Hi everyone,This week we are going to think about bullying and why it's a human rights violation.
To begin, please visit these websites:
- The Bully Project - watch trailer by clicking on link, then clicking button that says "watch trailer"
- NY Times interview - watch what the film maker says.
- CNN clip on film - watch
- Go to Do Something and do something. Scroll to the bottom of the page. Where it asks you what cause, select violence and bullying. Then fill out the rest of the form and do what it asks you to do! Also, give them your email address to get emails about helping others.
- In google docs, write a response to the questions below:
- a. What does bullying mean to you?
- b. Have you ever been a victim of bullying? How did it make you feel?
- c. How is bullying a human rights issue?
- d. What steps can you personally take to help those who are bullied
a. What does bullying mean to you?
ReplyDeleteHurting people physically and mentally by words and actions and making them feel that they are different and they don’t belong to a certain society .
b. Have you ever been a victim of bullying? How did it make you feel?
No, i have never been a victim of bullying but i guess from the videos i have saw and from what i heard from people it does not feel good at all.
c. How is bullying a human rights issue?
we people have the right to be what we want to be, and these bullies are trying to break these rights and try to change people.
What steps can you personally take to help those who are bullied
if i see someone getting bullied i help him/her, try and protect him?her, if a person is lonely and no one at school talks to him/her i would be there for them and talk to them.
I'm glad you want to help those who are bullied. Reaching out to others is brave and will make a big difference.
Deletea. What does bullying mean to you?
ReplyDeleteit is just the worse thing that can happen to a person, and those who bullied have then their deserve. I think that a person that passed through bullying can have a lot of problems in life, but that is not a reason to give up.
b. Have you ever been a victim of bullying? How did it make you feel?
yes, and it made me feel very sad, because I didn’t know what those who used to bullied me earn.
c. How is bullying a human rights issue?
It is because we all have the right to be respect, and not torture by words or abuse.
d. What steps can you personally take to help those who are bullied?
Not to remain silent and speak for them. Make them know that they simply have to ignore those that bother them.
It's so important to speak up! Good for you!
Deletea. What does bullying mean to you?
ReplyDeleteBullying means to be afraid, because I believe that all those bullies have experienced fear or a kind of hatred against them, and they are trying to get revenge bullying people weaker that they.
b. Have you ever been a victim of bullying? How did it make you feel?
Not really, all the people that I know is really cool.
c. How is bullying a human rights issue?
Because the bullies are not respecting people’s rights, they are doing what they want and they are affecting our society. Also the people who is been bullied is suffering and probably they are going to have traumas in the future.
d. What steps can you personally take to help those who are bullied
First of all speak out for them, they are afraid to get more hurt so they stay silently but we can help them to get up and to fight for their rights, we can support them when they want to give up.
We can help them - you are absolutely right. I'm glad you are willing to speak up!
Deletea. What does bullying mean to you?
ReplyDeleteBullying means to me like an aggressive behavior that people use to make others feel bad, they can use that behavior because of people’s race, religion, sexuality, gender.
b. Have you ever been a victim of bullying? How did it make you feel?
No I haven’t been a victim of bullying, but watching the videos they don’t really feel good.
c. How is bullying a human rights issue?
Because everyone deserves respect and freedom of what they want to be, and it belongs to our human rights.
d. What steps can you personally take to help those who are bullied
I will help by talking to them, telling them that there are many ways to stop that, maybe they can talk to someone, also if i see someone being bullied i will try to stop that and tell someone to solve the problem.
It's great that you will offer advice to the person. Just showing you care will mean a lot.
DeleteWhat does bullying mean to you?
ReplyDeleteBullying is more than just people picking on somebody else, also it affects the person who is being bullied tremendously. The person can commit suicide because of bullying also get into a clinical depression. Also I think that the people who bully others is just because they want to feel strong over other people, and those are the ones that need serious medical attention to fix their problems.
Have you ever been a victim of bullying? How did it make you feel?
