 160,000 students in the USA refuse to go to school because they dread the physical and verbal aggression of their peers. Many more attend school in a chronic state of anxiety and depression. It’s reported that 6 out of 10 American youth witness bullying at least once a day. The effects of bullying often continue many years into adulthood. In the most extreme cases, targets have taken out their anger and despair through school shootings or by committing suicide. Students who habitually bully miss the opportunity to learn an alternative to aggression.
– the child abuse protection agency (unverified)
- Mr Moshé - April 15th, 2012 at 23:59 none Comment author #7621 on Items of the week – Bullying – Do this assignment or I’ll steal your lunch money by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?
  
  Please cite the source of your information . . .
Gia Sullivan - April 11th, 2012 at 23:02 none Comment author #7602 on Items of the week – Bullying – Do this assignment or I’ll steal your lunch money by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

As a former student who was bullied in the 4th grade by a student female named Adrian C., a lot of my feelings went out the window because she was larger, taller, and meaner than me at that age. I DID muster up the courage to tell my mother, who DID NOT tolerate such behavior, but to make a long story short. Adrian C. is in prison now for all sorts of crimes from petty theft to armed robbery to breaking and entering to carry weapons and basically ended up as a LOW LIFE… So this goes to show you how people can end up. Kids direct your own paths. You are old enough to know right from wrong, and I hope you use the brain God gave you. I taught Hynia from an early age to be kind to ALL kinds of people. Black, white, gay, straight, male or female and she would be a very successful and a well liked person. I just hope her peers are the same when it comes to kids that can be easily influenced or taken advantage of…God sees all and trust me…he doesn’t like to see people hurt people the way bullies do…SO DON’T BE ONE…
Hynia M. - April 11th, 2012 at 21:54 none Comment author #7599 on Items of the week – Bullying – Do this assignment or I’ll steal your lunch money by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

Bullying . Bullying is a way bigger or older kids taunt the little kids who are afraid of speaking up for themselves. Bullying is apart of life for most kids, it’s being done all over the United States, because of someone’s race, age, religion, or even because their a male or female. We all need to come together and finally realize that all this is childish. On a average of 500,000 teenagers try to kill themselves every year, and about 5,000 succeed. Even 5 year old’s kill themselves! Bullies never notice how much it can affect someone’s life until their gone. Bullying really is not a cool hing to be doing anyways, it doesn’t make you cool or anything it make you look like a jerk, plus you never know what can be going on in another person’s life, not being in their shoes. If we all come together for once, we can probably in bullying in the future.
Diana R - April 11th, 2012 at 21:32 none Comment author #7597 on Items of the week – Bullying – Do this assignment or I’ll steal your lunch money by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

I think that bullying has to stop immediately because there are many people that are being hurt. You may not think that you’re being bullied but you may be, because many people judge because of other people’s races, religions, and physical looks. There also many types of bullying and a lot of teens take a bigger step and decide to commit suicide just like the father is telling in the video we could make a change..because we are the future.
Emily D. - April 11th, 2012 at 20:13 none Comment author #7587 on Items of the week – Bullying – Do this assignment or I’ll steal your lunch money by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

Bullying is very common in kids, especially middle school. It is very terrible thing, however many people dont take it seriously. Even though many kids have been informed and educated they still dont try to stop bullying. I agree with Ken about how we should target the bullies themseves. Then we could get to the heart of what is causing bullying and stop it right there. Ive been told that I had no soul and have been teased JUST because of my hair. Some bullies will pick on you for any reason.
Dessie D - April 11th, 2012 at 17:49 none Comment author #7582 on Items of the week – Bullying – Do this assignment or I’ll steal your lunch money by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

I think that bullying is much too common today because some people view it as no big deal. Ken’s right, it is such a common subject. Also, Riley and Adrian are right, bullies are people who either want attention, or just don’t want to be bullied by other people, or are being bullied, or are being neglected at home or have a personal insecurity. What bullies and by standars don’t understand is that by bullying these kids or by not standing up for these bully victims, you are either causing them to hurt themselves at an attempt of suicide or they are really committing suicide or you aren’t helping them by standing up for them and you could save their life just by doing a little thing and saying stop. What’s sad is that, in my opinion, I think bullies can be compared to murderers which is why I think bullying should be stopped ,and now ! We really are losing lives because of something as dumb and pointless as bullying.

