Bullying Project Analysis

The concept of bullying in the school system has been linked to many homicides and

I interviewed Mrs. “Bright” for this assignment. She is currently assigned to one of our three high schools within the Harrison County School District (HCSD). This incident happened a few years ago when she was an assistant principal at a different high school in the HCSD. A white 10th grader had a daily 30 minute wait after school for his ride home. By this time, the other students, faculty, and staff had mostly all left the campus. A series of bullying by four black upper-classman soon started on an almost daily basis. The upper-classman were staying after school for football practice that was being held across the school campus. On one occasion the boys chased “Ryan” across campus telling him “run white boy” and “run cracker”. Ryan

This was something I was concerned about because when rehearsing for my speech I was worried the points were unbalanced but during the speech I did not feel like I spoke more about one topic than the other. I think it helped that I recognized this during rehearsing, so I was conscious of it during my presentation. Another thing I think I did well was my vocalized pauses. My um's & and's. Although I am aware that I still used vocalized pauses, I think it was a lot less frequent than in my first speech. I could definitely improve on a few things for my next speech. I feel that for my next speech I could improve on being relaxed and calming myself down. I need to remind myself I know what I am talking about and not get so tense and shaky during the presentation. Also I need to work on my eye contact. I looked at the crowd, but they were glances. And short ones. I need to extend my eye contact length and width. I need to focus and not reading from my cards and holding the eye contact for longer than a

While a good presentation can deliver the insights of a topic and allows the audience to clearly understand a textual topic in a visual and more memorable way, a bad presentation can also make the audience more confused for even the things that they already know. Unlike how most people think, presentation is not all about the quality of the contents of the presentation but it greatly depends on aspects such as presenter’s confidence, quality of slides, and speaker’s methods and preparation for that particular topic. The most complicated and boring topics can seem so interesting by the audience,

But my storytelling wasn’t strong enough because I wouldn’t finish telling the story of each slide, 15 min wasn’t enough time for me. Other than that, I believe my presentation was interesting because by the look at the audience faces; they were all paying attention and manage to laugh at some parts that I presented. My narrative was quite easy to understand because I wouldn’t finish what I had to say for each slide for talking at a normal pace. I should have talked a bit faster than that.

Comment on the following points: presentation introduction, presentation closure, speaker knowledge about information, main points clear to audience, etc.

Mary Michael once said, “High school has taught me more life lessons than actual education.” At West, especially with this project, the main goal is not to learn the literal objective of an assignment; but to realize a bigger picture and figure out how we can use these skills in the future. In finishing the Bullying Project, there are many aspects that help me understand the impacts of bullying on people at school and out in the real world.

The feedback I received was varied. The planning, structure and content of the presentation was good and well structured. Based on this feedback I was happy with the flow and how the presentation came across from this perspective. As a result I don’t think I would change how I went about creating the presentation. I do a lot of planning and project work as part of my day to day job so structuring it I found quite

After the presentation was over, I felt that our presentation would’ve gone a lot smoother if everyone met up to shared and create the content, was well prepared and did a small rehearsal beforehand. Then maybe the presentation would flow better than it did. This presentation showed me that in the future, I should have a note card filled with questions ready to ask whenever it is needed and make the activities more engaging so that people can respond and interact more. Most importantly, I learned that group work has to be group work to make it fair so that everyone will be able to contribute and understand the

When discussing our prevention project my group thought that we should look for other effective bullying programs and see how they achieved success. That is when I came across and article on the Great Schools website. This article explained that a group from the University of Kansas was looking in to implementing an anti-bullying program at the local elementary schools. The program, KiVa, was very successful in Finland and these college students wanted to see if it would work in schools here in the United States. The article only explained that they planned to implement this program and did not provide any follow up on if it was implemented and if it was successful. While the article was, short and didn't give a lot of information to go on, it did give me a starting point to look for the research on the KiVa program to see if

The performance during the preparation was mostly smooth. We all worked together and gave valuable information into making the presentation go smoothly. When we first sat down to talk about what we were going to

My volume and background noise was perfect and I made sure to try and keep a smile in my voice to try and mask my nervousness! Based on the feedback of my audience, I do believe that my message was received loud and clear on the presentation. Also, the questions from the others made me feel like they thought what I was saying was very interesting. My conclusion, in my opinion, was very soft and wasn’t as strong as it needed to be. I tried to be sure that I left my audience with something to think about and try and maybe go on a scavenger hunt in their daily lives to find things that may be a skill I did not list. As with everything, I need improvement in a few areas. The use of the word “um” needs to be nonexistent! Maybe that was my anxiety and nervousness coming out? Either way, I need to eliminate the word from my vocabulary especially when presenting. Also, with my tone of voice, in a few sections, sounded like I was reading off paper. Even if I was those few times, I need to change how I read and my tone when reading. My storylines were off the topic in one section, so I need to be able to go over my presentation and outline a few times before going live to make sure I am saying everything I want to say at the appropriate

I like that you used a lot of images in your presentation. With the use of visuals, it’s easier for the viewer to visualize what you’re talking about. Your presentation could’ve been even more effective, if you used less text on your slides, and instead, put more in the notes section. If this would’ve been

(Topic Sentence)Anyone can be bullied, but it takes a special person to stop it. (Background Info) Jamie was being bullied in the bathrooms and in out of the way places that he had chose to hide in. Not many people knew he was being bullied until they decided to show it openly, in fact, once he was hospitalized for several days. He was repeatedly kicked, knocking the breath out of him and leaving him huddled on the floor, Tasting his own blood and smelling urine. Even the principal did not try to intervene even the when the problem was directly taken to her. (attention Grabbing) Did you know that schools really let people get bullied so seriously that they have to go to the Hospital (Thesis Statement) Kids like jamie get bullied for being Gay, a different race, different gender, sometimes the randomest things and it’s unfair and wrong.

Bullying has once been claimed as innocent, or harmless. But, in fact, it is anything but that. Bullying is when someone of power abuses another person or groups either physically or emotionally. There are four different kinds of bullying: physical bullying, emotional bullying, cyber bullying, and relational bullying. Being bullied can result in many different internalizing symptoms. The most common are underdeveloped social skills, anxiety, depression, or eating disorders. These disorders or psychological effects can last a lifetime. There are many studies that show the different results of how children,