No, I never been a victim of bullying and I am never going to be because I will stand up for myself and let nobody treat me how ever they want.
How is bullying a human rights issue?
Bullying is a big topic in our Human Rights class. It has to do with it because in our class we defend those who cannot defend themselves. It’s an issue that is all around the world specially in United States. All together we can make the world a better place.
What steps can you personally take to help those who are bullied
I can speak up for them, If I see bullying happening in front of my own eyes I won’t be a bystander and I will help those who need it. Also I would try to promote a school free from bullying, by advertising. I would never let anybody suffer or feel bad because someone else is bullying him/her I would speak up!
I love it! Don't ever be a bystander, and let's get that ad campaign going!
DeleteBullying means hell to me. Even though I don’t really remember how, but I have experienced it when I was a little kid. Most of the kids in my elementary school doesn’t like me. I would do anything just to stop it at that time. The damage was not that bad for me, but it was just frustrating. Bullying makes me feel really sad and desperate. Bullying is a human rights issue since the effect of bullying could affect person(s) life, even the whole community. It’s just really bad. Even from the trailer and interviews, we could see that bullying almost cause them their lives. Something that I could do to stop bullying is to get into the core of the problem and trying to stop it from there, either by counseling or just showing them movies, clips or any other things about the impacts of bullying.
ReplyDeleteIt's great that you want to teach others about the impact of bullying.
Deletea. To me bullying means to put a threat on someone that is physically smaller than you without absolutely no reason of doing it. Bullying can seriously make a harmful effect on someone. In a worse case, it could lead to suicide.
ReplyDeleteb. No I have never been bullied.
c.Bullying is a human rights issue because the bully has absolutely no rights to put a hand on somebody else. but by doing that, the person is taking away the right of another person . the right to be free. the bully basically take away that freedom by threatening the person no matter where he/she goes.Harass them in school,...etc.
d. There are a lot of steps to take actually but the most important steps is to “step up”when we see somebody else bullied.We can not just be by stander forever.Who knows , it might happen to you to one day and you will know how it feels like to be bullied and why people did not help you that day. So to prevent anything like that to happen, stop being a by stander and be a role model. Step up!!
You are so right. The most important thing to do is to step up; others will follow your example, and the victim will feel supported!
Deletea. What does bullying mean to you?
ReplyDeleteBullying is when someone keeps doing or saying things to have power over another person.
Some of the ways they bully other people are by: calling them names, saying or writing nasty things about them, leaving them out of activities, not talking to them, threatening them, making them feel uncomfortable or scared, taking or damaging their things, hitting or kicking them, or making them do things they don't want to do.
b. Have you ever been a victim of bullying? How did it make you feel?
yes, people do bully in their language so i wouldn't understand what they saying about me.
c. How is bullying a human rights issue?
its a human rights issue because everybody is born free and equal and no one shall harm another.
d. What steps can you personally take to help those who are bullied
to not be a bystander.
Great Farida. Never be a bystander to those who are bullied.
DeleteAbbas- I agree with you, all those bullies are trying to break people’s rights and they are not respecting them.
ReplyDeleteRossana- Yes, all the victims of bullying probably are going to have big problems in their future, such as traumas or mental problems.
Anamaria- We have to talk to them and try to make them feel more confident and comfortable, we have to be their voice.
a. What does bullying mean to you?
ReplyDeleteFor me bulling is an act of aggression thought other people. It may lay to terrible income just like suicide or very deep depression.
b. Have you ever been a victim of bullying? How did it make you feel?
No I have never been a victim of bullying.
c. How is bullying a human rights issue?
Bulling is an human rights issue because people who are bulling us are violating our UDHR rights. People who are bullied often feel insecure, and are afraid to go to school, also they feel about suicide.
d. What steps can you personally take to help those who are bullied
I can give them my support and make as much friends as I can. Also if I will see that someone is bulling I would not be a bystander I would take some action to help him/her and use a peers support which is very powerful.
Making friends will be so helpful, as well as taking action to stop bullying when you see it.
