Recently, our school held an assembly on cyberbullying. It seems to be a problem that is growing worse! Ryan Halligan was in 8th grade when he committed suicide, after several years of bullying at school and online. His father, John Halligan, speaks to students across the country about his son in the hopes of preventing this from happening to anyone else. John has been outspoken about the need for more education and prevention of bullying, cyber bullying and teen suicide throughout the United States and Canada. His son’s story and his accomplishments in response to this tragedy have been told world-wide by print, radio and TV.
After watching this video, I want you to think about how Ryan must have felt. Then, answer this question: If you knew that someone was being cyberbullied, what could you do to help?
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I feel really bad for Ryan's family. If only he had been able to talk to someone he might still be alive today. If I knew someone was being bullied online, I would tell the guidance counselor at my school and probably my parents, too.
ReplyDeleteRyan must of felt really bad and i feel really bad for his dad
ReplyDeleteAs a parent it breaks my heart to hear this Dad speak about the loss of his son. If only children DID REALIZE that it is such a short period of time over a lifetime that one has to deal with such criticism/behavior.
ReplyDeleteRyan must have felt horrible and imbarised if i knew someone was getting cyber bullied i would tell everyone it not funny and what would u do if this happened to you
ReplyDeleteRyan must have felt very sad if he commited suicide. If i were him would have told my parents and i would have told someone.
ReplyDeleteRyan must of felt really depressed and embarressed when everyone was laughing. This must of been really hard for his prents when they found out what happened to thier son. Also If he told somebody he would praboly be alive today, and if I knew someone is was being bullied I would praboly help them out. Also i wpuld tell someone who could stop the bullying.
ReplyDeleteI think that it is horrible that someone would let it go so far. Ryan really should have told someone. It would have saved his life. I would have stud up for him because know one desurves the abouse he recieved.
ReplyDeleteI think Ryan felt that nobody cared about him. If I knew someone being bullied I would tell my parents.
ReplyDeleteRyan probably felt not cared of and dis-liked. If I knew someone being cyberbullied I couldve talked to them and helped them and maybe I could talk to a guidance counselor, teacher, or an adult and he or she could also talk to them and help them.
ReplyDeleteI feel really bad for ryan's family and friends for his loss.if he talked to someone he could probably be alive to this day. if i knew/know someone who was or is cyberbullied I would tell an adult or someone that i could tust that would help the person who is being cyberbullied. i would also tell my parents, guidence counceler at my school, and i wish that the girls wouldn't do anything like that ever again or try to commet anything in the genera.
ReplyDeleteI feel very bad for Ryan. I think he should of told someone and let someelse talked to those girls instead of how he chose to deal with it. I would definitely talk to ryan and tell him he needs to talk to someone but if that did not work i would have to go to someone myself. I think i would go to the guidance councler at my school. If they talked to Ryan he would change his mind about things and he would understand that these girls are very mean and their doing this to get attention. maybe then ryan would understand that theres better things comming for him in the future. Maybe ryan could even change schools. But he really needed to talk to someone if it got to the point that he wanted to commit suciside.
ReplyDeleteAfter watching this video i really start to think about how hard this must be on his friends and family. It would be very sad to see your son or best friend go through so much pressure that they would kill themself.If i had been bulied online i know know that i would definitley tell a counsler or someone close to me like friends or family. If a friend or family memeber of mine was being bullied i would tell them of others stupid decisions that he or she shoudn't make. then i would tell that person to get help or i would get help for them myself. I definitley would hate to miss out on a sibling, cousin, or friends problem and one day see that i could have done something to keep them alive. Ryans story may be sad but it is a great lesson to others to get help imediatly! Dont make stupid decisions. Tell someone and get help first!
ReplyDeletei think ryan would not have done that if he knew his family wouldn't have wanted him to do that. i fell really sorry for his family and that they had to go through that.
ReplyDeleteI feel bad for Ryan's family and friends. I wish he should of talked to someone so he didn't kill himself and could be alive today. If i saw or knew someone being bullied i would help them or i would tell an adult if they were uncomfortable to talk to someone. I would defently tell my parents and they would talk to the parents of the person who was bullying that person. I wish someone could of stoped the girls of doing that. I hope that nobody would try to cyberbully somebody again. Or if someone see's a person being bullyed that they will stop them.
ReplyDeletei think that after wathing this video that i relized that if i was being bullied that i would tell my parents or my consaler
ReplyDeleteI wish someone could have just stood up for the poor kid. I mean, how hard is it to say "stop making fun of Ryan." A message to all you bystanders out there: stop being a zebra.
ReplyDeleteI think that ryan shuld have told his parents what they said to him when he got back to school or went to his guidence office he probably wouldnt have died :(
ReplyDeleteI feel realy bad for what happened to Ryan and his family. After watching this video i realized that if you know someone who is being bullied or if you are being bullied i think u should go and tell an adult or a counsler. :)
ReplyDeletethe girls that bullied him must be hated by lots of people that just a little joke could lead to someones death
ReplyDeleteI feel so incredibly bad for Ryan and his family, if i was there and saw that this was happening to him or that i saw he was getting bullied i would tell an adult.If atleast one person did that they would have saved a life but they didn't.:(
ReplyDeleteRyan must have been really upset and feel humiliated. People have no right to destroy other peoples lives and think it's funny. Ryan could have told a guidance counselor if he was having trouble with other people. He also could have told his parents. I feel really bad for ryan. People should not stand around, they should help.
ReplyDeleteWow... that's really sad. Ifeel so bad for Ryan's family. He probably should've talked about it to his mom or dad. And his dad was right, it doesn't last forever. I used to be bullied, and it wasn't fun, but I have some really great friends now. If Ryan had just given life a chance, it would've worked out for him. And those girls who bullied him? They would've ended up much farther behind in life.
ReplyDeleteI feel bad for Ryans family and friend i wish he could of said something to someone so they could have of stoped him from killing himself i would allways tell my parents if i knew someone geting bullied or if i was being bullied i hope that no one would cyberbully anyone or if someone see a person being bullied he/she would stop them from bullieing him
ReplyDeleteI dont know if I ever felt as bad for a kid than Ryan. He must have felt awful about what happend with the awful girls that did that to him. I hope the girls that did that should feel like they even did something worst then murder. I feel very sorry for Ryans dad and hope he reaches to more kids across the country.
ReplyDeleteWhat happened to Ryan was a tragedy. Personally I know how it feels to be bullied. Like you have nowhere to turn. You feel like everyone is against you. I hope those girls know what they did. It seems that no one understandsthat all life is sacred. So this is outragous to me. I am always from now on stand up and never be a zebra again...
ReplyDeleteI feel terrible for the kids family. If I saw someone being I would step in and NOT BE A ZEBRA. Then I would take the kid to the counsling office. =)
ReplyDeletei feel that what happened to ryan was tear jerking. sometimes i know how ryan felt, all alone. . . . im an only child and i feel really alone.i mean sometimes in school people are bullied for no reason and thats not right
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