Bully Awareness
Our Journal topic and reflection revealed a realization that wearing Pink shirts is only the beginning. If there is no substantial follow up then the initial moment becomes insignificant.
Watch the below video and share your thoughts?
How big an issue is bullying at BHJMS?
Should the Grade 8s be taking an active role in making BHJMS a safe a inviting place without bullying?
How could the grade 8s do this?
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ReplyDeleteI think that, bullying is an issue at any school, not just Beaumonde. I think that anywhere you go there will always be bullying of some sort. I don't think that there is any way to actual stop bullying, because if you think about, how long have people tried? but they dont succed at it. I think that there are ways to prevent but we can't really do anything about it top stop it.
ReplyDeleteIf we end bullying do you think hatred would end too.
DeleteNo. Because even if we lived in a world where bullying never existed, I think that hatered wouldnt end because if someone hates you they won't bother having anything to do with you. Or they won't talk to you, simple as that.
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ReplyDeleteLike Eden said, no matter what people try, you won't necessarily be able to demolish it all, even if we try and work slowly. How many years has their been the bullying campaigns, and how many of them have worked? There are thousands of people being given birth to or growing, and bullying doesn't just happen. People grow into it, for some reasons, and they don't see any reason to stop because it doesn't really matter. If they bully, they bully. If they get punished for it, they get punished for it. Nothing really matters. Wearing a pink shirt or standing in front of a bunch of people telling them it's bad and getting them to feel sorry doesn't prevent much of it. Come to think of it, it doesn't prevent anything. The exact next day, people go back to what they were doing before and forget about it until another bullying awareness day comes up again. there isn't much BHJMS CAN do other than be against it.
DeleteEveryone has their own definition of bullying, so the slightest amount of neglect shown to others can mean that they're being bullied, but from what I know, I doubt there is any serious bullying going on at BHJMS. On a scale of 1 to 10, it's probably a 3. I don't think I bully, but like I've said, everybody has their own meaning of it. I think bullying is putting or attempting to put down another's self-confidence, and I haven't seen much of that this year. I believe Beaumonde has improved in a way, but whether it's gossip from ear to ear, people accomplish to bully like that too, STILL.
ReplyDeleteI think it is about 6 out of ten. You might not Know this because but in the grade 5ish area there is like 5 kids bullying one, I try to stop it but the next day they tease him.
DeleteLike I've said, from what I know and think.. but it isn't as serious if you were to compare it..
Deletedo you always think that telling a teacher helps out bullying because they always say just stop
DeleteNope.. because all that the teacher can do is punish and tell the parents( who also punish), and the bully hoes back to it, until it gets real serious and the police are involved(jail)etc..
DeleteI think that this video is very interesting. In the video you can hear Shane Koyczan's emotions from his voice. You can tell that every word that he's saying he means it. It's just so amazing the way he said everything in this video.
ReplyDeleteHe has the perfect voice for this video because it sounds like he is stressed.
Deleteyeah that's true Navdeep but its not because he's stressed it's because he's been threw it and he can understands other peoples pain and you can clearly hear that in his voice.
DeleteIt's because this is a personal thing for him. You can hear some of the agony in his voice when he talked about when he was bullied. But when he says they must be wrong, you can hear the sort of questioning in his voice be also a certain sense of confidence
Delete@Talha yes, thats true. He really does have an amazing voice.
DeleteDifferent people have their own different meaning of what bullying is. I have witnessed bullying at our school before and I think that it was pretty......evil. They go after that same person everyday, non-stop, it was so so cruel.
ReplyDeleteSo, is it a big issue? Or does it only happen once in a blue moon?
DeleteDo you think there is anything we can do about that? What is YOUR meaning of bullying?
DeleteI'm not stupid of course it's a big issue. I clearified that it was. And it doesn't happen once in a blue moon. I think that bullying happens more in highschool.
DeleteIf we yell and stop the bully don't you think he would find another way to bully that person?
DeleteTheres nothing we can do about stopping bullying in general. But I think that the person being bullied could stand up for themselves, but sometimes they can be to weak and they fear the worst can happen. I think that they can try and tell a close friend about and get some advice. Or call kids help phone on what to do.
DeleteIf I was that close friend they called because they were being bullied, I would probably stand up for them, because thats my friendd why would I want to watch someone I care about go through that or anybody when they clearly haven't done anytihing to deserve it.
yes, but unfortunately, not everyone in our surrounding is like that..