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Kathie T 4 - April 11th, 2012 at 16:27 none Comment author #7578 on Items of the week – Bullying – Do this assignment or I’ll steal your lunch money by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

A person being bullied should stay strong and not let it make them commit suicide. Everyone is beautiful in their own unique way. I’ve never been bullied but I’ve seen it happen and it was terrible. If you see anyone being bullied you should encourage them to stay strong and move along. With encouraging words you could help them get through it. Never take a bully’s words to heart. It’s not worth the crying and the thoughts of suicide. Build confidence, forget those words, and move along with the wonderful life you were given.
aaron p. 4 - April 11th, 2012 at 15:46 none Comment author #7576 on Items of the week – Bullying – Do this assignment or I’ll steal your lunch money by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

I agree with anyone who says bullying is a bad thing because a lot of children in school and even adults are affected by bullying. I think people bully others because they were bullied before and either want revenge or they don’t want all of the attention put on them. I also think people bully others because they are insecure and they might do it because they think it makes them cooler. If being cooler and more popular is important than being respectful and kind to others that is just sad. There was a story on the news for a while about a college kid spying on his gay roommate because he was gay. This student waste bullied and killed himself because of it. Nobody should have to live a life like that.
Chris G. 1 - April 10th, 2012 at 16:43 none Comment author #7557 on Items of the week – Bullying – Do this assignment or I’ll steal your lunch money by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

Personally, I’ve never been bullied, but I think it should stop as I see all this information about it and whats happening elsewhere in the country. It is pointless and unnecessary. I believe that if you’re being bullied is that you should stand up for yourself or at least have the courage to tell an adult about whats happening. Also, if you’re a friend to someone who is being bullied and they don’t have the courage to tell someone about it, you yourself should do it for them. It would help them a lot and I’m sure they’ll appreciate what you do for them.
To stop bullying in this country, we need to educate the students about the effects of bullying and show them that it is wrong. Education is key to a good life, without it you wouldn’t know how to do a lot of things like reading or writing.
Falon M-3 - April 10th, 2012 at 16:10 none Comment author #7553 on Items of the week – Bullying – Do this assignment or I’ll steal your lunch money by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

I think that bullying does need to be stopped expecially in our generation of teens, all you ever hear about is teens comitting suicide because of some jerk at their school causing them problems or making fun of them. I witness bullying alot at school alot of people say that “bullying doesn’t exist you do something too me your on my list” I understand where people are coming from when they say that BUT you never know what a person is going through at home! Yes, the revenge of someone getting an attitude or “getting smart” with you its tempting too just full out go off on them. But at the same time that could have been the one thing that triggered the suicide or the cuts and bruises all over their body, and heaven forbide that someone wants too come too school with a gun shooting the people who upset them or made them feel worthless. A good showing of this too me is Degrassi:The Next Generation because there was this one boy who always got bullied on and one day he was fed up because the “Popular kids” had pulled a prank on him he went home got his dad’s gun came too the school shot several student and left one paralyzed for the rest of his life, he was an athlete planning too go away to some fancy college and get rich. Moral of the story is you never know what people are capable of so if you are a bully something just might come back at you and bite you in the butt.
Shakira C 1 - April 10th, 2012 at 09:46 none Comment author #7538 on Items of the week – Bullying – Do this assignment or I’ll steal your lunch money by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

I feel like bullying is getting out of hand now. Too many children are commiting suicide just because they can’t take it anymore. Its so sad what society has came too. I feel like kids bully other kids to make themselves feel better and to feel ” satisfied. ” And even if they don’t mean to sometimes they still end up hurting someone. They make them feel bad about themselves, and the kids can go into depression. They kill themselves, just because they don’t want to go through it anymore, and see that death is the only way out of it. Other people see kids being bullied but don’t do anything because they either don’t care,don’t think its a big deal or are scared of the bully and that they might bully them as well. But its right that you try to help someone out, because you don’t want to feel like you could have done something to have prevented something much worse. Its just wrong to steal there money, that there parents worked hard for. Beating them up, picking on them, and just hurting them inside and out. And if your bullying because you think its cool,well its not. So…stop.
Kishan P 1 - April 8th, 2012 at 20:24 none Comment author #7533 on Items of the week – Bullying – Do this assignment or I’ll steal your lunch money by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

