E9H Scribe SP 8/28

We got to pick partners to work on our bully S/R.

Homework  - outline for bully S/R

Bully

Tyler Long

• Committed Suicide
• “We can’t stop kids from saying bad things and we can’t watch what kids do every minute”
• missing 2-3 days of school a week because a group of kids were threatening to beat him up
• Principal says bullying is not a major problem at her school
• Tyler’s parents held a meeting trying to either defend the school or prove that the school was at fault for Tyler’s death
• You cannot get the parents involved, the school will not do anything to stop it (“kids will be kids)
• When two kids beat up Tyler, the school resource officer refused to file charges
• Student says that when you walk around the school you see kids getting beaten up everywhere and the teachers shrug it off
• A student said that he was getting bullied and it was a shame that Tyler had to do what he did before someone did something about the bullying problem
• His father started an online group called “stand up for the silent” for parents who have lost kids because of bullying
• Had an event for this group and released three balloons for each kid who has lost his or her life due to bullying

Ja’meya

• all charges were dropped
• she is going home in a month or two
• Her mom tells her that she is gaining weight
• Happy and excited to be home

Alex

• Mom showed video of when he was a baby and how he would only dance to one song
• Got strangled by a high schooler, called him his b*tch
• thinks that he is just joking around
• Alex’s father says that he needs to stand up for himself because if he doesn't his sister will get picked on and if he doesn't he won't have his father's respect
• his sister says that she gets picked on because Alex is her brother
• everyone at his high school thinks he is creepy
• Getting beaten up on the bus
• Alex’s mom had no idea that the bullying was so bad
• Alex think that his bullies are his friends
• Says that if the bullies are not his friends, then what friends does he have
• The principal says that she has ridden the bus and they are all good kids
• The principal says that Alex’s parents have to trust her that she can take care of the problem
• Teacher is assigned to find out what is happening to Alex
• She talks to the bullies and says that they do not get bully him anymore
• In sixth grade a bully sat on his head on the bus and the school did nothing about it
• Alex’s mom doesn’t feel like a good mother
• Alex can’t fit in
• “I dont believe in luck, but I believe in hope”

Ty Field

• Committed suicide
• principal says that there was no indication of bullying (not true)
• No changes to laws because no one cares about “nobodies”
• Had a best friend (Trey)
• Trey admitted that in second grade he tried to fit in so badly that he was a bully
• Whenever he was getting bullied Trey would go after them, but Ty just said don’t go after them, be better than them and he would walk off with a smile

Kelby

• says that if she didn't have her friends she would not be alive right now
• Says that maybe all it takes is one person to stand up against bullying
• She sat down in an empty desk and everyone around her moved seats
• decided to transfer schools