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ReplyDeleteI think bullying is a pretty big issue at Beaumonde because here people gang up on you because they're such good friends and they like to feel superior to other people.
ReplyDeleteI do think that the grade 8's should be taking part in trying to stop bullying because it's mostly us who are doing it.
Grade 8's could do a lot to help. 1: We could actually try to get along with our peers. 2: We could help out others or bring them up when they're down.
If we end bullying do you think that hatred would end as well?
DeleteEveryone is being bully these days. but no one cares about them because the people who are bullying others think that they are not perfect.. they don't have BEAUTY in them but they do have, and they believe in them and call and think that they are NOT Perfect or they don't have Beauty in them.. you can easily tell Shane Koycan's feeling and emotions in this video..And his words can explain what he wanted to say to those who Bully others and those who are being Bullied by others, and DONT ever trust on others what ever they are talking about you...
ReplyDeleteDo you think that one day bullying would actually end?
Delete@Navdeep Bullying never ends, it's human nature. Wherever we go, whatever we do, nothing changes because there will always be someone who is unwilling to accept the flaws of another. Bullying comes in all types of form and at any age. And honestly, I don't think that bullying will ever end.
DeleteAt any school there is atleast 1 person constantly being bullied, it's not something we could deny. Most of the time it's blinded from our vision, we don't see it, but it's still going on around us. At Beaumonde, in my point of view, I don't think bullying is a big issue. I think everyone has someone here, a friend that's always by them to make sure nothing wrong happens. We're all one big family in the end.
ReplyDeleteEverybody may have somebody to talk to but it doesn't mean that they tell the other person everything some people have trust issues and they have the right to because you never know if you tell someone a little thing the whole world might find out the next day.
DeleteI thought the video was great. Not because it looked nice, because of the passion he spoke with. He said that he had been bullied so this is a personal topic to him. But you can hear the emotion in his voice and how he emphasizes certain points.
ReplyDeleteAgreed! I would've watched it again, but I forgot my earphones at home, and just wanted to post as soon as possible, because sometimes I forget or run out of time, and am never able to do it again thanks to my forgetful memory
Deletei agree with you talha... I like the way he yells and puts anger in certain points of the speech.
Deletewell same here he talk with so much passion you could tell he really tried to make the point huge and tell the world Bullying is a problem.
DeleteNot only that he also mentioned that bullying can scar people for life, the way that women thought she still looked ugly, even though shes the mother of 2 who tell her that shes the meaning of beauty. Its a sad thing that bullying can scar someone for life even wehn they have children they are still worried.
DeleteI think BHJMS has bullying, its not like any other schools have bullying. Bullying is a big issue from physical abuse to verbal abuse and it can cause big things (suicide, cutting, drugs, etc.) BHJMS has no serious bullying that I know.
ReplyDeleteIf we end bullying do you think that hatred would end as well?
Deletewell possibly there bullying that you don't see.
DeleteIs it possible?
This video is truly inspirational to those that have went trough this prolonged vision of agony. Being a agonist can wreck your self-esteem even more than anything given to you that is from a outside source. The things that usually gets you to break down, are the things you think of yourself.
ReplyDeleteJust like the RSA videos, he used a media type example; if you have a great poem and don't have anything to back it up, then you just can't let that spirit of yours be expressed.
I like the way you put diferent words like agony but the bully wreck your self-esteem not you.
DeleteWell my opinion is that bullying is a huge issue,it's not like in just one school it can be ever school and it could affect you in many way.It could make you see the world a little sad or it might change how you see you're self.The problem is that bullying is to much for kids that are in middle school they don't know what to do and it affects them allot.It could come in any form (physical or verbal) but it still hurt the same.Bullying is close to impossible to stop because we some time bully people even if we don't know it.
ReplyDeleteBut most of the time when a person commits suicide because of bullying, its always from the teenage division. How is it that people expect that at a younger age, they don't know how to handle things but then you do when you're older? In high school I think bullying happens the most there and can affect a person greatly because of the expectations society has to point out that kids of that age are able to recognize.
