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“How can a person feel good for making someone else feel bad? I do not understand.”
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“I wish teachers would take bullying seriously because we, as students, are hurting.”
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“I am learning that bullies cannot break me—because their words are empty, because I matter. I am loved. I am supported. I love myself too much for someone to tear me down.”
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“Do not stand up against a bully alone. If your teachers don’t listen, tell someone who you trust. Let them be aware of the situation, regardless of whether or not it is ongoing. Let them know every single time it happens.”
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“I was being drilled again, for something someone did to me. I followed the rules, told the teacher, and once again—I still got punished for it. How and why did I get in trouble? Wow—what sense does that make? None. None what so ever. Once again, I was being bullied and it was ignored.”
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“When I was being bullied and called names for years, you all didn’t care. Now all of a sudden I am taking up for myself, it is a problem.”
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“We have to keep standing up for ourselves and make a difference. Every voice needs to be heard.”
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“I was fragile, buried in broken dreams, and felt hopeless because of what my classmates said and did to me… No, it is not fair, not at all. Nearly every single day, elementary school has been a challenge. I have many wishes that I would love to come true but one wish I would like to be granted is for teachers to understand bullying hurts.”
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“Bullying is a Silent Killer!”
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“You do not have the power to bully me anymore. I know who I am.”
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“I was okay knowing I was getting an education without having friends at school. I made up my mind to be a leader instead of a follower. Kindness is contagious—it should be passed on effortlessly.”
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“I was being drilled again, for something someone did to me. I followed the rules and told the teacher—but I still… and once again, got in trouble. Wow—what sense does that make? None. None what so ever. Once again, I was being bullied and it was ignored.”
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“I want to turn every person who has been bullied into their own hero! I know it is possible and I cannot wait for that day to come.”
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“I want to turn every person who has been bullied into their own hero—if I can do it, others can do it too. I am proud of myself. Years ago, I was fragile, buried in broken dreams, and felt hopeless because of what my classmates said and did to me… No, it is not fair, not at all. Nearly every single day, elementary school has been a challenge. I have many wishes that I would love to come true but one wish I would like to be granted is for teachers to understand bullying hurts. Bullying tears a person down, inside and out. It stings and deeply pierces the heart.”
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“I am going to conquer today. I am going to have a pep in my step, pride in my stride, and joy in my heart.”
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“I tried explaining, but my voice wasn’t heard. How is that fair? I wondered to myself—why wasn’t my voice heard and why do the good kids always get in trouble for defending themselves?”
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“What’s the point in telling the teacher when the innocent people are ignored and get in trouble, and the bad kids always get away with everything?”
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“I did not want to fight. I had to fight. If I didn’t, everyone else would have picked on me. Not only would I have had one bully, but maybe two, three, four or who knows how many. I had to do what I had to do since the principal, assistant principal, and my teachers weren’t doing anything about it.”
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“I might be little but I am fierce. I might be patient, but I am quick, and when I am quiet that means I am focused. You have a fire under your feet and nobody can put out those flames.”
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“When I am at school, I smile to block the hurt. When I am with my family I can always be myself.”
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“How is the fair that the respectful children always get in trouble, but the bullies always get away with shattering lives. I am tired of you all tolerating bullying at your school! You all should be ashamed of yourselves! You all need to put a stop to bullying instead of condoning it. Take the wool off of your eyes and see the truth for what it is--and it is the bullying; known as the Silent Killer!”
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“I am tired of you all tolerating bullying at your school! You all should be ashamed of yourselves! Take the wool off of your eyes and see the truth for what it is--and it is the bullying; known as the Silent Killer!”
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“Bullies always get away with doing wrong, because most of the time they never get caught.”
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“I guess since it was two against one—my truth didn’t hold enough weight. They played the innocent role. They said I was picking on them. I tried explaining, but my voice wasn’t heard. How is that fair? I wondered to myself—why wasn’t my voice heard and why do the good kids always get in trouble for defending themselves?”
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“When your teachers do not do anything about it—it is sad when you have to take matters in your own hands. It is scary. I was scared when I fought back, but I had to do it.”
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“When I smile around my family it is real, but when I am at school, I smile to block the hurt.”
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“When I am at school, I smile to block the hurt.”
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“I am tired of you all tolerating bullying at your school! You all should be ashamed of yourselves! You all need to put a stop to bullying instead of condoning it. Take the wool off of your eyes and see the truth for what it is--and it is the bullying; known as the Silent Killer!”
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“I guess since it was two against one—my truth didn’t hold enough weight. They played the innocent role.”
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“I am not afraid of you. I do not fear you; you do not scare me. You are a big bully who is afraid, and scared of yourself!”
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“When I tell them, they think I am always making it up, and they never believe me. They never do anything about it.”
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“I feel better knowing it is okay to take up for myself.”
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“How is it fair that the respectful children always get in trouble and the bullies get away with shattering lives? You all need to put a stop to bullying instead of condoning it.”
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“I might be little but I am fierce. I might be patient, but I am quick, and when I am quiet that means I am focused.”
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“You have a fire under your feet and nobody can put out those flames.”
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“To be honest, teachers just don’t understand bullying hurts. They don’t want to know, and they care less about kids’ feelings, we have feelings too. Our feelings matter, but overall, they just don’t care.”
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“I love using my imagination because I am in my own world.”
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“When people bully me, my teachers would try to make me think I am imagining things, or they would say, “They did not mean it that way.” I always wondered who I was supposed to talk to when I was in a situation like this. Unfortunately, this is the start of my morning most of the time, Monday through Friday.”
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“They always tell my mom to tell me to tell the teacher, but for what, because they never do anything about it.”
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“Why do the good kids always get in trouble for defending themselves?”
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“Why don’t you ever ask me what happened, first? You always ask the people who hurt other people what happened first, as if I am going to tell a fib.”
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“No, I am not apologizing. He needs to apologize to me. He called me names all day and pushed me. It is funny how it went unnoticed, but you want to punish me, the good guy. When I defend myself, then you want to look?”
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“It feels even better to be treated fairly.”
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“There’s only so much the principals and teachers can do, but they can do their part to make a difference.”
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“Teachers always say—"we will never know unless they tell us”. We tell them, but they ignore us… …I did tell you, I always tell you.”
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“Bullies have issues within themselves and they are uncomfortable in their skin. So, they’d rather make someone feel bad to pick themselves up.”
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“Teachers just don’t understand how I feel inside. They think since they asked us to apologize, their job is done. It isn’t done, because I still hurt from the name-calling, hitting, humiliation, sleepless nights, and from feeling alone and depressed at school.”
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“I always tell my teachers, and I thought it was going to get better.”
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“One might say, I am too young to experience bullying. Believe it or not, bullying happens to kids who are younger than me. When I am being bullied my teachers never listen. They always think I am making it up—or they will try to sugar-coat the situation. They fail to realize that children have feelings too, and we deserve to be heard. Teachers just don’t understand bullying hurts.”
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“My teachers would think the problem was solved. It wasn’t… because the same person would still pick on me, just more quietly, so the teacher wouldn’t hear him. It only got worse, and more people began to pick on me because they knew they were not going to get into trouble. I was miserable going to school every day.”
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