I agree with Adiam, bullies just bully other kids because they want to make themselves feel better. But they’re really just making someone else feel worse. Other people are afraid to help because they are afraid of the bully and think he/she will bully them too. This is why some victims do not have friends. Not having friends makes you not want to go to school and be antisocial. Then you look down on yourself and give the bully just what he/she wants. So don’t make yourself feel bad and get help for bullying.
Desitny H4 - March 30th, 2012 at 19:40 none Comment author #7527 on Items of the week – Bullying – Do this assignment or I’ll steal your lunch money by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

I agree with everyone. Bullying isn’t cool now, it wasn’t in the past, and won’t be in the future. Those who bully others have been bullied by someone else in the past. They bully just to make them self feel good. They’ll never realize how they effect a person until they’re gone. Even when they’re gone the bullier will most likey continue to find victims. Being bullied is not a fun thing to go through and eventually will stop, but while its going on that person will feel empty inside and isolate themself from others. They’ll probably feel hopless enough to commit suicide. Instead of letting others get to you, you should prove them wrong. If they call you names you should say thankyou and keep moving. When you say that they will be confused and they’ll try to get to you. When they find that they can’t they will go and find someone else to pick on. If you see someone getting bullied the stupidest things to do are watching or not doing anything at all.
Cindy Y 4 - March 30th, 2012 at 12:03 none Comment author #7524 on Items of the week – Bullying – Do this assignment or I’ll steal your lunch money by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

Bullying is a very serious topic to talk about. I remember getting bullied when I was in the fourth grade. People called me names b/c I was the “quiet” one. I never really did speak to anybody at the beginning of the school year because it was a new year. I just moved to. It was a very hard time for me. My mom told me to ignore but it was really hard because they did it everyday and nonstop. I despise bullying very much. Bullying is my biggest pet peeve! In elementary school, I was always known as the smart kid or quiet Chinese girl. I’m not even Chinese. People judge others on their outside and that’s wrong. People should care more about what’s on the inside. I’m still getting bullied today, but I ignore because I’m so used to it. People who are being bullied should tell a teacher, parent, or an adult about it. They really help. In elementary school, I told one of my teachers about the bullying and they told my parents. We had a long talk about it with my bully. The bully was careless and emotionless. He didn’t care about anything. I always wondered why but he would never tell. People who know that a person is getting bullied should stand up for them. You know you see them there. You should help. Don’t just stand there like a bum. This is what I would’ve done. I would’ve gone up to the bully and tell him/her to leave the person getting bullied alone. They should pick on someone their own size or don’t pick on anyone at all! We can help a bully stop bullying by telling them to talk to someone about why they bully others or why they are the way they are. Bullies should have a reason why they bully others. My dad is a very serious man when it comes to bullying because he knows what it’s like to be bullied. His brother died because he was being bullied. When my dad sees someone getting bullied, he always helps him/her. This is why he always tells my siblings and I to stand up for others who are in trouble. My family believes in karma too. Bullying is a very important in my family.
Ken C 4 - March 29th, 2012 at 21:07 none Comment author #7523 on Items of the week – Bullying – Do this assignment or I’ll steal your lunch money by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

Bullying…. Such a common topic and truly widely renounced, yet still a problem. Most problems can be fixed with education and the parting of ignorance, yet bullying still occurs everyday. I don’t think I have ever been bullied so I don’t quite understand what it feels like to be beaten down or emotionally corrupted. What I do know is that it needs to come to an end. Most will stop there. It needs to stop and that’s it, but how do we do it? What is the solution to stop bullying? Obviously education and telling people doesn’t work, so maybe we should take a different approach. Don’t educate the people about bullying in general, but take the education into a psychological aspect. Get into the heads of those who would have the tendency to be a bully and stop it right then and there. Instead of saying, ” Everyday millions of kids get bullied.” Say “Everyday bullies make themselves look like complete idiots.” Peer pressure is a very powerful thing and many succumb to it. My wording and method may not be the best, but it’s just a suggestion. Hopefully bullying will stop and the world rid of a huge percentile of violence and corruption.
Brenda G 1 - March 29th, 2012 at 20:40 none Comment author #7522 on Items of the week – Bullying – Do this assignment or I’ll steal your lunch money by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