DeleteThere's no word to describe what I felt when I watched that video. Just knowing that people get bullied so often and it affects their life in such an impacting way is just way too horrible. To me, It makes me feel helpless that I can't stop the bullying because is there really a way for that? Once a whole crowd is against you what can you do to make them stop? But in a way, they're all so wrong just as he said. Because if the ones who are being bullied make it through all of that, there must have been something so strong and special about them to face it day by day. They're all wrong. At BHJMS bullying doesn't happen that often but it probably does happen anyways. But some of us probably don't see it. There are some people that we don't know at all and maybe they go through a tough time. So I honestly wouldn't know who was getting bullied or not at BHJMS.
ReplyDeleteIf you do see bullying happening at BHJMS, would you try to stop it? If so, what would you do?
DeleteFirst I would understand how I would feel if it was me, and then do whatever that seems like the right thing. I would try to comfort them and be nice. Just so that they know not everyone is going to be mean to them but that there are some decent people who think otherwise.
DeleteAnd what would you do when the bully is about to attck?
DeleteTry to stop it if there was a way
DeleteI don't think the grade 8s should do anything to try and stop bullying. It's not that we bully each other but most of the time it is us that do come the closest to it. Sometimes people don't get along and a fire starts to burn and next thing you know there's a wildfire. So when this does happen, I don't think it should be the person telling others not to bully when they cause a lot of it. It just doesn't make sense.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you but like when something like that happens once a while, it's not a repeated thing. When we discussed about the definition of bullying Cheney pointed out that the main word was consistency. It happens to the same person, all of the time and not just once. So if there was a person going through it all the time, is there anything we could do about that?
DeleteIf i knew someone was constantly being bullied, i would help the person try to fight back. When i see the attacker trying to bring the person down, do the same to them, don't just let the person take it. But it can't just be one person helping. A whole group needs to show the bully that they can't just stroll up to the person and attack them for pleasure.
DeleteYeah that's true there does have to be a whole group there to defend but what happens when no one is on their side but on the bullies side instead? It's a tough situation to come across with and admittedly I don't think anyone would be quite sure on how to deal that...
DeleteI think that there is not much bullying happening in our school beaumonde hights JMS, well atleast not much in grade 8, i think theres more bullying in grade 6 and 5 than in 7 and 8. I think grade 8s should be aware of this issue at our school even though we are not realy the problem at our school. I think as grade 8s we should atleast help make this issue extinct from here. We should help people when they are being bullied. the students in other grades are scared of the grade 8s, so as an advantage we should stop the bullying and people wont go against us from other gardes. This is just an idea that could work.
ReplyDeleteBullying is hard to stop if you tell a kid to stop he'll just do it when you're not looking. So what can we do to stop that?
Deletewell since the bully will bullly his target constantly,we can constantly(when we get the chance to)keep an eye on them, so they know that they re being watched.
DeleteBullying has thousands of definations for example ciber bullying , physical bullying , but i think beaumonde has a lot of bullying going on right now. I know this because I saw a boy crying just yesterday. I asked him why he is crying. But all he said was if I tell you he'll beat me up. so bullying is still a factor which is endless. But what else can we do a bully wouldn't still stop even if we yell at him.
ReplyDeleteI think the grade 8's dont need to do anything it should be the whole school, theres like no difference between 7's and grade 8's, if theres no difference between them, then theres no deffrence between 7's and 6's etc.
ReplyDeleteSo what do you think the whole school could work on together to help it?
Deletewell remember not ever one know what bullying is even we don't(until Cheney told us) it would be even harder for the smaller kids to understand right?
Deletedo you think the whole school could work together???
DeleteThe definition we had in our journal topic is that bullying is constant bullying and I dont think there is none of that in BHJMS, like Talha said BHJMS probably only has teasing, to help that just ignore them and they will stop teasing you eventually.
DeleteI don't think that everybody would be as committed as some people are, it would a total and utter disaster to accomplish it with everyone.
DeleteAnd what if the teasing doesn't stop?
Deletewell it's bullying,like the definition Danyal said non-stop
DeleteI wrote that if its constant its bullying, so if it dosent stop its bullying, teasing is different it happens sometimes.
Deleteye it's like a one thing but if you do it constantly to the same person it's bullying.
DeleteSo at this school it's called an "annoyance" and at other schools it's bullying. Is this our bias on being founded in this school from the start? or is it actually true?
