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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

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

They don’t understand why some people have more than they have. Sylvia does not show her feelings of Jealousy and confusion as she thinks about what type of people could spend their money on toys from a toy store and still have enough to put food on the table and buy beds to sleep in. Instead she covers it up with anger and immediately wants to hit somebody. When they leave the toy store, although, all of the kids understand Miss Moore’s lesson, most of them forget about it and go on their way, but Sylvia can’t stop thinking about it.

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

- Most of the children are physically abused as they are initially forced to change their appearance (i.e. the cutting of Amelia’s hair) and they are physically punished. - Some of the children are also sexually abused (i.e. the young girl, who later tries to run away and dies, is assaulted by a female teacher). - Some of the teachers are emotionally abused by the system as some were becoming overly influenced by the cruelty happening and others became attached to their students which led to an are uncertainty as to whether or not they should stand up for the children (do the right thing) or continue with the rules and practices of the

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

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 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,

Her family was old-fashioned and well-mannered. When her family’s English was mocked, they kept their mouths shut and laughed along. When her family was ostracized from the rest of the neighborhood, they pretended not to notice, not to care. Her family taught her how to exercise caution, how to be afraid, how to categorize events as either blessings or lessons.

The following program was chosen to provide a wide variety of trumpet literature ranging from major masterworks as well as transcriptions that translate well to the trumpet. A historical time line was also considered when selecting the following pieces. One of the objectives of this program was to display a linear progression starting with the Baroque era that show how art music evolve up until the 21th century. It also displays how the physical and musical demand change for the trumpet over a long period of time.

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.

An illustration of this is when Helen describes Myra as having a “rotten-sweetish smell as of bad fruit.” Also, when Helen asks what she will become when she is older, she looks very confused and says, “I will help my mother, and work in the shop.” Helen replies to this by saying that she will become an airplane hostess. While Helen’s family does not have less money than Myra’s, she seems to have some issues when she says she is the only student in the classroom who, “carried a lunch pail and ate peanut-butter sandwiches in the high, bare, mustard-colored cloakroom…” She feels she is in danger because it could be somethings that separates her from the better off and popular children in the class. With this considered, if either of them had families with money like a classmate named Gladys Healey, they would not have differences they could bond

Implications and Discussion. Although research has shown the importance of having a representative bureaucracy, the perceptions and attitudes of employees and managers alike are interesting to consider. Soni (2000) sought to better understand workplace diversity and workplace diversity initiatives in place by surveying the employees and managers at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The survey asked questions pertaining to the impact of perceptions held by employees and managers in the workplace. She found that while employees and managers viewed diversity as a salient issue in the workplace, the perception surrounding it varied by race and gender groupings. In addition, the difference in perceptions is in the perception of discrimination.

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

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.