Bullying has only been increasing and is becoming more common in schools. Some people don’t realize how much damage they could cause someone with just words, and some people just refuse to understand. In the video, you could see the faces of some of the kids in the audience. Some of them were paying attention and actually looked concerned, one was even crying. Others though, were bored and looked half asleep. Some of us just refuse to understand, or just don’t even care, because we never think something like this could actually happen. But the suicidal stories are only increasing, and something has to be done. I think everyone should be informed about the effects of bullying and know that it’s gone too far.
Adiam T 1 - March 28th, 2012 at 19:12 none Comment author #7521 on Items of the week – Bullying – Do this assignment or I’ll steal your lunch money by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

A little bit of a tongue twister but I think… Bullies bully so they don’t be bullied. If you turn all the attention to 1 kid then he/she will be the target. I haven’t even heard of a story where someone stood up for another kid. Your friends are probably afraid that the bully might start targeting them for being friends with so and so. I think bullying is a way of getting self satisfaction by hurting someone because something in your life is missing and they want to fill that gap with hate. Like Patrick said we can’t make bullying go extinct, it’s a human nature, but we can have a force fighting it. This song is ironically called Adam’s song by a band called Blink-182 which was actually made for a boy named Adam who was bullied and commited suicide.
LaurenA...1 - March 28th, 2012 at 18:44 none Comment author #7520 on Items of the week – Bullying – Do this assignment or I’ll steal your lunch money by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

Bullying is probably one of the worst things you can do to kids our age. People go home and get bullied or abused and then come to school and get bullied and most of us dont even know about it. Its so sad and heartbreaking to hear these stories about kids commiting suicide because they just get tired of it and dont want to deal with it anymore. I cant even imagine something being so bad that i would end my life. There is always other ways to deal with these things and bullies need help too.
The bulllies were probably the ones being bullied before but what i dont understand is why someone would go through the pain of being bullied and then go and do the same thing to someone else.? In the video the father that was talking to the group of kids about the bystandars standing by and watching the bullying happening but when they showed the audience’s reactions half of the kids were sleeping(being ignorant). People dont realize how serious a bullying situation is until someone gets injured or commits suicide.
Alexis S 1 - March 28th, 2012 at 18:12 none Comment author #7519 on Items of the week – Bullying – Do this assignment or I’ll steal your lunch money by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

Bullying is a horrible thing that occurs throughout the world. Although schools and other adults are working to help end bullying around the world, this doesn’t stop it from occuring. There are so many good people that have to deal with this just because some people want attention. Bullies aren’t just hurting their victims, but they are also hurting themselves. I’ve heard a lot of stories about people who have been bullied and eventually turned toward ending their lives. Bullying can cause permanent damage to someone and leads to many suicides. I understand that adults and the schools are trying to help end bullying as well, but sometimes this actually causes some bullies to continue just because they want to see how far they can go. I believe we should all join together and work to end this. If this was happening to one of us, we wouldn’t want people to pass us by and ignore us while we need help. The only way to stop bullying is by making a stand to show everyone that this has gone too far for much too long.
Adrian B. - March 28th, 2012 at 17:21 none Comment author #7518 on Items of the week – Bullying – Do this assignment or I’ll steal your lunch money by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

Yea, bullying is a bad thing. I agree with Riley because people who bully just want attention, or they think its cool to bully so they can become popular. One time I heard a story that a girl got bullied in high school and she hanged herself because of getting bullied. No one should bully.
Mickey H 1 - March 27th, 2012 at 21:49 none Comment author #7516 on Items of the week – Bullying – Do this assignment or I’ll steal your lunch money by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

