Bullying has been a hot topic in the United States for decades now. Happening mainly in school 's across our country, there are approximately 3.2 million victims of bullying every year. There seems to be a misconception on how to deal with harassment from a bully inside our schools. While most adults would recommend consulting a responsible adult, teacher or maybe a guidance counselor about your bullying problems, there are some that believe fighting back physically will prove your toughness and thus, they will leave you alone. The reasons you may want to fight back against your bullies may be because you feel frightened by them, pressured by your peers to fight, or this may be the only way to escape a threatening bully. Yet there is never
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It 's main focus is to empower students through various programs and strategies that helps kids and adults to fight bullying and share feelings of hopelessness and isolation by creating a setting of kindness and compassion. The programs are based on Rachel Scott, she was 17 years old when she was the first one shot at the columbine high school shooting in 1999. Rachel left a lasting impression on the people who knew her, they remember her as a person who reached out to the people that were different, people that were picked on and bullied. Before she had passed away she wrote a paper on bullying with a statement saying, "I have this theory that if one person can go out of their way to show compassion, then it will start a chain reaction of the same. People will never know how far a little kindness can go”(CharacterMattersNC,2014). Rachel 's message has touched many hearts and it continues to do so till this very day. Many children and teens that were bullied heard Rachel 's story and claim that she saved their lives. Even though Rachel was a teenager who had her own struggles in life she still believed that one day she could change the world. There has been people who contemplated suicide so they went seeking for help and heard about this challenge. I personally believe that if we can spread the word about Rachel 's challenge we can make a difference. We can stand up and fight against bullying using this challenge. One program from Rachel 's challenge is called "Awaken the learner" which is a 5 step process. This program is supposed to alert the students, parents, teachers, and the school community as a whole. It alerts everyone about preventing bullying, violence, and reducing school drop outs. Using this program shows everyone how to react upon bullying and violence by warning others of the signs to look out for and ways to stop the bullying. It is important for
It 's main focus is to empower students through various programs and strategies that helps kids and adults to fight bullying and share feelings of hopelessness and isolation by creating a setting of kindness and compassion. The programs are based on Rachel Scott, she was 17 years old when she was the first one shot at the columbine high school shooting in 1999. Rachel left a lasting impression on the people who knew her, they remember her as a person who reached out to the people that were different, people that were picked on and bullied. Before she had passed away she wrote a paper on bullying with a statement saying, "I have this theory that if one person can go out of their way to show compassion, then it will start a chain reaction of the same. People will never know how far a little kindness can go”(CharacterMattersNC,2014). Rachel 's message has touched many hearts and it continues to do so till this very day. Many children and teens that were bullied heard Rachel 's story and claim that she saved their lives. Even though Rachel was a teenager who had her own struggles in life she still believed that one day she could change the world. There has been people who contemplated suicide so they went seeking for help and heard about this challenge. I personally believe that if we can spread the word about Rachel 's challenge we can make a difference. We can stand up and fight against bullying using this challenge. One program from Rachel 's challenge is called "Awaken the learner" which is a 5 step process. This program is supposed to alert the students, parents, teachers, and the school community as a whole. It alerts everyone about preventing bullying, violence, and reducing school drop outs. Using this program shows everyone how to react upon bullying and violence by warning others of the signs to look out for and ways to stop the bullying. It is important for