Break the Cycle
How can students cultivate compassion for both targets of bullying and those who bully?
level: High School
Bystander Revolution | Anyone Can Change
discussion questions
- How would you describe the “cycle of bullying”?
- Gavin de Becker says everyone has been a bully and a victim and that these roles are temporary. What does he mean?
- Did watching the video about people who used to bully others alter your perception of people who bully? How?
- What does Sandon mean when he says “Everyone has problems.”?
- Do you agree with the idea that “hurt people hurt people”? Why or why not?
- Why might talking directly, and respectfully, to the person who’s bullying, be a good strategy?
- What does Neil Gaiman mean when he says “don’t become them”?
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has a quote, “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” How can that quote apply to putting an end to bullying?