Deletea. What does bullying mean to you?
ReplyDeletefor me means is when someone is treated badly and get hurt like being hit, and discriminated because is different. It is also dangerous because some young teenagers die for being bullied.
b. Have you ever been a victim of bullying? How did it make you feel?
yes, in my home country. I felt really bad, suffocated and depress because no one help me and I didn't know what to do.
c. How is bullying a human rights issue?
It is because the one that is bullying doesn't have freedom and we all have the right to be respected.
d. What steps can you personally take to help those who are bullied
If I see someone being bullied I will speak up and help them. Also try to be with them and make them feel safe and that they are not alone.
I'm so glad you want to reach out to stop it and support the victim.
Deletea) Bullying means that someone is using violence or verbal threats to compel other person to do something. I also think that bullying means that someone discriminates others due to their appearance or personalities.
ReplyDeleteb) Yes, I’ve been a victim of bullying. It was horrible to know that you could not tell what was happening to you at school to your parents.
c) I think that bullying is a human rights issues because the whole society is involved in it and it begins in school. There has to be a solution to fix that issue.
d) Maybe you can help by asking someone if he or she was bullied in school encouraging them to tell the truth and have no fear about bullies.
It's so important to have these conversations to get to the heart of the problem.
Delete@Ana Maria : I totally agree with you, bullying is bad.
ReplyDelete@Rosanna: Is true that is the worst that can happen to a person and I hope it never happens to you or anybody else.
@Abbas: I am glad you've never been a victim of bullying, and that you have a good understanding of it.
To me, bullying means there are still a lot of violence exist in the world, which forces me not to stop fighting for human rights and do more works to create a better environment for our kids, the new generation.
ReplyDeleteI have been seen some violent bullying. Some bigger students gather up to beat up a little student. That made me felt horrible because nobody should have right to beat up another.
Bullying is a serious human right issue because once bullying happens, that means somebody is being get hurt and the person’s right getting taking away.
It is very important that if we see those who are bullied, we should stand up. That means a lot for those who are bullied because we are giving them the courage to answer back.
Rosana: I agree with you because no one should give up.
DeleteMayda: I think what happened to you was horrible but good thing you can now speak against bullying.
Tojo: its goog to know that you were not bullied.
Wow Yinghang, it sounds like you saw a horrible example of bullying. I"m so glad that you learned from that example and want to help those who are attacked.
DeleteWhat does Bullying mean to you?
ReplyDelete*For me bullying is the act of harrasing, insulting, or even ignoring someone in order to make them feel inferior or in order for the bully to feel superior.
Have you ever been victim of Bullying? How did it make you feel?
*When I was in middle school in my country I experienced bullying from one of my classmates... It was verbal, but it got me into 2 “almost fights” with that person. I didn’t liked what was happening and sometimes i felt really upset but I stopped that by first ignoring that person and telling her that I didn’t wanted to fight; and I also talked with the principal of my school (which didn’t worked) Fortunately at the end I was able to solve everything and I ended up being friends with the girl i got problems with :)
How is Bullying a human rights issue?
*It deals with human rights because it is a violation of the freedom and liberty of a person
What steps can you personally take to help those who are being bullied?
*Something we all can do is not to be bystanders and speak up when we see something happening. Another thing that I think is essencial is to make the person who is being bullied to feel support.
Hi Megan,
DeleteI'm so sorry you experienced bullying. You were very brave and there was a positive outcome, though for many it's not that way. I know you will speak up for others!
a. What does bullying mean to you?
ReplyDeleteI think bullying is when someone does something bad to hurt someone or to make someone feel sad.It is kind of an aggressive behavior manifested by the use of force or coercion to affect others particularly when the behavior is habitual.
b. Have you ever been a victim of bullying? How did it make you feel?
Yes, when i first came to this country, i didn't know much English and the others who would know English they would laugh at me for no reason and i felt sad, i felt like i was been rejected from the people who were surround me.
c. How is bullying a human rights issue?
