I have chosen to volunteer with my Catholic Church to fulfill my hours for volunteer work this semester. After thinking long and hard about what I could do besides teach the children about their religion and help them develop their own opinions, I agreed that I should use this platform for something just as good to be spread. Together, with the church, we set up classes to teach the children about the struggles of bullying and find ways to connect their religion to the issue at hand. After throwing a couple ideas around, I decided that teaching the students about bullying could be the best idea for the children and for the community at large. Teaching about bullying would be better especially compared to a fundraiser that would not be
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I think teaching these children at such a young age, the horrors of bullying, it will become engrained in their brain and they can help us to prevent it. Like the chapter says, I decided to think small. I did not have these extensive power points ready or huge packets of homework for the students to “help them learn” because none of that ever helps. I walked in with a worksheet with bullet points that I knew I needed to address, allowing space for their questions. I know these students would be supportive because no one wants to be the victim of bullying, it is a scary unknown factor that can happen to you at such a young age. And while, some do not get bullied, they spelled their school career worrying that it might happen. All I want for these students to know are the facts. The action I want them to take is to stick up for others, having each other’s backs, and not being afraid to tell an adult of what is going on so the victim can be helped. It is possible to expand these classes outside of the religious borders though. I could take Action 15 and write a letter to newspaper editors. Within this letter, I can encourage them to send anyone, adults and children included, to my quick lecture or encourage the towns to do the same as myself but with their …show more content…
Starting with the seventh grade classes on the 29th of October, I and the women and men who run the religious education program will teach different classes, since my schedule does not allow me to visit every class during their actual class time, and I know it is the same for the other teachers. Within a week of the 29th, every class should have learned about bullying and helped me to begin the campaign towards our bully free world. I will be sending letters home this week to the parents to inform them of the different type of class for the following week. Writing the letter to the local newspapers will begin in the main office of the religious education building, where the heads of the religions classes and myself will brainstorm to write our letters to the newspapers. The local newspapers will most likely only include Newsday and the Daily News, to start
I think teaching these children at such a young age, the horrors of bullying, it will become engrained in their brain and they can help us to prevent it. Like the chapter says, I decided to think small. I did not have these extensive power points ready or huge packets of homework for the students to “help them learn” because none of that ever helps. I walked in with a worksheet with bullet points that I knew I needed to address, allowing space for their questions. I know these students would be supportive because no one wants to be the victim of bullying, it is a scary unknown factor that can happen to you at such a young age. And while, some do not get bullied, they spelled their school career worrying that it might happen. All I want for these students to know are the facts. The action I want them to take is to stick up for others, having each other’s backs, and not being afraid to tell an adult of what is going on so the victim can be helped. It is possible to expand these classes outside of the religious borders though. I could take Action 15 and write a letter to newspaper editors. Within this letter, I can encourage them to send anyone, adults and children included, to my quick lecture or encourage the towns to do the same as myself but with their …show more content…
Starting with the seventh grade classes on the 29th of October, I and the women and men who run the religious education program will teach different classes, since my schedule does not allow me to visit every class during their actual class time, and I know it is the same for the other teachers. Within a week of the 29th, every class should have learned about bullying and helped me to begin the campaign towards our bully free world. I will be sending letters home this week to the parents to inform them of the different type of class for the following week. Writing the letter to the local newspapers will begin in the main office of the religious education building, where the heads of the religions classes and myself will brainstorm to write our letters to the newspapers. The local newspapers will most likely only include Newsday and the Daily News, to start