Anti-Bullying Workshop
UMS had an anti-bullying workshop today. There were different presenters. The first presenter was from the Attorney General’s office. She had a slideshow presentation on cyber-bullying. They had a story about a girl, Megan Meiwer, who commited suicide after someone started calling her names through messages on Myspace. The next presenters were from GPD. The police officers taught us more about bullying and told about their own experiences. Then, Peer Mediation did a skit. They told us how you should tell someone if you’re being bullied. The last presenter was from Youth Crime Watch. Mr. McDow tyold some facts about bullying like how people are bullied by other people in small groups.
Overall, the anti-bullying workshop was kind of boring. All they did was say the same thing over and over again like, “Bullying hurts everyone”. I think the workshop could have been better if it had been shorter. In my opinion, three hours in a workshop is way too long. I lost my interest by the 4th presenter. It was also really hot inside the gym. It’s kind of messed up that the anti-bullying workshop was in the gym for the 8th graders and in other classrooms for the 6th and 7th graders.
Filed by amber5595 at January 23rd, 2009 under Uncategorized
Dear Anna,
Well you are so right about the whole workshop being to long. I think it was a waste of time. We have been told over and over again that bullying is bad. It was really boring. To be honest all I was doing was reading a book. So that all peace out homie g.
Sincerely,
Taylor Ann T.