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Posted: 3/1/2013
Please stop! I don’t like to cry, It hurts! Can we be friends?
1. Tell a teacher,
2. Tell a parent,
3. Tell someone who will help.
By: Khalilah; Syracuse, NY; Grade 3
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Posted: 3/1/2013
Difference is great! I'm very talkative. I love to be myself. I am always happy and cheerful. I luv piano. I love hockey. I love to read. I make people laugh. I stand against bullying. I make peace in the world. Be a upstander, not a bystander!
By: Savannah, Grade 5, MN
Beauty
Posted: 2/21/2013
these days girls dont understand
they're playing with a deadly hand
when they dont stop and realize
there is no need to disguise
how they look inside and out
that's not what beauty is about
diet pills and never eating
makes their body take a beating
all because they want to be
as thin as models on t.v.
images around the world
are scarring self esteem of girls
who think they will never fit in
unless they are pretty and thin
why cant they just realize
its not whats before their eyes
that makes them who they really are
its only whats inside their hearts
that proves how special they can be
giving them their true beauty
By: Robin
Couldn't Stay Strong
Posted: 2/20/2013
Stop bullying.
Stop suicide.
Self harm and eating disorders (from being bullied) are real.
Next time you pick on someone, look in the mirror. Im sure youre not the perfect image either.
Y'all can get through this storm. Just wait for it to clear.
By: Margaret
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Society's Ignorance
Posted: 2/20/2013
every day I look and see
how are great society
is made of all different people
and it makes me start to feel
that we should just disregard
the way that other people are
and treat everyone the same
by not playing this hate game
looks are not significant
we should start to implement
a plan to help us realize
the person that's before our eyes
is the same as everyone
it doesnt matter where they're from
let me make this accurate
there's no turning back from it
please listen while I explain
there is so much we can gain
if the world stopped being blind
they just might wake up and find
we all have a lot to share
let me try to make it clear
we use the same air to breathe
our hearts all beat underneath
love helps everyone to thrive
food is what keeps us alive
shelter keeps us from the cold
we're all born and then grow old
we can laugh or we can cry
we all tell truths and even lie
we all have dreams and wish on stars
sometimes life can leave us scars
we have weaknesses and try
to find our strength from down inside
so please quit being ignorant
lets all be polite and grant
the respect this world deserves
we're all living on this earth
so lets try to get along
theres enough things going wrong
without all this hostility
and negativity
By: Robin
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Pinky Promise Against Bullying
Posted: 2/20/2013
I was inspired to create Pinky Promise Against Bullying for many reasons. Bullying is so prevalent, and it seems to be growing. I witness these terrible actions everyday in my high school. When I was younger, I was a victim of bullying. I remember a time when one of my friends stood up for me, and it meant the world to me and completely changed the situation.
More recently, I have had a dear friend who was badly bullied, luckily with the help of family and friends she was able to overcome her bullies before it got too out of hand.
Seeing others who got put down really hurt my heart and made me want to do whatever I could to prevent these mean actions from happening. Not only do I wish to help those who are bullied, but I aspire to reach out and help educate teachers and parents on how to deal with the negative effects of bullying.
I am so lucky to have a WONDERFUL group of friends who stand up and take action against bullying.
I hope my video gives others across the world the courage to stand up too!!
And don't forget...... Pinky Promise Against Bullying!
By: Carlie
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I Lost All Hope
Posted: 2/13/2013
My name is Abigail. I was a pretty happy, go-lucky kind of girl. I had my friends, acquaintances and a few people who I didn't particularly like, but no one was my enemy...
Well, my 5th grade year, my family went through a devastating house fire. It left us homeless and nowhere to go. My friend who had been with me 9 years got mad because I was getting more attention" then her. So she start causing issues with other people around me. All the while I became really sick, and the doctors ended up finding 2 tumors in my chest. At 10-11 years old thats like a nightmare in reality. The whole time my "friend" ignoring me and making people dislike me, saying that I was being a drama queen. Although I had a smile on my face, I was slowly on a one-way train to depression.
My eighth grade year wasn't much better... I was still really sick, between having to see 40 doctors just to be told they couldn't find anything and my friends deserting me... It got pretty rough. Then another smack in the face, at band practice, I had a seizure and face-planted the asphalt. When the doctors were checking me for head damage... They found 2 brain tumors. Once again, miraculously they were non-cancerous and I was sent on my way. That's when the going got the worst. All my friends at once seemed to be deserting. One that had even gone to the doctor with me, now claimed that I was faking my health situation to get attention. That was the main thing, "oh she's just faking her health, she's lying about it. Nothing but a drama queen." everyday this is what I heard.
On the outside I smiled and said they just don't know, on the inside I was cold and depressed. This slowly got worse. They stopped saying things to my face, but instead chose a silent killer... RUMORS.
They started so many that by the end everyone in my school (no exaggeration) thought I was a lying drama queen. I spent most nights crying myself to sleep, because my heart was too easy to break. That was only my freshman year though... My sophomore year was the year the bullying got physical, except this time it was the friends I had made when I was being bullied previously. After this I was at rock bottom... I didn't want to continue living, I was too depressed so my grades became horrible...
I lost all hope.
And then one day, an angry boy a year younger saw me crying alone at our public library. He came over and asked me what was wrong. Although he was a stranger, he stopped. He started to protect me from these girls, whenever he could. He was the wall between me and them when the "leader" got her posey" to come and jump me at school. He saved me from my darkness and despair. That stranger is now my bestest friend and we hold each other up when one is to weak to stand on their own.
