2. What is Bullying?
What is Bullying?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRZz2eU9LHg&feature=
related
“the act of intentionally causing harm
to others, through verbal harassment,
physical assault, or other more subtle
methods of coercion”
3. Bullying Facts
A study on bullying by the University of British
Columbia based on 490 students (half female, half
male) in Grades 8-10 in 1999 showed:
64% of students have been bullied at school
12% were regularly bullied (once or more a week)
13% bullied other students regularly (once or more a
week)
72% observed bullying at school
25-33% said bullying is sometimes OK and/or it’s OK
to pick on losers
282,000 are physically attacked in secondary schools
each month
4. Bullying in the Media
Billy Talent “Nothing to Lose”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGUw0und0HM
5. Nothing To Lose
Need more friends with wings Teachers said "it's just a phase"
All the angels I know
Put concrete in my veins When I grow up my children
I’d always walk home alone Will probably do the same
So I became lifeless Kids just love to tease
Just like my telephone Who'd know it put me underground at
seventeen
There’s nothing to lose
When no one knows your name
There’s nothing to gain There’s nothing to lose
But the days don’t seem to change When no one knows your name
There’s nothing to gain
Never played truth or dare But the days don’t seem to change
I’d have to check my mirror There’s nothing to lose
To see if I’m still here
My parents had no clue My notebook will explain
That I ate all my lunches There’s nothing to gain
Alone in the bathroom And I can’t fight the pain
There’s nothing to lose
There’s nothing to lose When no one knows your name
When no one knows your name There’s nothing to gain
There’s nothing to gain My notebook will explain
But the days don’t seem to change There’s nothing to lose
There’s nothing to lose
My notebook will explain When no one knows your name
There’s nothing to gain There’s nothing to gain
And I can’t fight the pain And I just died today
6. Nothing To Lose
Do you believe bullying of this nature happens at
Chinook? Why or why not?
Once you have read the lyrics to “Nothing to Lose”
answer the following two questions. What do you
think a typical day of high school might have
looked like for the character in the song?
If you see or know someone at Chinook whose day
looks and sounds like this on the regular basis, what
are some things you might do as an individual to
help this person?
7. Discussions
1. People are born bullies.
2. Bullies are usually the top dog of the classroom
or school.
3. Bullies are usually not happy themselves.
4. The majority of bullies have been bullied
themselves.
5. Bullying is just a stage, a normal part of life that
every child should go through.
8. Are you a Bully?
1. Do you make mean faces or bad hand signals to
others?
2. Do you spread rumours or say mean things
about others behind their back?
3. Do you make fun of or tease other teens often?
4. Do you whisper secrets to a friend in front of
another person and then not share the secret
with him or her on purpose?
5. Have you purposely not invited someone to hang
out with you and your friends?
9. Are you a Bully? Cont…
6. Have you been or are you currently part of a
clique that is exclusive about whom you can and
cannot be friends with and has not let others
join?
7. Do you often make fun of others because they
are “different” from you or your friends?
(Example: they have glasses, ugly clothes, bad
hair, or a different race/ethnicity or religion)
8. Have you hazed another member of your sports
team?
9. Have you ever threatened to hurt someone?