This is an issue related to the humans rights class because there are humans right that are been violated.
d. What steps can you personally take to help those who are bullied
Bullying is a serious human right issue because once bullying happens, that means somebody is being get hurt and the person’s right getting taking away.
It is very important that if we see those who are bullied, we should stand up. That means a lot for those who are bullied because we are giving them the courage to answer back.
Hi Yasmany, I'm so sorry you experienced bullying and am so glad that you are now brave to stand up for others so they don't experience that pain!
Delete@Rosana I agree with you, they are not respecting them.
ReplyDelete@Jessica: victims of bullying probably are going to have big problems in their future
@Yinghang: We have to talk to them and try to make them understand.
a. What does bullying mean to you?
ReplyDeleteBulling to me means hurt a person physical and emotional like put nicks names to others without permission of this person. Tell this person unpropitious words. Hits this person and intimidated them.
b. Have you ever been a victim of bullying? How did it make you feel?
No, I not been a victim of bulling.
c. How is bullying a human rights issue?
The human right is a bulling issue because People who are bulling others don’t respect the society in which we live. Also they make a danger society and most people are hate everyday this people, so this things can produce terrible thing like hate crime.
d. What steps can you personally take to help those who are bullied
I can speak for others, make poster in the school to stop bulling and and teach students what are the consequences if they bulling others students in the school. And the positives things to live in a safety place without bulling in our society. In the finally the society need came togethre to fight against it.
I'm so glad you want to speak for others and fight to end bullying.
Delete> Chris :I agree to what u said. its hell !! but too general!!
ReplyDelete>Jessica: I also agree with you.But Bullying is happening all over the world not especially just to USA.
>Rosana: I agree with your last comment. we cannot remain silence. we have to speak up.
john: I agree with john because bullies doesn't have the right to harm anybody.
ReplyDeletemiguel: I know ho it feels to be bullied because I was one and it is terrible.
megan: you are right the best thing to help them is not being bystanders.
Jessica, that is true, a person who passed through bully can committed a suicide, and that is very sad.
ReplyDeleteMegan, I was surprise with your story. It is sad to know those things, poor Megan. :-(
Mayda, we think the same, I will also speak up for those that had being bullied.
a. What does bullying mean to you?
ReplyDeleteBullying means to me is the worst feeling that you can get from someone about you and if someone hurts you or scared you. for example while you are in the cafeteria and some students talk about you like look at her she is so ugly or dressed up like something. Who insult you because of the way you are or about your culture.
b. Have you ever been a victim of bullying? How did it make you feel?
Yes I have been a victim of bullying many times . Most of the time when I come to school by the bus or the train that time people talk about my dress or stare me that time I feel like crying. It makes me feel horrible and my whole day ruin. I can’t do anything good in the whole day. Those things stay in my mind.
c. How is bullying a human rights issue?
Most important right is we all have the freedom to live but because of the bullying many people scared to do something that they want or afraid to show what they are.
d. What steps can you personally take to help those who are bullied
by not being a bystander and speak up. by talking with those victims about good things so they can feel better. Because sometimes when you feel worst if someone talks to you then you feel much better and it helps to ignore those bullies.
Dear Masuma, I'm so so sorry that you have such problems on your way to school. That makes me feel terrible. You, I'm sure, will never be a bystander and will always reach out to those who need support.
DeleteFor me bullying means that someone do something that hurts you or by making threats and forcing you by insulting. Also people hurting other people mentally and physically by actions It’s one kind of bad feeling of being bullied.
ReplyDeleteYes, I was bullied and it makes me really angry
The most important is that we all want respect not to be torture or being abused.
The steps I can take personally to help those who are bullied that I can speak up for them and not to be afraid to talk with the people who are bullying others. I will listen to them what they want to tell me and support them. Be there for them and encourage them the things they want to do. Get them excited to do outside of their relationship.
Excellent. And I love that you want to help them move on and give them support.
Deletea. What does bullying mean to you?
