BULLYING
Read only on the first day.
Over the next few weeks the Tiger Leadership Club would like to share with
you true Hillside stories about bullying and its harmful effects. Pay attention
to what your classmates have to say and then think about your actions.
Remember what JC asked in the Teen Truth assembly, “If you aren’t making a
difference, then what are you doing?”
March 12
People started a rumor about my best friend and she was devastated. She would
cry all the time but I told her it was a rumor for a reason and she got a lot better.
Bullying is something people do to feel better about themselves.
March 13
I always felt excluded by my friends in the 5th grade.
March 14
It doesn't matter if you dress differently, or do your hair a different style, everyone
should feel welcome in their school and feel comfortable. No one should ever be in
the 'out' crowd.
March 15
Sometimes when people make fun of me I just laugh it off but now I know I feel
really bad about it and I just want to cry.
March 16
When I was new at a school, I was always excluded and it didn't feel good.
March 19
In 4th grade I was bullied by a group of kids. No one spoke up against them
because they were the “cool” kids.
March 20
When I was at the rec center I shot a three pointer and I air balled...someone said
wow you suck! I didn't feel good then. I felt mad and embarrassed.
March 21
One year I was bullied, and then I took it out on my friends and other people. I said
many things I didn't mean.
March 26
I've gotten bullied a couple of times on the bus. I have learned that I should not
treat people that way and treat people the way they I would want to be treated.
March 27
When I was bullied, it was not right. When they bullied me, I got called names and
pushed around.
March 28
I was bullied last year. I was told cruel things that made me feel like a nobody.
March 29
I have been bullied before in school and at home. I have been hit and called names
and I know it’s not a good experience.
March 30
I always got called fat and until this day I still feel bad about it.
April 2
I once saw someone pick on someone else, and it made them hate going to school
and hate themselves.
April 3
When my dad used to live with us, he bullied our family. Anything we did was
wrong. He blamed us for everything. He used to beat us and scream at us. He is
not living with us anymore, and I am happy for my family because we got rid of the
bullying.
April 4
People made fun of others at school just because they are not what they call
“normal”.
April 5
I am new to this school, and I am trying to make friends, but I am always getting
ignored and pushed farther and farther away.
COPING WITH BULLYING
Read only on the first day.
Now that you’ve heard many stories about bullying, the Tiger Leadership
Club would like to share ways to help you cope with bullying. Remember
these are ways your classmates have made a difference at Hillside Middle
School.
April 16th
The other day I saw two girls make fun of another girl and I thought to myself to
let it go, but now I realized that if I see it again I will stand up and do something.
April 17
I have had people say many deaf jokes that I will just not get to me and ignore them
and still believe in myself thinking I can make a difference by not letting that hurt
me inside.
April 18
In 5th grade some girls were bullying me and I finally just asked them to stop and
they did.
April 19
I compliment people every so often to make people feel better so they can have a
better time here at Hillside.
April 30
When me and my sisters are nice to each other at home, the house feels like a
whole different place, and I think we should do that at Hillside.
May 1
I've been picked on everyday and I try to ignore what they say, and I try to forget
what people say.
May 2
I've seen people call other people names, and I learned that if you don't speak up, it
will never end.
May 3
A good friend of mine was bullied and one day got beat up. I stood up for my
friend and even stepped in between their fight. Another friend I am losing to teen
pressure and drugs. I don't know what to do but I want her to stop. I am trying my
hardest.
May 4
I had to lie a lot to fit in and do things that are not so good, but then I told my
friends the truth about me and now I feel better for being myself.
May 7
I got bullied my whole life for being fat. I learned to roll with the punches and
laugh at myself and deal with the ridicule.
May 8
At school, not too long ago, there were these bullies and this other kid and they
were punching him. I didn't do anything though.
May 9
There was a fight in the hallway and another student stepped in so that no one got
seriously injured.
May 10
Something that happened to me was rumors about me and my friends and then
other people would tell me what they heard, and it can really hurt someone, but I
don't take it seriously.
May 11
Every time I someone picks on me, I try to remember it’s their problem and not
mine.
FRIENDSHIP
Read only on the first day.
Muhammad Ali once said, “Friendship… is not something you learn in school. But if you
haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.” During
the next two weeks you will hear true Hillside stories about friendship. Ask yourself who
are your true friends?
May 14
A kid’s parents had a divorce, and he felt like it was his fault. My parents are going
through a divorce right now and at first I thought it was my fault, but my friend talked to
me about it, and I was okay because I stayed strong.
May 15
My experience for teen truth is to help anybody that is getting bullied everyday at school
and for that person to stand up to the bully and say I am tired of you or just tell an adult
or a parent to help you.
May 16
I tend to joke with my friends and insult them. To me it is a joke, but to them it could
actually be offensive.
May 17
On Facebook there is this one boy that always get picked on him, but there are a few kids
that stick up for him.
May 21
One day there was a new kid at lunch, and he had no where to sit so I invited him to sit
with me and my friends.
May 22
My friend always gets mad because whatever she wears she gets made fun of how she
dresses.
May 23
When I would hangout with my friends, they would hit me just to be cool in front of their
other friends.
May 24
My friends excluded one of my other friends from our lunch table, and I stood there and
did nothing.
May 25
When I was with my friends, they were talking badly about another one of my friends, I
stuck for my other friend and I felt good about myself.
May 29
When I was younger I thought one of my friends started spreading rumors about me
behind my back. She got some of my friends to turn against me. It made me want to stay
home from school.
May 30
These girls, who were my best friends, started making fun of me and bullied me just
because I wasn't as pretty and I didn't dress like them.
May 31
A good friend of mine was bullied and one day beat up. I didn't know, but I yelled at the
kids who beat him up. Another friend of mine I am losing to drugs, and I really don't
know what to do. But I showed my opinion of no! I try to tell her to stop.
June 1
When I moved schools, I felt alone and done, but by one person talking to me, I felt more
comfortable.