Sometimes to stop someone from feeling victimized by a bully is to simply smile or say hi. You cant always stop a bully, but you can give someone the hand to hold onto when there's nothing else there. As for me, I started a program through Facebook called P4:The Power of Positive Peer Pressure. My group uses peer pressure not to force the point, but to get enough people to stand up for the misfits, that soon bullying will be the uncool thing to do... That's my dream...
By: Abigail
Bullying Should Never Be
Posted: 2/13/2013
Bullying should never be
Part of who you are
If your sweet and kind to others
You’ll shine like a star
Everyone’s special and unique
From the way they look and speak
To the actions they display
Every night and every day
Please treat others with respect
Never forget or neglect
We’re all here to love and live
It isn’t easy to forgive
The pain and sorrow others cause
Because they forgot to pause
Before starting to engage
In a violent fit of rage
For no reason and no good
Let’s all get back to brotherhood
And leave the world a message of
There is no greater act than love
By: Robin
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Posted: 2/8/2013
Special thanks to Clare and Callie and to "One Direction"!
They helped McClure School reach its goal of donating over $1,000 to the National Bully Prevention Center.
The 6th-8th grade students paid to either take a picture with life-size "One Direction" cardboard cutouts, or purchased a raffle ticket to take home the cutout of their choice at the conclusion of the school dance.
Clare and Callie shared, "Everyone had a great time donating to a great cause! We are very thankful for the creative minds of the 8th grade student council officers who came up with this clever strategy to raise awareness and be able to donate to a cause."
By: Student Council at McClure
Is Your Joke Still Funny?
Posted: 2/8/2013
Is your joke still funny
When im drowning in my tears?
Do you feel better now
When i wish i wasnt here?
Does it make you smile
When i bleed alone at night?
Is your joke still funny
When im turning out the lights?
Is your joke still funny
When i hide from everyone?
Do you feel better now
When im the crazy one?
Does it make you smile
When im screaming in the dark?
Is your joke still funny
When ive carved them into scars?
Is your joke still funny
When my eyes are on the ground?
Do you feel better now
When im scared to make a sound?
Does it make you smile
When im falling on the floor?
Is your joke still funny
When i can breathe no more?
Is your joke still funny
When i cant seem to fall asleep?
Do you feel better now
When you haunt all of my dreams?
Does it make you smile
When the pain wont go away?
Is your joke still funny
When the scars of you dont fade?
Is your joke still funny
When my heart begins to break?
Do you feel better now
When i finally go insane?
Does it make you smile
When my lips are turning blue?
Is your joke still funny
When its all because of you?
Is your joke still funny
When im feeling all alone?
Do you feel better now
When my heart is turning cold?
Does it make you smile
When i say that i am done?
Is your joke still funny
When im cleaning up the blood?
Is your joke still funny
When im breaking piece by piece?
Do you feel better now
When the pain is my release?
Does it make you smile
When im always terrified?
Is your joke still funny
When im sick of all your lies?
Is your joke still funny
When im face to face with death?
Do you feel better now
When i have nothing left?
Does it make you smile
When i dont want to wake up?
Is your joke still funny
When they leave me with the cuts?
Is your joke still funny
When my razor breaks the skin?
Do you feel better now
When youre drowning me in sin?
Does it make you smile
When im running out of time?
Is your joke still funny
When i lose the strength to fight?
Is your joke still funny
When blood drips down my arm?
Do you feel better now
When i think ive gone too far?
Does it make you smile
When i never even try?
Is your joke still funny
When it makes me feel alive?
Is your joke still funny
When i cover up the red?
Do you feel better now
When i lay awake in bed?
Does it make you smile
When the bleeding doesnt stop?
Is your joke still funny
When my world begins to fall?
Is your joke still funny
When the blood turns into stain?
Do you feel better now
When i cant cope with the pain?
Does it make you smile
When it all comes crashing down?
Is your joke still funny
When my body is finally found?
Is your joke still funny
When my heart has lost its beat?
Do you feel better now
When ill forever sleep?
Does it make you smile
When im torn and hurt inside?
Is your joke still funny
When all thats left are lies?
Is your joke still funny
When i open up my drawer?
Do you feel better now
When my bleeding skin is torn?
Does it make you smile
When the tears escape my eyes?
Is your joke still funny
When i know im not alright?
Is your joke still funny
When i wish that you could see?
Do you feel better now
When youmake me want to bleed?
Does it make you smile
When you see my every stitch?
Is your joke still funny
When im too broken to fix?
Is your joke still funny
When i hear them everyday?
Do you feel better now
When it never goes away?
Does it make you smile
When i break apart inside?
Is your joke still funny
When it falls apart tonight?
Is your joke still funny
When you read the words i write?
Do you feel better now
When i hate that im alive?
Does it make you smile
When Ive had more than enough?
Is your joke still funny
When i drown in my own blood?
Is your joke still funny
When I bleed under my sleeves?
Do you feel better now
When i dont think i can breathe?
Does it make you smile
When i starve myself and purge?
Is your joke still funny
When im the only one whose hurt?
Is your joke still funny
When my pulse is growing weak?
Do you feel better now
When i reach the final beat?
Does it make you smile
When my last tear finally falls?
Is your joke still funny
When youre the bully afterall?
By: Me
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