Elementary students stand up to bullying.

[Swede]

I hope this spreads.


A group of student leaders trained through the Bully SMART program told their peers how two senior students at Central Kings High School in Cambridge, N.S., heard of a freshmen student who was picked on for wearing a pink polo shirt to school, and took a stand.

The students said the two boys - Travis Price and David Shepherd - bought a load of pink shirts and passed them out to the seniors at their school in defence of the bullied student.

It is for that reason, they said, that students across North America wore pink Friday to stand up for those who have been bullied and to try and stop others from being bullied in the future.

http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/city/article/587589

[BlooInBloo]

1. :) Good for them.

[whathehell]

2. Wonderful!...I hope it spreads...It would not only save

a lot of kids a lot of misery, it would build the character of those opposing the bullies.

[seabeyond]

3. when my oldest was in fourth grade, slim build, glass, intellectual, faced a bully

about always cutting in line and all the others got mad but allowed, the bully pushed him on his butt. my son felt humiliation, loser, coward... i told him, he was the brave one. he did what all the kids wanted to do but was afraid. wasnt about ending up on the ground, was all about the courage of standing up to him. now he is 5 yrs older, taller, and not so much the geek, but alwyas, always stands up to the bullying, the teasing for himself and for ALL others.

we have a society, culture of adults that consistently practice bullying. we have our groups on du that willfully practices bullying to shut up. and we have the mass that stand back and watch, know, allow, hear, see and do nothing

if we expect it to be addressed by our kids, we should insist it of the adults.

[elizfeelinggreat]

4. k & r

I hope this type of program spreads!

[sarge43]

5. These kids nowadays ....

Good for them and good for the parents and schools standing up with them.

[90-percent]

6. fifth rec here

And bullying doesn't stop at adulthood.

Just ask any of us on DU that have to cope with horrible bosses!

In the big picture, the American Corporate System seems like nothing more than institutional bullying.


-90% Jimmy

[Gregorian]

7. Send pink tshirts to Limbaugh and Rove and Bush, et al.

Although it would probably be a big waste of cotton.

[bumblebee1]

8. On second thought,

maybe not. Messers Rove and Limbaugh might be mistaken for cotton candy.

[Deja Q]

9. Or more apropos

Big hot air balloons