DeleteThis video glorifies the inner beauty in a person. He is trying to send a message to the kids who got bullied by explaining his miserable life. He is trying to say that beauty is from the inside so don't get influenced by bullies and start taking pills. At the end, I think he sent his message clearly!
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ReplyDeleteI don't think that wearing a pink shirt is the beginging of anything. It doesn't do anything. There hasne't been any legit way to stop bullying.
ReplyDeleteI think that nobody in grade 8 will actually do anything to make our school an inviting place without bullying.
And Mrs.Jackson says that our school is a "bully free zone" and I have heard her say it about a million times. But really, I don't think she knows what goes on. Because no one has the courage to go and tell her if they are being bullied or not. They have a pretty legit reason not too. If they do, they will get bullied even more. We often think that if we tell someone about it that they will stop, but teachers really don't take efficteveness in the situation.
I agree, telling someone else may not be the best cure for bullying, because they either get bullied more, or get bullied less or the same amount when no one is around, and maybe even worse as punishmnet for telling, because there isn't much that and adult can do, other than punishing the bully.
DeleteTeachers don't/can't really do anything to be honest. Teachers are hardly the solution to any of our problems here.
DeleteI think that in order to actually prevent bullying, the victim him/herself has to take a stand, and learn to deal with it. Gain self-confidence.
ReplyDeletebecause no matter what we do, the bully will keep going..
DeleteA stand maybe like... change?
DeleteWhat kind of change do you have in mind?
DeleteWell it's hard to do that when practically so many are against you. The human mind wasn't really designed that way to just handle things in a simple manner without any consequences to ourselves. The problem to that is we have feelings and they just don't go away even if we want them to. When someone hurts us, especially constantly, it scars us mentally and at some point we'll break.
DeleteThe problem is, we don't know. A person in our class could be bullied and most likely no one would know. So there's no specific way of telling how many people are being bullied in our school. I think there's little bullying but there's a lot of teasing. On our journal topic, we made the definition of bullying constant picking on by a person or persons. And those people usually attack that 1 person. So I think bullying is little in our school by this definition, but there's definitely lots of teasing. Like calling names, hitting a bit, etc.
ReplyDeleteWhat can we do to stop the constant bullying?
DeleteYeah Talha i want to hear your thought. Maybe i can use the info against you.
Deletejust joking
DeleteYou keep asking that.. don't you think you should try and answer that yourself as well?
DeleteWell I think most kids get teased because they feel lonely. They have no one to back them up or always stay with them. I'm lucky that I always had a lot of friends because you feel safer in your group. But if kids don't have friends they have no support. So I think that each kid should try to find someone to be friends with. But with teasing that may not work as effectively because teasing is like a little hit to your self esteem. Plus you don't have to be very open in teasing. You can make a note, cyber bully, etc.
Delete@Talha, I agree with your answer I have atleast 3 groups to fall back on if I ever get bullied.
Delete@Fatma, Ive been trying to get the best aswer out of everyone.
Also more tahn half th bullying at our school is teasing but the teasing is practicaly jokes going on in gruops of friends so theres not a big amount of bullying happening
Delete@ Danyal, yeah that's the great thing about having so many friends, especially if you've known them for a long time because you feel happy and confident with them around.
Delete@Nauman exactly.
@Danyal but don't you think you need to answer it as well?
DeleteWe could spread an awareness of what actually bullying is which is getting teased constincely. we can go to almost every kid and listen to his or her story and try our hardest to help them. but we cant do soo much to stop it. bullying is endless.
ReplyDeleteBut what would you do TO help?
DeleteYes, bullying is a cycle of hatred. One doesn't like another they get bullied, you tell on them, that same guy gets even more mad and continues and continues...
DeleteBut its not like everyones actually going to tell you their story...
Deletewell i think grade 8 should really try to invite ever one because at the end were all friends and family.Even the school,not just in our class we should try and make ever one feel like family because were all in it together.
ReplyDeleteThis poem remind me of this song it kind of links to this poem. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAg3uMlNyHA
ReplyDeleteKnowing when someone is being bullied is almost invisible. When someone gets; harassed, violated, and shunned, they ask themselves why do they treat me like this?
ReplyDeleteWell there is different things that describe the problem, how it was caused and what is the problem.Bullying isn't solved by ignoring them, it's by changing yes I mean CHANGING. It's very controversial to say this but, bullying doesn't go away by "ignoring" the problem. It's actually about changing yourself.