In my opinion, bullying is nothing more than someone being insecure. It shouldn’t hurt you even A LITTLE BIT. You know what you are and just because someone says something else doesn’t mean its true. People like to take things that others say about them to heart, but sometimes people say things they don’t mean. You shouldn’t take everything so seriously, learn to take a joke.
When it comes to physical bullying, you’re not alone. There are always people around, and chances are, at least one of them will be one of your friends. 99.99% of the time, bullies are all talk. 0.01% of the time, they are still all talk. Bullies do what they do for tons of reasons, and they do always have a reason.
I don’t think adults have to get involved into bullying problems, the kids that get bullied always have friends to stand up for them, they just think that they are alone. Adults just create more tension and motivate the bullies even more.
In short: Don’t take everything so seriously, you’re not alone, and bullies are bad.
Will d 4 - March 27th, 2012 at 20:35 none Comment author #7515 on Items of the week – Bullying – Do this assignment or I’ll steal your lunch money by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

I forgot to add in my experience when i filled out my bully sheet and the bully went to iss everyone that day and almost the rest of the year everyone ganged up on me about getting him in trouble and only 2 people in my core classes would talk to me
- Mr Moshé - March 28th, 2012 at 15:40 none Comment author #7517 on Items of the week – Bullying – Do this assignment or I’ll steal your lunch money by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?
  
  There is definitely something wrong with those children and likely the way they are being brought up. Take exception to what I say here? Please respond to this after reading the entire post. If a child is being raised to think s/he should bully a child, s/he should distance him or herself from the one who has been bullied, then that child has a potential Parent University enrollee for a parent. Bottom line. If the parent doesn’t know that his or her child is treating others this way, then that parent needs to enroll in some parenting classes. Be in touch with your children. Know them. Please. That’s just how I see it. People shouldn’t be brought up to think it’s ok to support those who do the wrong thing. By not supporting Will, you were supporting the bully. Doing this to Will, he felt totally unsupported. He was placed off on his own. Thank God he has parents who are actually supporting him; actually in touch with him, with what is going on in his life. Where is the compassion for the suffering of others? Are we supposed to expect everyone to harden to the point that they are absent of feelings, void of empathy? (look it up) No. The bully was wrong. And all those people who do not support a child who is bullied – a real flesh and blood person – are wrong. The bully should have been told by all his peers what an injustice he perpetrated; that they would stand by him and help him learn that what he did was hurtful; that they are interested in his life and feelings. The bully should have been held up as an example for all to learn from. And, hopefully, for the bully to learn from.
Patrick W 1 - March 27th, 2012 at 19:37 none Comment author #7514 on Items of the week – Bullying – Do this assignment or I’ll steal your lunch money by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

Bullying occurs very often. I like to think the ‘every 7 minutes’ statistic in the PowerPoint is false. It occurs more often than that. Sadly, yes, it occurs at least once every 45 seconds in schools across the country.
Kids are going to be kids. Kids have poked fun at one another and teased each other since before schools existed. And, let’s face it, adults do it too, in the workplace, on the street, in McDonald’s, everywhere.
Completely eliminating ‘bullying’ is an unrealistic goal. But I think bullying SHOULD be returned to it’s previous level, when kids just joked around. If bullying in schools has gotten so bad that kids now refuse to go to school, sacrifice academic success, break friendships, isolate themselves socially, and sometimes even commit suicide, then, yes, something should be done. And fast. The number of well-educated, emotionally sound, friendly children (as opposed to ‘bullies’) has been decreasing. There is much less education going on in schools and much more…bullying. Some kids do it without even realizing it. Bullies obviously don’t refer to themselves as bullies. But now, some kids insult others without even trying to.
micaela n - March 27th, 2012 at 18:00 none Comment author #7513 on Items of the week – Bullying – Do this assignment or I’ll steal your lunch money by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

To me bullying is one of the most lowest thing a person can do because most are just doing it for the fun of it or just to show with there friends and they actually have no idea whats going on with the person they are bullying, they might already have problems at home and they are just making it worse.Another thing is that most people bully people because thats h ow they feel inside like if you call someone ugly then most likely they think they are ugly and they are just trying to take it out on some one which is the worst thing you can do.Some people have no ideq how if they are bullying people they literally phycogologicaly ruining somebody like you can really mess a person up just by saying “oh your getting fat” that can make some bodys self esteem go down the tolliet. I hav
stephen.k - March 27th, 2012 at 16:56 none Comment author #7512 on Items of the week – Bullying – Do this assignment or I’ll steal your lunch money by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

