Jamie Nabozny: Documentary Analysis

My topic is K-12 school shootings. We all have someone close to us who is in elementary, middle or high school that we care about. It could be a little sister, a nephew, a cousin, even a neighbor. We don’t really think of them not coming home. When they do, great, we don’t even give it a second thought. It’s when they don’t that we start to realise that school isn’t necessarily a safe zone.

One of the ideas that is brought up is the concept of being bullied. He says the following “ 20% of female and 18% of male high school students reported being bullied at school in the past 12 months. ( Cornell, 220) Eighteen percent of boys get bullied in school. One issue that has not been solved in schools are types of programs that are introduced to the students that will prevent bullying to happen. There’s an organization that is called UpStand which is an anti bullying program, that will come to the school and give them an whole presentation on the danger of bullying.

Long ago, the ancestors of humans lived in unpredictable times in which meals were not guaranteed. Now in the 21st century, data suggests, as mentioned in Fed Up, that there will be more deaths caused directly or indirectly by obesity than by starvation. The documentary Fed Up focuses on the terrifying issue that plagues the United States and the world: obesity. It delves into the components that contribute to this menacing epidemic that only continues to get worse. The documentary builds on the stories of four young American children from all over the country that are severely obese. One of the kids, at 14 years of age, weighs over 400 pounds. Fed Up tries to answer one simple question with a complex and scary answer. How did the world get here? There are several different issues the documentary tried to address to answer this question. In the documentary, several misconceptions about food were dissected. In addition to debunking myths about food, the documentary discussed how it is possible to eat healthy for less money than eating unhealthy. Those were a few of the aspects that can have an impact on individuals, but the documentary did not stop there. It also attacked the huge food industry for their misleading advertisements and selling techniques, as well as condemning their focus of selling to younger people. Furthermore, the documentary explained how the food industry is so rich and powerful in the country’s capital that it has thwarted the many attempts in trying

“…Superintendent James Agostine called to offer an empty school that was a godsend” (Six Months). My thesis relates to this because since they had a plan after this they could get back and rolling with the no academic interruption. The school had many volunteers who helped out to rebuild the community with help from the Red Cross. Without these people helping out and giving food to the victims’ families, the city would have been in chaos with the families being very upset (‘Six Months”). Although people may be mad at the superintendent, it’s not his fault and he wants to help the families and help everyone rebound from this tragic event (Gay). Many parents were furious at the superintendent for not saving their children but he’s in as much pain as they are. Although Sandy Hook shooting was a tragic day in history, society benefitted by better

In this book the author talks about The differences between a bully, The ones getting bullied, and The bystander. Also the innocent ones feeling guilty and responsible for those being bullied. The part which caught my intention was when the author described why kids don't tell adults about their problems with bullies. I found all her reasons true especially the

There were many diverse aspects to this book. Most of this book is a recall from either the main character, or one of his students. This book is intended to open people’s eyes to see that in order to change the world we must first change ourselves. Being able to go through this story and see the mistakes, and the good decisions, teachers in Michie’s life have made, has taught me that the best way to teach is through love, justice, cultural empathy and imagination. Some of the points brought up in this book include the positive and negative sides of physical contact with a student, classification/stereotyping, race, gangs, police brutality/lack of justice, and children not being able to escape peer pressure.

The documentary “Fed Up” provides some important and disturbing details of the food industry. The 1977 heart disease and diet study known as the McGovern Report warned that the obesity rate was increasing rapidly due to American diets in fatty meats, saturated fats, cholesterol, and sugar. The food industry vehemently denied these claims, but the American people still demanded lower fat food products. The food manufacturers found that the fat removal made the food bland and unpalatable so to address this they replaced the fat content with sugar. Both the documentary and the Harvard Nutrition Source discuss the role sugar has in health conditions such as obesity and type 2 diabetes. They both link the consumption of sugar as the causality for

(Topic sentence) 3.2 million students across America are bullied each year. (Attention grabber) Is it really justified? (Background info) In Ashland, Wisconsin, Jamie Nabozny endures horrific bullying. A group of students torments him, starting with words, but quickly escalating to become something much worse. Jamie is no longer safe at school. Eventually, in the middle of freshman year of high school, Jamie ran away to Minneapolis. There, in a youth center, he finds hope, and decides to sue the Ashland school district for turning their back to the merciless bullying he has endured. (Thesis statement) The documentary Bullied conveys a message of support to all people that are being bullied; by doing so, it shows how the victim can win at the end. The documentary showed that by providing details on how Jamie Nabozny was bullied but ended up suing the school district and winning.

