The Road Forward

My group is doing a film on bullying through me telling my story. Our goal for this film is to show how being bullied is something that sticks with you forever. The name calling, the memories, the nightmares, they're all things that kids/people like me will never forget as much as we try to. If we can change a bully's ways by them watching this movie or change anyone's thought on bullying that's all we want. Through this first semester we had finished our trailer, but somehow it got erased and we had to restart it all. We are just about done with the new trailer.

By the end of this 3rd quarter we have to complete our trailer, upload it to Vimeo and start working on completing the actual film. We have some interview questions  already written out to help us start off the interview. We should have at least one interview completed if not more by the end of the 3rd quarter. We should also already have some of our film outlined and ready if not already edited.

In order to start filming we should first go over our interview questions together. So we can see which questions we like best and think will have the best responses.  and have Definitely having everyone in the group participating in the making of the film and having everyone there while filming is key. We need all the opinions and advice for the making of this film. I would say all groups need teamwork and I would also say is that everyone in each group should cooperate with each other, but if there something on someone's mind or if they think that there should be a change in something they shouldn't be afraid to say something. Everyone has their own right to say what they have to say if they're in the group.

My look on Sexting

Sexting has become very popular and viral nowadays. Girls are exposing themselves to guys or people that they like, and its getting out. Today sexting exposure is everywhere, especially on the internet. Including sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. I know that girls dont want personal pictures of themselves all over the internet so why send it to someone in the first place? Maybe to impress a guy? Usually thats the case, but I think that a guy who really likes you wouldn't do something such as expose a girl. I honestly think it is the girls fault, it bothers me when I see how these girls that expose themselves are "Facebook Famous" or talked about badly by everyone on the internet. It especially bothers me to see when there are pages on Facebook that show these girls nude, so called smut pages. I think that a girl has a choice to do what she wants and if she wants to take the chance of sending a picture along those lines to someone she shouldn't be shocked if it lands all over the internet. The only way to stop sexting exposure and bullying is to stop sexting! Thats my opinion, but other people might think differently. I believe everyone has their privacy and once you send a picture of yourself nude your privacy is gone.

Statistics on Suicide Caused By Bullying

Suicide happens to be the third leading cause of death. Its averaged that 4,400 deaths per year are because of bullying. According to the CDC, for every suicide there are at least 100 suicide attempts. Over 14 percent of kids in high school have considered committing suicide and almost 7 percent have already attempted to commit suicide.
Studies by Yale University have shown bullying victims are 2 to 9 percent more likely to commit suicide then non-bullying victims. 10-14 year olds are at a higher risk of committing suicide today!
Studies in Britain show that at least half of young kids that commit suicide there reasons to are from/related to bullying.

I think bullying has gotten worse by the years. Kids today are ending there life's at such an early age and they haven't even gotten to experience life or do any of things they've wanted to do. They haven't gotten to accomplish anything or just grow up in general.
Kids are avoiding school and missing out on their education because of bullies. I think people and teachers, people involved within the schools really need to step up and help out these kids that are suffering everyday.

"According to statistics reported by ABC News, nearly 30 percent of students are either bullies or victims of bullying, and 160,000 kids stay home from school every day because of fear of bullying"

Anti-Bullying Networks

Anti-Bullying Network: At this site there are several additional websites and tabs listed to help kids that are struggling with specific types of bullying and problems that they're having. There are also tabs for kids who want to help kids that their being bullied, organizations and alliances are also listed there, so if you want to help out you can visit some of these sites below:

Bullying.org: Is one of the sites listed on the anti-bullying network. This sites main cause is to increase the awareness of bullying and to help prevent it. They're main goal is to try and eliminate bullying in our society.

faceup2it: FACE stands for- Fighting Against Child Exploitation. This site is an interactive website whose main focus is on young kids who want to know the "real deal" about child sexual exploitation.

Hourglass Productions:This site has a video on bullying that will be very helpful to kids. It was created for young viewers, including interviews with teenagers using dramatic scenarios and expert advice this video focuses on both the bully and victim.

Kids Helpline: This site has a number for kids that are having problems in school. Kids can call this number to get advice and help from counselors. This site also gives teens and young adults ideas, options and information on where you can get help and connect. They always will lend an ear to listen! So if you need someone to talk to please go to this site and call!

The site Anti-Bullying Network has several other sites that are not included in here for kids in need of help and for adults who need advice and help as well. This site will be very helpful for anyone.