E9H Scribe IR, 8/27

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COA Annotations handed back: Redos for a lot of people

We began watching the documentary Bully by Lee Hirsch. We will write a response later on, so you should take notes. What is the message that Hirsch is showing?
(Finished at 40:07)
S/R on Bully: Partner (Summary/Response) - Outlined like COA teacher model

My notes:

Jonah Mowry:

• Bullied starting in 1st grade
• Began cutting in 2nd grade
• Starting eighth grade
• held back
• many people hate him
• one friend left
• hates himself
• Called names: “gay, fag, dick, asshole, etc.”
• thought of suicide a lot, never tried

Bully by Lee Hirsch:

• Tyler Lee Long:
• Murray County, Georgia
• Became introverted, loner
• Bullied in middle school
• Didn’t communicate
• Physically and verbally abused - hurt in mind and body
• Killed himself? - inference
• Died at 17
• Commited suicide - Note on bed, and him in the closet
• “Headquarters” Now in Tyler’s old room
• Understanding why he was driven to kill himself
• Books stolen, clothes stolen from shower

Alex’s Story

• Sioux City, Iowa
• Ethan, Jada, Logan, mom, dad, Maya
• Trouble making friends
• Enjoys learning
• Alone on bus
• Attempts to make friends, people are generally rude and threaten - “I’m gonna bring a knife tomorrow...”
• Kids steal his lunch - doesn’t sit with anyone
• Nobody wants to be with him, told he’s “different”
• Very general when talking to parents - doesn’t really share much
• Parents want him to communicate
• Born at 26 weeks gestation - told he wouldn’t live 24 hours
• Punched, strangled, take his stuff, yell at him, sit on him, etc.
• “They’ve pushed me so far that I want to become the bully”

Cody

• Cody called names at lunch, “faggot”

Kelby

• Little, Oklahoma
• Age 16
• Girls called lesbians for hanging out with her
• Jokes about it, doesn’t let it affect her
• “Bible Belt Oklahoma”
• Differences are not good - status quo
• Kicked out of basketball by teammates
• Tried to kill herself 3 times
• Cut herself
• Thought her mom would stop loving her because she was gay
• Raised where being gay was a sin
• Sign - “Faggots not welcome”
• Teachers talk about how they burn fags
• Didn’t want to move - “If I leave, they win.”
• Teachers never helped, nothing changed

Cole

• Called a “pussy”
• Followed around

Jameya

• Honors Student, Athlete, wanted to join army
• 14
• Kids on bus gossiping about her
• Tried to tell someone, just got worse
• Brought mom’s gun to school - didn’t hurt anyone
• Didn’t have any school support
• Would call names/throw things
• She was tackled and disarmed by another student
• Family felt helpless, felt like schools don’t do enough