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subject: Do You See The Bullying Going On ? [print this page]

When I was in the 4th grade I got my first pair of glasses. I didnt

realize what I couldnt see until I began wearing glasses, then contact

lenses and eventually even lasik surgery. Until then, I thought everyone saw

things as I saw them. But once I could really see, I finally realized how bad

my vision had been all along.

In schools today its unfortunate that some administrators, teachers and

students are the same way. They have such limited vision that they cannot see

what is happening in their schools. The statistics are continuing to get

worse, literally thousands of students each day are staying home from school

out of fear. Fear of being talked about, teased, tormented and made fun of

to the point they believe they are an unfit out cast.

We have all seen the 1983 movie The Christmas Story, when 9 year old Ralphie

is getting teased and tortured everyday about little things such as not being

tough, his friends and his glasses. Then it happens one day, Ralphie

completely loses it after taking one last snow ball to the face! What does he

do? He charges the school bully Scut Farkus, and proceeds to beats up the

bully until his face is completely bloody and his mother comes down the

street and pulls him off of the bully. Back then, not much harm in that, we

might say the bully got what he deserved and Ralphie stood up for himself and

those around him. Problem solved! But fast forward 27 years later and see

how man different problems we would have. We already know that Ralphie gets

arrested, expelled from school, not to mention the troublemaker label and

even becomes the target of fighting from the gangs attached to the bully and

the list goes on.

This is an easy one to see, but my challenge to schools is what about the

Ralphies that would never fight back, the ones that simply going on

beating themselves up in their head thinking they are not good enough, they

dont belong here, or even here on earth. Or the teenagers that become

depressed, they shut down and they begin to drink, smoke or cut until their

problems seem to go away! This is the slippery slope we see every day in the

lives of teenagers across the country, or should I say those of us that have

had a vision upgrade can see every day.

The reason I bring this up is there are hundreds of thousands of kids that

are waiting for someone to stand up for them, let them know they are safe and

that in spite of all the things being said and done, they are good enough to

be here and certainly good enough to achieve their goals and dreams in their

life.

Join me, Mr MOJO Travis Brown, Americas youth and teen leadership coach on

my 50 day 50 school Anti-Bullying Tour- Leaders Taking a Stand Against

Bullies! www.themojozone.com is were you can get more information about

Booking Mr MOJO to come to your school or city and empower students to take

a stand!

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