A Great Lesson About Bullying

I stumbled upon this great story on bullying and I want to share it with all of you teachers out there.

A
teacher was teaching her class about bullying and gave them the following
exercise to perform. She had the children take a piece of paper and told them to
crumple it up, stomp on it and really mess it up but to not rip
it.

Then she
had them unfold the paper, smooth it out and look at how wrinkled and dirty it
was.

She then
told them to tell it they’re sorry. Even though
they said they were sorry and tried to fix the paper, she pointed out all the
scars they left behind. And that those scars will never go away no matter how
hard they tried to fix it.

That is what happens when a child bully’s another child,
they may say they’re sorry but the scars are there forever. The looks on the
faces of the children in the classroom told her the message hit
home.

Here is the link from where I found this idea.
http://www.alittlespacelikehome.com/2011/11/message-for-kids-about-bullying.html