Today we celebrated Stomp Out Bullying Day. Students were asked to wear blue to declare their support to “stomp out bullying”. Looking down the hall and seeing a sea of blue brought a smile to my face. In class, we continued to think about bullying when we listened to Patricia Polacco’s new book called Bully. We talked about what a bully is and we came up with a list of words and phrases describing a bully: Bullies are mean, selfish, hurtful. Bullies are unhappy themselves and that’s why they are mean to others. Bully’s hurt others physically, emotionally, or virtually.

The book gave us an opportunity to discuss our own experiences with bullies. We came up with some ways we can stop bullying…

Be nice. Stand up to the bully. Use humor. Ask an adult for help. Kill them with kindness.

We decided that we really liked Edmund Burke’s quote about bullying. He said, “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” We will not stand by! Bullies beware!

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