ReplyDeletefor me it means everyday getting punched from someone, everyday the person comes and treat others badly. what i mean by punch is not physically but emotionally, making others feel bad about themselves, which will lead the person to hate his life.
b. Have you ever been a victim of bullying? How did it make you feel?
thanks god so far I’ve never been bullied.
c. How is bullying a human rights issue?
It is because the one that is bullying doesn't have freedom which we all must be free and have equal rights.
d. What steps can you personally take to help those who are bullied
for me if I see someone is bullied I will defiantly step up and try to help him against others, because it’s not fair to make fun or to threat others that are different we aren’t the same, people are different and I dont like someone to come and talk trash about others.
I know you can be a great ally to those in need!
Deletea. What does bullying mean to you?
ReplyDeleteFor me , I think bullying is a way people show they are stronger than others through the process of making other feeling bad . Of course,that is a wrong process to show how strong a person is. Most of these people are selfish and arrogant, they always build their own happiness on others' suffering.
b.Have you ever been a victim of bullying? How did it make you feel?
No. all of my friends are so friendly and nice. And i feel lucky about that.
c. How is bullying a human rights issue?
Because everyone have right to be respect and people all have freedom.
d. What steps can you personally take to help those who are bullied?
for me if I see someone is bullied I will trying to be friend with them, talk to them, speak up for them! Everyone should not be a bystander. That is not fair for them !!
I'm glad you want to reach out and help others. Great.
Deletea. What does bullying mean to you?
ReplyDeleteIn my mind, bullying is a bad behavior and it not only hurt other people but also hurt yourself. People bully others to show their power.
b. Have you ever been a victim of bullying? How did it make you feel?
No, I never be a victim of bullying because my friends all are friendly and nice, they never bully or hurt other people.
c. How is bullying a human rights issue?
Bullying is a very serious problem if people bully other people that means they take other people’s right. Every human have same right with each other no one could take it away.
d. What steps can you personally take to help those who are bullied?
First, i have to know why does these people are bullied by others, then I have to discuss this event with my friends and family then we find a good way to help these people solve this problem without violence.
It is very serious! And learning then teaching others is very important!
Deleteyes. I agree with Wensi, no one will be a bystander when they see a person who is bully by others. And i think Luay is right, everyone who live in this community have freedom and equall right with others.
ReplyDeleteWhat does bully mean to you?
ReplyDeleteBully is the use of verbal or physical aggression against somebody in order to ridicule somebody’s characteristic and impose uncomfortable feelings of inferiority or embarrassment on the victims.
Have you ever been a victim of bullying? How did it make you feel?
I wasn’t a victim of bully in the past but sometimes I felt that people tented to repel me from their groups of friends when I was younger.
How is bullying a human rights issue?
Everybody has the right to evolve and grow with quality of life. Since bully interferes on people’s free will it represents a violation of human rights.
What steps can you personally take to help those who are bullied?
We should report cases of bully to an authority in our community and then try some approximation to the victim in order to help them.
I think that's a great plan Renan!
DeleteDear Aysha,
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry for knowing that you experienced bully in your life and I'd like to have helped you with that situation when it happened. Bully is something that has to be removed from our society.
Tojo,
ReplyDeleteI agree that bully is a violation of human rights and also that we have to stop being bystanders and speak up when we want to change something that's wrong.
a. Bullying means to hurt other people with no reason or some ridiculous reasons, so that the people who are bullied have some physical and mental problems.
ReplyDeleteb. No, I have never been bullied. But when I saw the bullying, I feel so bad and angry.
c.At most of time, bullying is caused by different kinds of discrimination, and the discimination is the important issue of Human Righs.
d.I may tell the teachers or someone else, because I don’t think me, myself, is powerful enough to protect those people who are bullied, but I can help them with a group of people.
@abbas: wah, you are righteous because you are willing to help others, especially the people who are victim of bullying.
ReplyDelete@rosanna: I am sorry to hear you were bullied, and I have some question with you, I don’t know what would people gain from bullying others.