Changing is what everybody says not to do, it's pretty extreme but humans are complex. You don't get their respect from throwing them a treat. You actually retain that respect trough different methods, and changing is one that Actually works.
What do you mean by "CHANGING"?.....How about the phrase called "Being Yourself"? I'm not really sure what you're trying to say but explain what you mean by changing...what do we have to change about ourselves in order to not get bullied?
DeleteI think that this video was well thought out, because it was animated very well, i also thought it had a lot of meaning and with that meaning he showed a lot of emotion while he was talking and it went well with everything. The video was very creative because the picture and the clips and his tone of voice changing, to show his emotions.
ReplyDeletebullying at bhjms is not a big problem cause often when im outside i don't see alot bullying happening even on the social networks.
ReplyDeleteWhere do you think bullying most occurs?
Deletei think bullying most occurs in the hallways and in hidden areas.
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Deletethe grade 8's should be taking an active role to make bhjms a inviting place with out bullying because the younger kids look up to us and we have to set a good example for them.
ReplyDeleteDo you think that everyone would be committed to do it?
Deleteno i don t think everyone would be committed because everyone likes to go outside and hangout with friends i dont think no one would want to go look after little kids.
DeleteI personally doubt it, because if we can't get 100% participation in a fundraiser of some sort, do you think we will get #allin on something like this?
DeleteI think that BULLYING at Beaumonde Heights is not really a big issue because no one cares if any student get bullied and also if you tell any teacher that you are being bullied by someone they will just call them and say them to not bully you or anyone again.. they don't care at all is you get bullied because they are not being bullied and they don't have the feelings when someone is being bullied..
ReplyDeleteSana, really? Do people really not care if others get bullied? People do care. Would Mrs Jackson be a principle and would this school even be open anymore if no one cared about bullying?
DeleteBut Sana also said that the teachers or principles wont take it as a big issue, they will tell the bully to stop it...that's all! Obvcourse he will bully the kid away!
DeleteSana, the bullies do have feelings, maybe that's the way that they express it, one hits, one hurts, and one talks, everyone has a different way to express that "bully" action.
DeleteJohn: No one cares!! how would you know if someone is being bullied because you can't tell by looking at them or realizing them the way they act.. If someone would care they wouldn't be able to stop it or they wont take a step against because they are afraid of being bullied.
DeleteTushar: If they do have feelings they wont bully anyone because they know that they will feel the same as we did when we get bullied.
DeleteLike I said would we still be at this school and would it be open if bullying at Beaumonde was that out of hand?!?!??!?
DeleteAllow me to answer for you, NO WE WOULDN'T BECAUSE NO ONE WOULD SEND THEIR KIDS TO A SCHOOL LIKE THAT UNLESS THEY HATED THEIR KID BRO CHILL.
Abeeshan: I think it's true because they are going to bully again because they are not afraid of teacher and the principal because they know the teachers wont notice if they bully that person again.!!
DeleteHonestly I'm not sure how we as gr.8's could stop bullying. Because I think the problem here is that most people can't identify and catch on to whats going on. We don't know who exactly is the bully and how we can stop it because how can a bully stop a bully?...It's weird when a bully tries to stop bullying. It's so hypocritical. I'm not sure if we could come up with a proper solution, but the least we can ALL do is put each other in others shoes and understand how we we would all feel. We should all understand, but the problem is some of us don't bother too.
ReplyDeletethis video animation is great but other then that this video has lots of emotions and creativity i really enjoyed it. I think grade 8s should do somthing like a flash mob or a presintion or somthing spontainious because it would show that the grade 8s do care even if some of us dont really care, in my opinion it will show school sprit because the grade 8s always get put down.
ReplyDeleteWe could do a presentation, but the question is if the bully will take it in or keep bullying. The school could do a lot of things to promote that bullying is going on, but we don't know if it will actually stop it.
DeleteYou know I think that doing a presentation is a great idea, but the presentation has to be so interesting and so touching that we make everyone understand what it feels like to be bullied. If we can do something to make other people see and understand what it feels like to be bullied, then maybe they'll gain a different perspective. But that's only if the presentation is really great...
Deleteus grade 8's could stop this by sending people out to watch over the kids to see if anything is happening they can help out the situation, but how much people would want to do that thats the problem.
