Anti- Bullying

A couple of days before our final class, two girls came in and presented a presentation on Anti-Bullying. First I just wanted to point out on how well prepared the girls were and the confidence they showed. The girls came out and wanted us to say something personal about our lives and I was surprised on how many people didn’t skip their turn and opened up to strangers.  The next thing the girls asked was to raise our hands if we were ever bullied and if we were ever the bully.  Not only did almost everyone raise their hands for being bulled but the same number went up for the people who were the bullies. The one game we played was “the line game”; the line game is where a line is drawn in the middle of the room, and when someone asks a question and it applies to you, you step on the line. If you have seen the movie the freedom writers they have performed this game in the movie.  Question that were asked seem to progress throughout the game as becoming more personal.  We went from,  do we live on or off campus, did we ever bully, did we ever change to fit in, if we were ever caught doing something wrong and so on. The game really stood out to me because I knew I wasn’t alone and there are other people going through the same stuff as I am.  Also it was an eye opener to see some of the stuff your classmates have been through. After “the line game” the girls showed us a video. The video was scenes of writing on different people’s hands. The first couple of senses were of things people were bullied for and how it affected them. A couple were for being different, gay, big, ugly, and others were about wanting to never come back or to wake up. This hit me deeply because last year a kid at my school committed suicide because he was being bullied. It was a big shock to the kids at my school because either we didn’t know, or we didn’t try and stop the teasing.  The next couple of scenes were the same hands but this time they were telling us how they overcame the bullying. This also hit me deeply because if I knew the bullying was going on to this freshman maybe I could have walked him through his tough times.  Finally after the short video was over, papers were passed around with a name at the top. We had to write at least one nice thing about the person and pass it on. After receiving mine it was nice to see what my classmates thought of me.  All in all the presentation was very good. It helped me realize that bullying is still very big and we need to do something about it. Also everyone has obstacles and that you need to talk to people so they can help you through it.