Stand Up To Bullying Day

Posted by Ken

Bullying in any form can be devastating to the recipient. Students in particular can attest to this as schools are ripe with kids who enjoy picking on others. But it doesn’t stop there. Bullying can happen anywhere: at the workplace, events, online.

Two senior boys, Travis Price and David Shepherd, had the courage to stand up for someone who was being bullied for wearing a pink shirt. So what did these boys do? They bought several pink shirts to be worn by themselves and others at school to show the bullies their behavior won’t be tolerated.

Tomorrow is Stand Up To Bullying Day. It’s a day meant to bring awareness to everyone about how bullying must be stopped. Support is often shown by wearing a pink shirt. And while participation is not confined soley to school, that’s where you will find the most visible response.

Good for these boys! I can’t stand to see anyone being bullied and to know there are kids out there that had the courage to actually do something about it I think is fantastic.

In addition to watching the video below about these boys, I’m providing you with documents offering tips on what adolescents and elementary students can do to take a stance against bullying. They are originally provided by PREVNet, an organization devoted to taking a stand against bullying.

Here are the documents (you’ll need Adobe Reader to read them):

 

Cyberbullying


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Comments
Comment by Kenneth Sena on December 8, 2008 @ 9:44 pm

I agree, bullying is not a good moral values that is being tolerated inside the school..

Comment by Andrei Stanciu on December 23, 2008 @ 12:36 pm

bully is not acceptable anywhere or any stage of your life, i think to fight bully is to bully them back so they wont dare to bully you the next time

Comment by Andrei on January 24, 2009 @ 1:44 am

Bully should be dealt deeply in younger stage of life, as bully can harm ones lifes deeply

Comment by Steve on February 27, 2009 @ 8:10 am

Bullying is a socially intolerable act and can affect a person physically and mentally. Laws should be enforced against this act and should be punishable. The action taken by the two boys mentioned in the blog entry has set an example for other children.

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