ReplyDeleteyeah we used to have people who did that...peer mediators.
Deleteoh yeah what ever happened to that ?
Deletei think everyone stopped joing the group so now there are no mroe peer medaitors
Deletethe peer mediators didnt help at all in my opinion because they were mostly gr.5s trying to slove a problem for someone only a couple years younger then them.plus half of them didnt want other students in there "problem".
DeleteI think that the grade 8's should take a active role in this school to stop bullying. Especially with younger kids. As grade 8's we "rule" the school, so we have higher authority in terms of students. Like if you tell a kid to move, most likely they'll see a grade 8 and listen to him/her. Also kids tend to be more open to their friends then teachers, parents, etc. So we have a better chance of helping kids.
ReplyDeleteWe actually do have the advantage to stop bullying for those younger then us because as you said we're gr 8's after all right? Which is cool, but we don't know what goes on in their class but I remember telling a kid to stop bullying this other kid and they listened and they started hanging out. It does work when you witness it. That is a good strategy
Deletethis video explains that people dont look at the inner self but they look at the outer side this is a deep video that talks about the authors life
ReplyDeleteto me i do not know how much bullying happens at BHJMS but for sure there has to be at least one case i most definitely think that we should do something to raise bullying awareness and also make our school more inviting.
i do not know how we can after all bullies are unstoppable
have you ever seen bullying?
Deletein BMHJMS
Deleteme i do not know if i have seen bullying who knows maybe i did maybe i did not it depends on how you see it
Deletehow do you see it ?
DeleteI find this poem ver emotional; the way he elevates his voice and chages the mood touches me. I find it spoken with passion. It's inspiring.
ReplyDeleteDo you think that all the words that he speaks is true?
Delete@Tushar: Yes I do belive that all the words he speks are true and he mainly talks about himself too.
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Delete@Tushar: Do you believe in that the words he speaks are true?
DeleteI think that this video is good because when Shane Koycan talks you can hear his real emotions coming out of his voice and the way he says things are good and they make sence and dont belive what others talk about you.
ReplyDeleteI think that some people are getting bullied but not everyone is aware whats happening or whats going on around them it is common that everyone is being bullied these days by different types of bullying.
I think the grade 8s sould not take active role about bullying at beaumonde heights because if the would then would get bullied because it is common these days that almost every single person is being bullied and grade 8s are also one of them
I think that grade 8's should not take an active role because they are also being bullied.. grade 8's are not the one which are also the one's who are being bullied by others. And also they can't take an action against it and make it stop because if they would get bullied by others they wont be able to stop the bullying that's happening.
ReplyDeleteSana so your syaing that the grade 8s that are bieng bullied shouldnt take any stand they should just sit there and wait for the grade7,6,5,4,3,2,1 should make a difference only ?
DeleteI think that this video clearly describes what most of us or at least what some of us are going through. By watching this video and listening to the way the author has presented it with such passion I think that as this happened to him he has kept it in for almost all his life till he wrote the poem and now he decides to let it out and tell the world? Why? Because maybe now he has seen an increase in the amount of kids being bullied, he wants to make a difference now because he himself has gone through all that so he knows how it feels and how the victims of bullying get pressured to cut them self, quit school or even commit suicide!
ReplyDeleteBullying at beaumonde heights? Well yes I think bullying does occur at beaumonde in fact I think there is no such school in which bullying does not occur. Bullying happens almost everywhere almost all the time to almost any one.
Everybody has that time when they feel offended or critized by someone.
Should gr 8s be taking an active role in stopping bullying, yes we should everybody should, as us being the oldest at beaumonde we are the most responsible to stop bullying (after teachers).
I don’t know anyone in grade 8 in our school that bullies anyone or at least I haven’t seen any one in grade 8 bullies anyone at beaumonde.
I think bullying is in the middle at beaumonde but not as big as everyone would think. There is bullying that goes on but it happens everywhere. Bullying at Beaumonde Heights is a big issue and the sad thing is that no one really tries to stop it. People see it, and don't really do anything about it.
ReplyDeleteBullying is something that can't be stopped because it happens everywhere. Some people get bullied more then others just for about anything and in my opinion it's very sad, because no ne deserves to go threw that kind of pain.