this video talks about a man’s son commiting suiside because he was bullied. and in my opinion i think the main reason why people may bully is because they are treated badly at home and there friends are bullies. but i still dont think the bullies should think of bullying even though they are bullied. in my personal experience i was bullied before but i was never bullied to the point where i wanted to commit suicide. but i think other kids that are younger probrably dont realize that commiding suicide is not a way to escape bullying. i think the best way to solve a bullying problem is to ask an adult at school or at home if they could help or if they could talk to the bully. that way they will feel more protective and secure.
Bonnie D - March 26th, 2012 at 21:00 none Comment author #7511 on Items of the week – Bullying – Do this assignment or I’ll steal your lunch money by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

My son Will D. had an issue last year with a bully. He went to the teacher she spoke with the student. It was better for a week and started again. He filled out the anti-bullying form and gave to Ms. Jackson. The child received a 3 day ISS which only lasted 1 day. It still continued to happen. I requested a sit down so I could discuss what I felt needed to be done. It was discussed but the things that were promised to Will and myself never was followed through with. Later this child was beat up by two other boys in the bathroom and told no one. When Will asked why he didn’t tell an adult he told him after how they dealt with their issues he didn’t feel it would do any good. It had reached the point with Will that he didn’t want to come to school anymore which is not like him. I really think that as adults we failed both these children. If the systems in place were adhered to I think that some of the bullying would be stopped. Why do these children feel the need to bully to begin with?
Will D 4 - March 26th, 2012 at 20:50 none Comment author #7510 on Items of the week – Bullying – Do this assignment or I’ll steal your lunch money by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

in my personal experience i was bullied and no one would ever do anything except Mrs. Jackson no matter what me or my mom did nothing was done except 3 days of in school suspension and even then he was let out early for good behavior. a person being bullied should do what i did and go to their most trusted teacher or faculty. someone that knows someone else is being bullied they should not laugh or be Switzerland. if they don’t help the victim or the bully you are siding with the bully. to stop bullying we all can help the victim and if that doesn’t help tell an adult.
Riley D. 4 - March 26th, 2012 at 20:07 none Comment author #7509 on Items of the week – Bullying – Do this assignment or I’ll steal your lunch money by Mr. Moshé's Critically Thinking . . . Are You?

Bullying is a terrible, terrible thing. One of the worst things that a person could ever do to another person is bully them. Most of the time the only reason why that bully is bullying another person is because he or she themselves are being bullied or are being neglected at home or some other personal issue. I’ve seen so many suicidal stories and I’ve read a lot about bullying because no one really even notices that they are bullying another person until it is too late for the child or person they were bullying. If you are bullying any one right now or you ever decide to bully someone, you need to STOP and think about the consequences of that action and how it wont just affect your life forever, it will also affect that other persons life forever. No one wants to be known as the bully who caused so and so to kill themselves – do you? I sure know I wouldn’t. To me bullying is just something that a person does because they dont like themselves, and they want other people to like them so they think that “hey if other people like me then i should like myself”. Which is why they bully other people because they think that it is cool and if you bully someone youre popular or you’ll be the trend setter for the entire school and everyone will want to be just like you. Oh and trust me if that ever happened to anyone I knew I would stand up to that bully for them and get them to back off because bullying isn’t something that you should ever have to live through or ever need to worry about when you are a kid. Well it really isn’t a thing that anyone should have to deal with, but kids go through it every day and they are being bullied so much they are scared to death to stand up for themselves or tell an adult. Which I kind of understand why you would be scared if youre life was being threatened every day of your life by a bully. But you should still speak out if you are being bullied and not wait until it is too late for anyone to help you. If you have never read a book called Th1rteen R3asons Why you should read it because it is about a girl who is a sophmore or junior in high school I can’t remember which and it is her story of how she was bullied by 12 different people her entire life that it pushed her over the edge and made her decide to kill herself. You get to see inside a bully victims head which is the really big reason why i love this book so much. It gives you what she was thinking for years about being bullied. Bottom line is that bulling is a bad thing and if you want to read another story of a child who was bulliued and her story you should read the book 13 reasons why by Jay Asher.

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