In the 5th grade the teacher asked if any kids like one particular boy to raise their hands.  I quickly stood up and said aloud "You can't do that.  It is not right."  She then asked if they liked me to raise their hands.  no one did, but I knew why because they didn't want to be next.  This was my first awareness of bullying.  I never forgot the feeling and always stood up for others after that.  Now my step-grandson is being bullied and I am trying to help with him and asked the school to show Bully and start a conversation.  Their response was we don't need any help.  We have addressed the problem.

So last week I showed the movie Bully to my college class of 26 students in Human Services and we had a fantastic conversation.