In my opinion, I haven't seen much bullying at all in BHJMS. There is no real stop to bullying but people can temporerly prevent it from happening. People have tried to put an end to this madness for years but have only achieved a microscopic part of their solution. Bullying never ends; once the victim attemps suicide, the bully probally leaves him/her alone and looks for another victim to entertain him or herself.
ReplyDeleteI think there may not be a lot of bullying here but there still is. Yes, I think the grade 8's should be trying to help Beaumonde a bully-free school. We're supposed to be role models for the younger kids, as we're the oldest kids in the school. They already look up to us for making amazing trailers and the movie we made. So why not give them a message. Since we have them listening, we can talk to them about how they can be better and achieve as much as we have, teach them the good and the bad. We're only 14 imagine they're younger than us and they're getting bullied. We need to stop the most amount of bullying we can.
ReplyDeleteBeing honest i actually don't think that bullying is a big deal in BHJMS. I just think people over use the word, for example if you're talking to someone and you get a little bit rowdy it doesn't mean tat you were bullying them.
ReplyDeleteno doubt this video was very moving but bullying has been going on for ages. no one has stopped bullying because i dont think it is possible. it if was possible than we would have solved it by now.
ReplyDeleteno matter what you do in life there will always be someone that puts you down, no matter how old you are. bullying never stops, it happens in offices and in schools. there will always be someone who will be bigger than you, better than you, and they wont stop until they prove that they will always be better than you. there will always be an upper class and a lower class. there will always be success and failure.
but who is the better man? the man who comes home crying or the man who comes home with a smile on his face? society has taught us that crying is weak, that life is full of endless work and pain. so children at a young age bottle up there anger, sadness and emotion. these kids become emotionless, cold and they are ticking time-bombs. these are the kids who come home smiling, what else are they to do? they cant tell there parents of there troubles and about bullying. they go to there rooms and vent there anger, alot of kids vent there anger by taking it out on the weaker man so they feel like they have control. this is a viscous circle, the victim becomes the bully and so on and so forth. bullying is big in every school, no matter how fancy it is. teachers and principals are aware of this yet all they do to help it is to wear a pink shirt. they tell our parents that this is a bully free school, making our parents believe that when we come home with a sad look on our face, that were being melodramatic or that we have extra homework.
so many people suffer in silence, so many people are screaming help yet no one hears them, so many people give up and think that the only way to solve this is by leaving this world. more and more people are having the weight of the world on there shoulders, not to mention that one person who has to push you down further. bullying will never stop because it is not a disease that can be cured it is a cruel way of life.
"Pay no attention to haters attention is what they crave"Each of us deserves the freedom to pursure our own version of happiness and shall not let anyone break that but bullies have such power to do so.We all have that one wish to "fit in" to be the "popular kid" to be the one that pretty , skinny, pitch perfect but not one person realized that there was no such thing.....Society creates a nobody! Society creates a perfect that never did and never will exist.
ReplyDeleteThis video "to this day" was a very emotional video it brought out the inner feelings of someone that has gone through more then just "a talk" Someone who lost their family , was looking "different" then others , was treated "different" than others , a person who figured out he/she couldnt be like everyone else that he/she couldnt do the same things as others.Many people go through tough times at home and being at a young age isnt visible, but as you begin to grow older , year by year , month by month, week by week, day by day, hour by hour, minute by minute second by second....you realize life isnt what you thought it was.Shane K. was able to tell an amazing story the emotions and feelings of someone or himself but the reason i find this video amazing to watch was because it touched many of our heart , deeply.Usually we have these assemblys and powerpoints on why we sholdnt bully but half the people just igonore it . To be honest I even sometimes ignore it because they just repeat the same thing over and over again...theres nothing "new" but this video was different. The inner feelings were showing by the amazing graphics and his voice.This video was just wow.... It left me speechless...
