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Description of Documentary: 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.

Mirabella was a difficult girl to teach in that school. She was lazy and act lazy in front of her own sisters. “In the first paragraph page 244 stage last paragraph 2 she told her sister to lick her own wounds”. Mirabella wanted her sisters to do everything for her. She didn’t learn how to walk or talk, and she was always begging for scraps. Her sisters would only be the one trying

It also shows one story gto wear one child was treated very strictly because she was the only child so she had no siblings to talk to or share her pain causing her to cut herself and attempt suicide. The other story shows a boy who loved all the attention he got from his parents and grandparents because he was the only kid, he got everything he wanted and more. The children who are the only children can face the pressure of having to contain all the expectations of their parents and other people but as long as you can contain it and do well in school you won't really have to face these problems that the girl did.

The children learned from a young age that it's better to forgive their parents than to hold onto anger. Jeannette Walls, the author, and the main character, is constantly

Ryan Coomber is a five-year-old boy who lives in Saskatchewan; every day bullies taunt Ryan on his half an hour bus ride home from junior kindergarten in Assiniboia, which is 40 kilometers away. There have been multiple occurrences on the bus where Ryan has had bullies pick on him numerous times without reason; older children steal Ryan’s backpack and try to pull off his prosthetic leg which he lost in a lawnmower accident when he was 3; “A lot of kids beat me up. Lots of big kids,” Ryan said, which hearing this breaks his dad’s heart. Robert Coomber (Ryan’s father) spoke to the parents to resolve the issues on the bus. Currently, he thought it was all over until a thirteen-year-old boy punched defenceless Ryan in the face and giving him a

The Impact on the Family After reading the articles Driven to Distraction and Lost in Translation, both from Today’s Parent magazine, I have learned many new things. I learned that it is sometimes not very easy to pick out a child with ADHD, even if it is your own child.

In A letter to the Playground Bully from Andrea, Age 8 ½ she talks about hardships and misery so delicately and with loads of figurative language it's easy to miss. Gibson gives her examples on why the bully is hurting her “A kid can only take so much punch before he's drunk off of his

Katie is raised by a single mother like Tyrec and uses the childrearing method of natural child growth. That’s it. The Brindle’s are a poor family struggling to make ends meet as Ms. Brindle is currently unemployed as she raises her eighteen month old child “Melmel” and lives off the welfare system and child support she gets. Due to the abusive lifestyle that she has experienced as well, she has taken a larger toll, physically and psychologically, than a lot of thirty-seven year old women. Katie herself has experienced difficulties with her being sexually abused in the first grade that has affected her life. Therefore, the involvement of Katie’s extended family is huge. Her grandmother plays a role in being an additional caregiver in her life. Social problems seem to be an everyday occurrence for the Brindle’s as they try to live their everyday lives. As a result, Katie acts older than her age (nine years) due to the added responsibility of trying to take care of herself at times. Ms. Brindle’s parenting style of natural growth may have affected how mature Katie is, but it the Katie’s past and current environment that has had a greater influence in her

The children in the neighborhood are probably the most influential people in Sylvia’s life, since she is around them most frequently, and they are her peers. They too seem to come from the same kind of background as Sylvia—poor, defensive,

School started and isn’t fun for the kids. The other kids are sometimes mean to them because of the Robinson case. Scout had a class discussion about the Jews and Hitler. Scout thinks her teacher is a hypocrite because she was on the jury of the Tom Robinson trail and taught that in America we don’t persecute anyone. Mr. Ewell got a job but, was fired a few days later. Judge Taylor saw a shadow of someone or something in his house. Mr. Dea’s came to the Ewell house and yelled at them. Mr. Ewell followed Helen and cursed at her.

The bullying was just getting worse and worse throughout each grade she went in that she thought suicide was the only way to make it stop. Luckily she never went through with it. By age 14 she lost almost all of her vision. Later in the year something terrible happened to Molly so her mother took her out of school for the remaining part of the year. During that time she realized, “That’s when I realized I wasn’t being bullied because I’m different. There’s no reason. It’s not my haircut, or how I dress, it’s just something in the other person, and they’ve decided to target

The narrator in this story, Sylvia believes she is right about everything and is better than everyone. “The Lesson” which takes place in 1972 downtown New York City, low poverty neighborhood. Miss Moore who is new to the neighborhood is constantly teaching the kids something new about life or themselves due to their low income circumstances. One day Miss Moore decides to round up some kids and take them to the F.A.O. Schwarz toy store to show the value of a dollar and hard work pays off. Sylvia’s cousin Sugar asks Miss Moore innocently “can we steal?” (Bambara 115) Miss Moore was taken back by Sugar’s question, but the kids were not taught right from wrong. Sylvia did not appreciate Miss Moore bringing them to the toy store unable to buy anything, however Miss Moore’s intentions allowed the kids to get out and see things they’ve never seen before such as a paperweight. Love and hate is another theme used throughout “The Lesson”. Sylvia has hatred built up inside because she has not received much love other than from Miss Moore. Miss Moore who is basically a stranger to these poor children, provides ample amounts of love and sees much potential in each of them. Sylvia may be naive, but she’ll soon realize respect given is respect well

In White Oleander, a twelve-year-old girl named Astrid Magnussen is a foster child continually moving from house to house. At this age, it will obviously leave some traumatic scarring on anyone. Astrid could suffer from depression or PTSD and wait long after she needs treatment. In the TED talk by Shane Koyczan, Shane discusses bullying and its mental effects on the youth that goes through it. The main theme of his session is the reality of consequences the victims of bullying face. He discusses his own experiences as well as how he has been affected by

In the article, “True Blue” by: M. Christine Mattise talked about a young girl and the author’s experience in South African schools demonstrate bullying in different diverse schools. While reading the story, the author mostly spoke about how a young girl was bullying from her classmates. The guidance counselor at the school thought that the bulling situations were dealt effectively but in which case several of the children had their set sights on this one particular girl. The victim suffered complete silence, believed the bullies were saying falsely rumors, stating she was slow at learning then the rest of her classmates, or had an obnoxious laugh which made her alone and unacceptance of herself. Some of the things I liked about reading this article; was how structured the article was, the author referencing a young girls experience with bullying, how the author brings her own experience in the story, and how they demonstrate the “hurt-free model techniques.”

This little angel could not get help and even though her teachers and neighbors knew what was happening she never got a chance to rise above the abuse.