Bullying as a social issue in today’s day and age is not left unnoticed, though is still a growing problem and thrives partially in schools, the work place and on online networks. Education is a critical strategy to change and control issues such as these, so that individuals can recognise the consequences …show more content…
Set the scene, dramatize the main conflicts.
Act 2 in two to six paragraphs. Should dramatize how the conflicts introduced in Act 1 lead to a crisis.
Act 3 in one to three paragraphs. Dramatize the final conflict and resolution.
Over voice transcript:
“Have you ever sat in a room full of people and, felt as though you were the only person there?
Sometimes I wonder where it all started, a recollection of a wholeness I no longer knew; it wasn’t always this way.
But lately it has become apparent that there is no escape to such a labyrinth.
Over 3.2 million victims of bullying in schools each year;
I try to remember this.
But when you’re told you are worthless 26 times in one morning you begin to forget that there is anyone else suffering in this world. I liked to be alone.
An escape for both my mind and conscious to rest,
It was nice here.
My phone buzzes like an earthquake, the words like piercing lashes till my limbs feel foreign. Because feeling alone when you’re surrounded by people is the utter most emptiness I’ve ever felt.
They don’t stop
The walls here my cries and they’re the only ones who listen
A toilet cubicle is NOT a lunchroom.
13 suicides over the past three years due to bullying in our counties …show more content…
Because not everyone in this word is out to get you, and some people are kinder than others. If I’ve learnt anything its to not seclude yourself into your own mind to escape from your surroundings because they will always find their way in;
Always.
But one day a glimmer of hope subsided in my lungs, as a stranger came to my comfort. I remember how strange this felt knowing someone, actually cared. *Breathes out*
I want you to know that it gets better,
I want you to know that there are people out there that care about you and sometimes… you won’t even know their name.
I want you to know that standing up for yourself is hard but people are there to support you if you fall. I want you to know its okay to be afraid…
But I want you to know that this affects 1 in four of students like you and I everyday, and a simple gesture could be the life support in a girl’s week.
It doesn’t have to be this way.
I want you to think of 3 words someone has said about you in your lifetime, ugly, worthless, nobody.
Throw them away! You are not bound by the words of others!
We are all unique, and different, and it’s