Since 2012 there has been 3 cases of adolescent suicide in Hillsborough County linked to bullying via cyber or face to face bullying. The most recent case was in 2015, a shuttering story that shook many families, and teens in our county. These cases could all have been prevented if caught early, and treated with the correct care of a guardian or administration. For this recommendation report I chose a middle, high school to research their anti- bullying rules, and ask if they could implement my ideas. As a whole Hillsborough County has a zero tolerance rule against bullying, but are they implementing action to keep this zero tolerance rule?

Stephanie Soechtig, is an award-winning film-maker, and director and producer of the nonfiction documentary Fed Up. She began producing documentaries for network news programs such as Primetime Live and 20/20, while also working for Good Morning America during the 2000 presidential elections and the O’Reilly Factor. In 2008, Soechtig partnered with Michael and Michelle Walrath to start Atlas Films, which provided inspiration and education to consumers on the most controversial topics. So far, Soechtig has been awarded the “Best Documentary Feature” for Tapped (2009), “People’s Choice Award” for Under the Gun (2016), and Fortune Magazine named Soechtig as being one of the “Most Innovative Women in Food and Drink” (Biography). In 2014, Soechtig’s “Grand Jury Prize” nominated film Fed Up (2014), narrated by TV Journalist Katie Couric, was created in hopes of unveiling the hidden secrets of the food industry by using statistical analysis and research expert’s testimonies to inform viewers of the direct impact that the food industry has on the health of our nation’s most vulnerable population—children. Soechtig and Couric present the argument that the roles of our government along with the interests and processing methods of food industries are ultimately responsible for the increasing rates of childhood obesity in the United States.

In 2011, American filmmaker, Marisa Miller Wolfson, made a 76-minute documentary titled, ‘Vegucated.’ Wolfson, a practicing vegan, cites her research on foods and especially animal-based foods as her rationale for opting to go vegan. Notably, upon going vegan, she became healthier, lost weight, and even felt happier because she was no longer contributing to the inhuman treatment of animals. In her quest to become a vegan, Wolfson made the film after moving to New York City. Her concurrent idea in the film is the effects of animal diets versus the effects of vegan diets. Evidently, through its participants, the film illustrates that avoidance of animal products results to weight loss and

After the authors debunked Barrett’s claims, they touch on one of their previous essays they wrote where they touched on schools needing safeguards or safe spaces from micro-aggression and triggering situations. These situations have been linked with anxiety, depression and this has been supported by the multiple protests that have taken place at many universities arguing this topic. Students were protesting to having these

When children are pushed to commit foolish activities or suicide because of bullies, one can tell there is something wrong with the way situations are being handled in our society. The documentary, Bully, presents countless examples of the effects of bullying and how poorly circumstances are managed. Through instances resulting in juvenile detention or taking one’s own life, the documentary displays various ways kids deal with torment. As we follow the lives of five different youths suffering at the hands of their peers, we see just how much these kids go through with little to no support.

Over all the paragraph has many strengths. The paragraphs topic is very interesting where it catches reader’s attention and the writer has many supported ideas to prevent teen violence with many different good opportunities that needs to be offered. The writer choice of topic is about teen violence, many readers like myself have my own opinion about what the writer wrote to prevent or reduce teen violence. I believe it is the matter of getting teens to participate in those opportunities. The strength in this paragraph is very concise because the writer is very clear and simple on how to reduce teen violence in the society by explaining if teens work and they will earn their money instead of stealing from others. The writer is credible with

Today there have been several devastating acts of school shootings that traumatizes the minds of staff and student . One of the examples of an bullied victim retaliation is of the kids from the Columbine shooting, where two kids who were bullied went on a murderous shooting rampage killing the lives of many at their schools and taking their own. Things like the Columbine shooting makes students afraid and scared to go to school. Schools today need to become a safe environment for students not a place of fear. There shouldn’t be one child in the United States to be afraid to go to school. Today Teachers, Principles, need to develop a plan to minimize the bullying and let students know they are safe and should not be in any type of fear when they cross through the doors of the school