Hope you are doing well! Welcome to our first activity. Please, post your comments before March 27, 8 p.m.!
1. Consider the brainstorming activity and debate developed in last classes about "Bullying".
- Introduction: it usually offers something that changes / affects / motivates someone to overcome a situation.
- Body: it usually reveals how to move toward overcoming the situation.
- Conclusion: it has to do with facing one difficult choice and decides one correct option while working out of the situation.
3. Write your letter giving your own ideas and supporting them with strong arguments. It must have 150 words at least.
4. Prepare yourself to participate in a final debate about this topic, to be held on March, 23rd.
- Simple sentence structures, consider present simple and present continuous.
Use of linking words and coordinate conjuntions.
4. Language use / writing aspects:
- Simple sentence structures, consider present simple and present continuous.
Use of linking words and coordinate conjuntions.
- Useful vocabulary you need to express your ideas, considering the one worked in classes.
- Grammar, spelling, punctuation rules, etc.
All your writings will be welcome as comments... Thanks for participating!
- Grammar, spelling, punctuation rules, etc.
All your writings will be welcome as comments... Thanks for participating!
Dear Bully
ReplyDeleteI write to you with the hope that it should not be too much late for you realize what you are doing, and I hope that you should have reflected about all your actions, also I hope that soon you should realize that everything that you do and say affects in a direct or indirect way to the whole world, you turn everything into a nightmare, and indirectly you are destroying the society and do of the world a shaded place.
Honestly I know that a letter will not do a lot of difference, but, at least to the one who reads it and feels identified it will serve to him like a way of letting off steam, of knowing that the world is not an absolutely and entire nightmare, better things exists, the things that you are damaging with your bad words and physical maltreatments, I hope that in some moment you should realize that you are like that because probably the persons that you love treat you this way, it is not your fault, but it is not also a reason of weight to turn the life of the others a hell, nevertheless, I excuse you, because the world is full of too much hate, like so that it keeps on growing in me, anyhow I believe in the change, and know that any person in the world can do it, that's why today, with all my heart I ask you to look in you, and if god wants it you will realize the evil that you do to the people, but if on the contrary you see that in your alone heart there is nastiness and scorn, for you I cannot feel any more that shame and pity, because you will never know what is the respect towards the others, and likewise you will never receive any respect.
You are not the first one in the world that does this class of things and you will not be the last one, but if with my point of view I make you change, I will do one thing right; however, I wish you the best things.
Nicolás
Tunja, Colombia
ReplyDeleteGood night, Mr Bully. Tonight I'm writring to you because I'm deeply worried about what's going on with your wrong behaviour. Lately, I've noticed your intolerance, insensivity and unconscioussess about the others beings. It seems like you respect nothing, nobody. So, I must admit that I'm getting tired of it! I've seen tons of boys and girls trying to live a day without feeling insecure, scared and even terrified of the other's intentions and thoughts, because they have been through a rough path as teasing, tempting, gossiping and even being hitten is! We all have experienced this, somehow, somewhere. It takes place on the internet, at school, in social groups or even at home we can see the effect of bullying; which I consider as a parasite, because once it comes into our life, it starts to spread/proliferate inside of our minds and then, it hits us exactly where it hurts. God damn, it makes me deeply sad to get in the other's shoes. I'd like you to put yourself in the victim's shoes so you will realized how funny it is. I have no doubt about the kind of shit you're. I hope you to consider the damage you've done to all these kids and also to take seriously what I wrote in here. You should change what you're and how you treat the others, and, believe it or not, I know you can, dude.
Have a good night and see you around,
Camilo
Dear Bully,
ReplyDeleteOne of your survivors writes to you, I’m that girl who when she was only eight years old became the target of your insecurities and frustrations. When I was a child, I always was shy and introverted, the girl who was a good student and had vision problems; these qualities were the ones that gave you the right to end my self-esteem. For a long time, you made me feel like a person who didn’t fit anywhere, like that “weirdo” that nobody appreciated even me. For years, I gave you the power, so that you will act on me, because you made me believe that I was a weak person without possibilities of excelling.
But that I didn’t understand was that being different, it was what made you annoying me and hurting me, you destroyed me as a human being, you made me hit bottom and only when I was there, I understood it… You only were repeating with me what they did with you, so, I decided not to feed you anymore with my fear and my insecurity. I forgave you, healed and moved on with my life.
So now, I can tell all the people who are being your new victims that you are just a game, which they can win when they aren’t offended by what you do to them. Then, when you feel defeated, you won’t like the game and you will just retire.
Best wishes,
Your challenger.