@jessica: I agree with you about bully is a big issue of human rights.
Bullying means to threaten to hurt someone or frighten them, especially someone smaller or weaker.
ReplyDeleteYes, I have been a victim of bullying because of my myopic eye and wear the glasses. My classmates regarded everyone who wear glasses as the weak, they thought those people were just good at studying. I felt so bad at that time, and I thought they were so bored.
Bullying is the opposition of Human Rights, “everybody is equal” would never come true unless the bullying disappear.
I would try to help the people who are bullied and if I could not help at that time, I would stand up to stop.
@Danling: I agree with you, if we overrate our ability to help others, we not only does not work, but also hurt ourselves sometimes.
ReplyDelete@Renan: I agree with you. We should be insisted in fighting for human rights, so the bullying should not be exist.
@Masuma: You have a deep feeling of the bullying and I agree with you about what does bullying mean.
• a. What does bullying mean to you?
ReplyDeleteBullying is an not respectful action for human，that would make people far away from each other
• b. Have you ever been a victim of bullying? How did it make you feel?
I never am a victim because I will not make any trouble with others.
• c. How is bullying a human rights issue?
Because of the bullying, people would not trust each other; it is not healthful for the society. And the people who were suffered by bullying, they would feel the world was so bad, maybe they would do something like the bullier.
• d. What steps can you personally take to help those who are bullied
I can speak up for them, if I see bullying happening in front of my own eyes I won’t be a bystander and I will help those who need it.
I'm so glad you are committed to helping others and you won't be a bystander.
DeleteTo me bullying is when you pick or hurt someone just because they are from a different race or sexual orientation for example . The person who bully doesn’t only hurt the victim physically but also mentally . The victim will be affected by all the bad and horrible things the bully say to them and their mind will be trouble with it . Personally I haven’t experience bullying but when I was young I have seen it happening and didn’t do anything to stop it . I really regret for not being able to do anything back then to stop it . I was young and full of fears on what is going to happen next and also I didn’t have any idea on what to do . Bullying is a human right issue/violation because when you bully someone you don’t respect them with who they are . You discriminate them form the others and you are taking away their freedom because you threat or beat them up when they want to do something and you dislike it . I guess the very first thing someone could do to stop bullying is probably by standing up toward those bullies and also if you become a victim don’t be scared or feel threaten by what the bully says since they have no right to tell you what to do or how to act .
ReplyDeleteKanto, I'm glad you've never been a victim of bullying. And don't waste energy feeling badly that you didn't step in in the past. You know better now!
Deletea. bullying for me means a bad attitude that usually taking advantage of abusing others specially the weaker
ReplyDeleteb. No i have never been victim of a bullying.
c.a bullying is a human right issues because it’s is affect your right the fact that your may get hurt your feeling in many different way nobody should bother someone else life . make the person unsafe.
d. one step that i can take to help the others is trying to protect them from it .i can stop it if i ever saw someone bullying somebody else.teaching others about the effects that bully can cause on someone.
That's great! You will step in and teach others about why bullying is dangerous. Good for you!!
Deletea. What does bullying mean to you?
ReplyDeleteBullying is a way shows that one person is not confident inside. the reason one person bully others because they want to get the attention. And they want to show they are tough through other’s weakness.
b. Have you ever been a victim of bullying? How did it make you feel?
No,i have never been a victim of bullying, but i can say that really hurt a lot.Everyone should respect each others.
c. How is bullying a human rights issue?
Bully is against one person’s willing and force them to do something. this shows the disrespect and break the equal rights. That is how bullying is a human rights issue. Everyone should respect each other.
d. What steps can you personally take to help those who are bullied？
since i am in human rights class, i know way better than my friends. I think i can teach them the human rights to them. And if i see bullying thing happen in our school. I will try to seek help from teachers.
@jiyuan : I totally agree with you .Being bullied really does hurt a lot not only physically but also mentally .
ReplyDelete@ Megan : Yes , I think so too not being a bystander is the first thing to do to stop bullying .