Bullying is a gigantic issue not only at Beaumonde Heights but all across the world.Bullying can be physical , verbal , indirect, social , alienation, intimidation, and cyber over all bullying is bullying and it cannot stop.Beaumonde Heights has a large amount of bullying everyday after the same people but they dont only pick on one person they pick on many all day long.I've seen it and been it. If someone is a victim of bullying you wont see it written all over their face. Its hidden deep deep down in their inner thoughts that haunt them every single day.Then how do many people know that others are getting bullied? Well people that get bullied dont open up and blurt it out to the person but whenever i see someone gettnig bullied i talk to them about it.NO ONE AND I SAY NO ONE deserves to be bullied.I get closer to them and let them know someone is there for them . NO ONE AND I SAY NO ONE deserves to feel alone.In my opinio grade 7's get verbally bullied by one another more than grade 8's but grade 8's geting physically get bullied more than grade 7's.Recently a friend of mine got bullied and she does go to Beaumonde Heights this was an everyday thing and she was bullied by another grade 7 girl. Theres a girl that thinks shes perfert herself and then theres my friend that tries to be herself but gets juged every second. Who said being loud and jumpy was a bad thing? Randomly out of a "blue moon" the girl says shes a wrong person.She stood out in the crowd she was a little to loud but thats why we love her....She's not like other girls she could have conquered the world until someone broke her down.And now she looks at herself 3 times before she walks out the doors she doesnt talk to many people either....But this bullying lead to other things, that "big bully" began to get bullied..and it lead to a train of bullies..
Her family began to break apart, then shes began to break apart, and slowly everything broke apart....
(To Be Continued..)
I also think that bullying could be a bigger issue in bigger schools. In a school with 350 students, everyone knows everyone and you could see when something's going on. But in bigger schools when there's over 1000 students, more could go on cause you don't know half the people and you don't pay attention to what's going on around you.
ReplyDeleteI don't think bullying is a huge problem at school, yes there are fights and yes, someone might've stolen your pencil or notebook or whatever they've taken from you, but you're not being bullied. My defintion of bullying, is when someone is constantly being hurt physically or verbally. Others have their own defintion of bullying. I haven't seen someone being constantly bullied in our school and so I don't think it's a big problem. Though there might be students who are bullied at our school, but haven't told anyone yet cause their so scared to tell someone. I think that's a huge problem here, speaking out. Students are scared to voice their opinions because they're scared of what might others have to say to that. It's hard to tell if anyones is being bullied because they're scared that they'll get in trouble by saying out loud.
ReplyDeleteI think that's a good idea , having the Grade 8 students taking an active role in ensuring safety for all the students here in Beaumonde (if you put it that way). We are older, but how many of us do think are mature enough for the job? How many do you think would actually be effective in this role? How many do you think would only come for the job and not the benefits you get? And how many do you think won't actually be a bully to other students?
If we do have mature students, then we could make it happen. But wouldn't it be same thing as the safety patrol group...or something. I mean don't we already have stuents who ensure the safety-ness of others (though I'm pretty sure they don't). Maybe we could try to expanding it to the Grade 8's instead of making a whole new seperate group of people who ensure our safety in this school. Then we would have two groups who ensure the safety in our school (and maybe we could have a battle of the safety groups...just kidding). Then again we are in Grade 8 and we have so much to worry about like projects, homework and trailers-that is if you're in Cheney's class..sorry Cheney- that we might not have enought time to do it. It'd be cool though to have the Grade 8's being in a group which ensures safety, cause we are older and more mature, well most of us are.
I think that it's funny when parents think that their child is not a bullying at the end they figure out it was their child all along. Just in some cases though. They will praise and glorify them and award them. The child will put on a act for their parents brainwashing them to think that they awesome kind of angel that never does anything wrong. That they could never hurt a fly, let along a human being.
ReplyDeleteThe parents show boat. But little do they know when their child steps out the house they are a completely different person.....a bully. And when they find out that their child is the one hurting other people they are shocked. And I find it quite amusing.
DeleteThat's interesting yes which is why parents should discipline their darn children instead of praising them and spoiling them cause they're so "good"
DeleteI think that Bullying is a big issue at Beaumonde. I say this because i've seen people being bullied at Beaumonde, and other people don't do anything about it. Bullying is something that is really big and I think that no body can really get rid of it forever.We can try to get rid of it but bullying is just going to find its way back.
ReplyDeleteI think that grade 8's should be taking a active roll in making Beaumonde a more inviting place because the grade 8's are the oldest at beaumonde so they have more influence over younger childeren.SO i think that the grade 8's should try to help stop bullying.
ReplyDeleteGrade 8's could do this by everytime they see bullying they can try to stop it and also the grade 8's could act friendly around each other when little kids are around because the little kids will be influenced by us and do the same things that we do when they are older as well so if they see us bullying someone it will influence them to do the same thing as well so it maybe if they saw us being nice one another they will do the same thing when there older
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