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Go to the Movies. Save a Life

Apr 10th, 2012
by Lily.
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This Friday you need to go to see the movie Bully.

You need to fill up the minivan, the truck, the car, the bus, walk, run, and just go to see the movie Bully.

You need to take your kids and your grand-kids and your nieces and nephews.  You need to take the church groups and the Little League team and the chess club and the Gay-Straight Alliance club and the scout troop.  You need to go if you’re a teacher or a parent or a coach or bus driver.

You need to go.  It’s that important.  Really.  That important.

The movie will be one of the most wrenching, unsettling, powerful, important films you may ever see.  The language in the movie is strong language.  It is the language of hate.  The situations are disturbing and not a manufactured creature of Hollywood.

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Bully Free: It Starts With Me…and You

Mar 3rd, 2011
by LilysBlackboard.
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Bullied students that go it alone because they don’t know who to turn to are far more likely to fall behind in their studies, get sick and/or depressed, miss school, and drop out.

And in the most tragic cases, the bullied student commits suicide, or “bullycide,” as it has come to be known. However, research tells us that one caring adult can make all the difference in a bullied student’s life.

That is why at the National Education Association, we are launching  NEA’s Bully Free: It Starts With Me which aims to identify caring adults in our schools and communities who are willing to stand out as someone pledged to help bullied students.

You can join this effort by taking the pledge to listen to bullied students who may approach you – and take action to stop the bullying. (You will even get a cool sticker and poster).

If you don’t know where to start check out our tips for educators on dealing with bullying. Number one, take complaints seriously!

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Bullying: Are you The One?

Dec 2nd, 2010
by Lily.
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Children are dying. A bully is making their lives miserable. A bully is threatening them. Humiliating them. Being mean.

There’s research on the bullies. (No, they are not all troubled children who don’t know how to love. Some of them are just mean. Some of them just like to have power over someone weaker. They enjoy crushing souls.)

There’s research on the silent bystanders. (Yes, they have a share of blame. Their silence gives power to the bully. Some of them are cowards. Some of them, like the bully, believe the child being bullied deserves it because they are different.

Their watching gives approval and encouragement.)

There’s research on why a child being bullied gives up and decides to die.

There’s research on why another bullied child decides to live.

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