Not so dear bully,
ReplyDeleteYou know who I am and why I’m writing this so I’ll not introduce myself, I’m writing you in hope that you’ll stop with your thing, have you ever thought about all the damage that you’ve caused to all those kids? That little girl that you’ve bullied for almost a year by now, did you remember? Oh, wait, she’s not the only girl that you’ve bullied, so I’ll fresh up your little mind, she’s the one that always wears blue shoes and little sparkling stars around her eyes, well, she tried to commit suicide last week, she said she was tired of the constant mockery that was originated by your comments, she said that even her best friend started calling her the names you made up for her, have you ever thought that all this things that you did or do have an immense impact on other lives? Boy, you’re not alone in this world, you’re making other people miserable for your own amusement and you’re making this world an even worse place to live, we’re human beings, we all have dark times in life and I don’t know what are yours but I’m pretty sure that by bullying other kids the bad things that are happening in your life will not vanish, as human beings we should appreciate and help each other, we’re not made to bring others down.
I know that you can stop this behavior, I really trust you kid, if you need help to stop it you know where you can find me.
I hope you reflect on your behavior, have a good night,
J.
ENOUGH
ReplyDeleteDear bully.
It’s enough, you can't continue make me feel like the worst person in the world. I think I have let you destroy me enough. Some time ago I let you in on my life, thinking you was a good one; you made me believe it, with all your actions, but right now, I know that everything were just your stupid tricks that step by step made me felt in a deeply hole which I wasn’t exit without help. And one person realized me about all the damage you made me, all your hurting comments, your hits, your abuse, that I just thought was normal actions, but I never had been so wrong.
It's time for you to leave me, let me build me again, smile again and be the old me, having a life. Go away and never come back, I hope that you will not hurt anyone like you did it with me, but most I hope that someday you will realize about all the damage you made me and with all the persons before me.
I hope you have a good life, and nobody hurts you like you did it with me.
Karen Gutierrez.
Dear Bully:
ReplyDeleteIf you are reading this, probably you were so far this time. Some one that you hate had a really horrible day and, you don’t even care. Maybe because you are focus on how hellish your life is, probably because your parents don’t appreciate your effort and the also hurt your feelings, throwing that dirt on your name because they think you’re not worth. I think it’s a great excuse to let you care about others’ feelings. But that person you really hate, today made a wrong decision, perhaps to get away the stressful reality in which he lived. He was like you, he lived the same as you, even worse. Their parents only approached to physically and verbally mistreat him. Not only their parents, but you too. He couldn’t hold it anymore. His life was truly miserable. We all have a hard life to cope with. Sometimes we are surrounded by problems loneliness and depression, but in spite of that, we must overcome the difficulties without blaming others for our misfortune. Today I want to ask you a favor. If your life really sucks don’t make others’ lives worse. I hope you reflect on your behavior and change your life for completely. Is you need someone, I’ll be there to hear you problems.
Good luck!
Wish you the best.
Noelia
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
ReplyDeleteCesar Ortiz Acevedo
Primary School
Tunja
Good mornning Paul, I am writting you this letter for a worrying situation. Last week, I received some complaints about your bad behaviors and we consider that your behaviors are of a Bully.
I want to explain the consequences of bulling. To start I would like to tell you the problems that you are causing in your clasmates due to your behaviors, if you reflect this, you will know that your friends are differents but they have the same human rights, also you should reflect that they have differents feelings and they have a lot of concerns and problems in their houses and their families and if you disturb them, all it will be worst to them.
I want to help you with this problem, so, you should know that you are important and your behaviors are not necessary to be recognized in your classroom or in your school , you should do another things in order to become a good person and at the same time to be recognized.
I must say you something in order to give you the last advise, then, Even if you do not believe in God, you must know that the world functions like a cycle where all the things we do will return to you in the future, then, I advise to check what will you sow.
I hope a change in your life.
Cordially, Cesar Ortiz
Hi
ReplyDeleteYou know what is the main reason for this letter, but I do not want to repeat what you have already heard and ignored, so I just want to tell you a story. All began with our main character Tom, he was a cool guy who fought against the milksops like the strange, shy child who looked like a loser, so Tom took the control of this situation, and he thought he could do what he wanted, you could say that he had all, but is that true? I mean every time he insulted his partner, he was doing the right thing, and beyond the concept of right, every time Tom thought he was superior, he really felt full, excited, it was not a deep emptiness in his heart that he tried to fill with any emotion; maybe he felt that he had the control of everything but how we can affirm that, Tom could not even manage himself, he always responded impulsively without knowing the true reason for his actions, and so he grew up in a linear way, feeling alone and confused, and as nobody likes to live in this way, he attempted subconsciously to take someone else to that darkness through infamous teasing, and you could think "And... After all, this is a solution" and probably yes, it is, but he could try to get out of that darkness, leaving behind all that pain and insecurity in which he was submerged.
