Stop Bullying: The Student-Led Anti-Bullying Strategy #shorts

The greatest single most impactful, effective anti-bullying campaign strategy is that the class doesn't stand for bullying and makes it known. That the grade or the school doesn't stand for bullying and makes it known. Meaning the boys, the students. Yeah, the principal could say things, it helps. The mashgiach, the counselor could say things, it helps. The rabbaim and teachers can say things, the parents can get involved. It all helps, it's all great. But the most powerful is if the students themselves say no. What does that mean? It means if you're a bystander and you hear or see one person bullying another person, calling him a really nasty name or even getting physical with him. You walk up to that bully, even just by yourself if you're brave enough. If not, get a little group together. Two, three boys is enough to be powerful. If maybe there's a group that's doing the bullying, maybe get a little bit of a larger group together. Hopefully the vast majority of the class will be able to get together on this for the good and say, "Hey, stop. What you're doing is not cool. Stop. We We don't like it as a class. Stop." And you make the bully feel silly in what he's doing. It's highly intimidating to the bully and helps him stop the behavior because he says, "Okay, this is not certainly not making me more popular and I'm not comfortable doing this now." It's an environment that doesn't tolerate bullying amongst the students themselves, the boys themselves. That is the greatest impact.