Can you help us with a script about bullying?
Hey everyone,
I'm Yvette and relatively new here at ReachOut.
The most important thing to know about me is that I believe that most foods are improved with the addition of sour cream...yep, I'm talking ALL of the food groups.
Anyway, to business - my (awesome) job here at the moment is to create a whole lot of new video content for the site. And I need your help with a script!...please?
We're making an animated video about speaking out against bullying behaviour and it's going to be covering some practical ways to deal with bullying behaivour if you witness it.
So, I was wondering if anyone here had ever spoken up against someone who was bullying someone else.
If you have - what did you say? Like as word-for-word as you can remember.
I'd so appreciate your contribution to this, but please remember to look after yourself when thinking about this subject. If you're finding that it's bringing up some issues for you, take a break, or just leave the conversation. We don't want to cause any grief and we want you to be mindful of how you're feeling when discssing or thinking about this stuff.
Thank you so much!
Cheers,
Yvette
Comments
I remember wheni was about 7, iI turned to the girl who bullied me, stared her in the eyes and said how sorry I was that she was so sad inside that she felt she needed to be so mean to people. The look on her face was awesome! Then I walked away.
In high school, girls used to stick their noses in the air whenever I passed and sniff loudly. In my head, I would rank them in terms of the angle of their nose. I'd call out "that's a 7" or whatever is was, laughing at their stunned expressions as I walked away.
Basically, use humour any way you can- provided of course you don't bully them back. That won't help matters at all. Remember that it's not your fault. Find a good support system, whether it be a teacher, parent, sports coach or whoever and ask for advice. Chances are they've dealt with bullying before and will have good advice. If you aren't supported, try again. It may take time, but there's always someone there for you. Most importantly, don't give up. It may feel relentless at times, but it won't last forever. At the end of it, you'll come out stronger and wiser for it. That's something to hold into for tough times.
In terms of the video, a teacher or parent could be coaching the child on how to respond to bullies and helping them practise.
This is probably doesn't fit the content your looking for, but perhaps it may be useful for something else?
Thank you for sharing.
Not sure if it's still okay to add to this....
I used to get a lot of comments from someone that weren't very nice and they liked to turn my friends against me. So one time when I changed friendship groups in yr 7, this person came up to me and said that I'm now tagging along with these people. So I said in front of the group right there what she had said, that I was tagging along. Others in the group then backed me up and said to mind her own business, so she left.
Thanks for sharing your story, we'll incorporate the ideas behind it into some of our upcoming new content.
I'm not sure if this counts as stopping bullying, but in high school (yr 7 & 😎 there was someone who was picked on a lot because they came across childish and also quite a nerd. I went and sat with them and talked to them a bit, kinda of like a friend. I got bullied for being nice to this person (actually quite badly that I stopped being their friend). So I never said anything to the bullies about what they were doing, but when I felt strong enough, I was a friend to them. Sorry if this is being a waste of time, I'm kind of just trying to say that sometimes actions speak louder than words
Definitely NOT a waste of time. That is actually really helpful.
I'm going to incorporate this into the visual direction for the animator. We'll create a bit where a character walks over and just sits next to the person being bullied. It's a really strong message of 'you're not alone' and unspoken support.
Thanks for sharing and I'm really sorry that you got bullied for acting kindly.