To be clearer maybe you are Tom, it can be anyone, but the really important is that you have to realize what is really happening, you need to check that everything is fine and you do not have to do it for others, you have to do it for you even if that is selfish, because one day you will realize that your empowerment actions were actually your way of escape after seeing your vivid reflection in that one you called milksop, and this scared you so much that you tried to hide in a mask that became your worst enemy. I know that these are just words, but the words seal lives and not only ours, also those of others.
I hope that you think about it.
Thomas
Unappreciated Bully,
ReplyDeleteYou are a concept that defines how obnoxious and hateful people can be sometimes, but only the word "Bully" is used to refer to schools, is it a part of modernity that children are more cruel than adults? ?, Or perhaps society has become so corrupted that violence is filtered to the school, in a psychotic way? Or maybe you are showing us how weak and fragile the new generations are? Is the institution of the school no longer an appropriate environment to educate and should new ways be found to educate?
I suppose it is all that together, it shows us a new form of society that is more cruel and cold and at the same time more fragile and sensitive, and what is next? Teach children to respect? That is something that has always been tried to teach.
To tell the truth, I have a despairing vision, and unfortunately, I do not think the day will come soon when you stop existing.
Att: Angela Borda
Hello bully,
ReplyDeleteIt has been many years, I really hope you're well.
I am writing to you because i want to apologyze.
Forgiveme on behalf of your family, because they did not realize that you had a problem and you needed help. forgive me on behalf of your professors that just scolded you instead of advising you, forgive on behalf of us; your partners for having you afraid instead of trying to be your friends, and forgive me for having judged you without having heard your story before.
I know that maybe I do not deserve your forgiveness, but I am trying to offer you an opportunity to change your mind, and change my life now.
maybe you do not understand now, but I hope that you understand that your decisions will have great consequences in the future, and you have to change now.
Keep this in mind, as it is very important to me now.
Sincerely, your future self.
Katalina Rusinque
Mr. Bully:
ReplyDeleteI've waited a good time to communicate with you, hoping that time has done its job and at this point you are someone a little more mature and aware, because I want to speak with you sincerely.
Maybe you don’t know me, or know me better than anyone, I've seen you up close and I've been thinking about all your past actions, although I don’t find justification, deep down I feel it's a bigger problem than this, in every bad thing that you did I saw you reflected, I tried to think what things were going through your mind, what impelled you to do so much damage when for some reason you felt superior to others, pushing, teasing or spitting over your shoulder, did someone ever make you feel tiny? When the youngest child in the class room stopped growing and no one knew what was happening, even she was afraid of her illness, her illness and you. You were the first person to take advantage of his illness to throw away her food and make his day to day miserable, but you know what? Now I feel miserable too. Why instead of comforting her, I didn't face you?
I saw you up close, but not front. That was my thought a while ago, but now that I see it, you know me better than anyone, because not only did you play with the feelings of people close to me, I see you reflected in every destructive criticism that I made to myself, in each moment that I removed myself value, compared me with others, came to hate me, it was the moment when I became my own Bully, my own you.
I have clear that at that time your life was full of problems and bad situations, and that was reflected in your actions, but maybe life teach you that every time that you gave, that came back, and that is what makes you a strong person, in the present and in the future.
Juliana
Dear Bully
ReplyDeleteGood evening, I am writing this letter with the intention of talking about ethics and behavior, specifically yours, I have been observing your behavior towards other boys around you and I have noticed the suffering that you do to them, but the worst of all, are the different ways by which you torment them like: stepping on them, pushing them, pinching them, spitting them, etc. and the worst thing is that they haven´t done anything to you at all to treat them that way. I suppose you do it because of boredom and even because you want to have some fun So I’m writing this to you very respectfully with the purpose of changing your attitude and thinking again of the damage you have done to your classmates since I suppose you do not want them to do to you the same as you do, right? I hope you will listen to me; otherwise we will have to speak directly with a superior
Att. Santiago Rodriguez
Mrs Bully
ReplyDeleteProbably you do not read this letter with a lot of entusiasm and even you mock what I am going to say, however, I want you to keep in mind every word, because this afects you whether you want it or not.
I am sick of you, of your insults and ill-treatment; I am sick of being humiliated and trampled on by simply being quiet and not confronting you. At the beginning of this situation I only thougth that you had problems and to get even with me to make you feel better, and I did not want to give importance, but then, my unconscious started to believe every word, every insult, and every deresion, and by the time I notice it, you already made me suffer a lot, because of you, my notes went down and my life is on the edge of the precipice but it ended! Today I decided that I am not going to fall, I am going to fly, I am going to overcome this and I am going to lose importance, YOU ARE NOBODY, You are something so insignificant that anything could have more value than you, you will never humiliate me again in your life, I am not going to let you, you just lost the game, game over, now I just hope you can live with this or that your conscience kill you.
See you never Mrs Bully
Daily
Laura StephanieMarch 27, 2018 at 7:47 PM
ReplyDeleteDear Bully
I am writing to you because I want to tell you some things that I consider important. I hope you understand. First, about your behavior towards yours classmates; you have to understand that we all are equal, and we all deserve respect. You must treat people in the same way you would like they to treat you. Take a moment to reflect, and put yourself in your classmates' shoes; would you like to be insulted? Would you like to be humiliated and ridiculed? Would you like to be beaten?
Keep in mind what I will tell you next; in this life, everything that is sown is gathered. So, if you sow insults, beatings and humiliations, you will receive that in the future. Please, think about it.
Finally, if there is any reason why you behave like that, if you have problems at home, or if that behavior is the way to express pain, please be aware that you can count on me.
Sincerely, Laura Pacheco
Hi Tomas.
ReplyDeleteI am Anna, probably you forgot me, and for that reason I want to try to refresh your mind in order to clarify some things that you did me, things that change my life and change my world. Because of this, I am writing this letter, I want that you remember how you ended little by little with my life, how you made it a hell and why now I have decided to end with my life.
It was January 2015, I was new at school. My parents had died a few months ago in a car accident. I had no one else, I was alone. Some weeks later the Mr. and Mrs. Jones adopted me. They were very good people and i appreciate very much what they did for me, but they were very busy to help me with my problems, and despite all theirs effort, I feel so alone.
But this no matter, because the accident had already happened and who has most of the blame is you. When I arrived at school, many people received me with pleasure, included you. Everyone were very nice with me, and I felt so good. I had many friends but, my mistake was fall in love with you.
You smiled me while I went through the corridor of the school and after that I do not how but you got my telephone number. The next day you wrote me that I was very pretty, that I had something special and that I liked you. I felt very comfortable talking with you, for that and deposited the little love that I could have in you. I trusted you and I gave you my last hope to be happy, to be happy once again, to believe that the love could change the darkness by light. So, we had a date in a beautiful park in de downtown of the city and after some hours you invited me to your house… and as you know, the inevitable happened. I gave you all of myself, and you were nice, everything was nice, but I did not know that you were recording me and then you would go throughout the school showing the video. I was ingenuous, I was fool. They had been warned me that not to trust you, but I did.
I loved you very much, but that cost me my life. After that, I lost all my friends, the men began to touch me and asked me that "how much I charge for an hour of sex", they looked at me horrible, with desire. I felt stalked until the point that I began to hear laughter in front of my window at night. My best friend spat and told me “bitch”. And when I went to claim you, You just said "I just wanted sex, go away and leave me alone" and you walked away laughing while your friends whistled at me.
But then you came to me, smiling to apologize. You kissed me, you reminded me how lonely I was, how much I needed someone that gave me love. I cried and you hugged me, you told me that you had been an idiot for doing that to me, and that everything would be fine. But all it just was so that your friends could sexually abuse me, truth? You are an Idiot. You made a party at your house, supposedly to help me have all my friends again, and to confess that it was your mistake. But you just took me to your room and left me there, with your five friends. The music muted my screams. Nobody could help me.
You took away all my friends, you disparage me as a woman. Nobody loves me now, nor i love myself. Nobody trust me, nobody talk to me. I hate you, I hate you so much. I can not take it anymore, everyone hates me and they call me ugly words, touch me and violate me, and all is your fault.
Bye.
(by: Diana Poveda)
Hello
ReplyDeleteI hope you're doing not so well.
After all this years i never thought, and i hoped with all my heart, not having to know from you again, but here we are...
You know what you did to me and probably to other people and i just want you to know that the way you treated me, and what you did, doesn't define me. It's not who i really am, and it's not a reflection of how i feel, on the contrary, it does define you, and proves the undesirable human being you are.
It's not pleasant for me to tell that what you did left a mark, in certain way, but your actions will mark for sure your entire life, making you feel nasty and worthless, because you deserve to feel that way. Maybe it's not a healthy thought, but it's how i feel, and i work on it.
To finish, i know you are not asking me, but, i don't forgive you, because you knew you were doing wrong, and i think there is a special place in hell for people like you, so i hope you enjoy it.
Sincerly
Your number one hater.