JUNE 2013 Volume 13-3
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In this issue
Good Ideas to Fight Bullying
Meet Anti-Bullying Decipher Secret Superhero Jaylen! Messages from
Ignite Good!™ Story Contest!
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Global Girl! How will YOU make a difference?
What is bullying? It’s being mean to someone on purpose, over and over again. It can include teasing, talking about hurting someone, spreading rumors, leaving another kid out on purpose, and attacking someone either with your body or with your words. If you are being bullied, stand up to the bully. If thatʝs not safe, walk away. Talk to an adult you trust.
A kid is bullied on the playground every 7 minutes.
If you know someone being bullied, stand up for them. Be kind to them,and tell an adult you trust about the bully.
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Meet Jaylen Arnold,
Bullying SUPERHERO! Our Superhero of the the Month for June is Jaylen Arnold. He is 12 years old and one of our featured superheroes in The Global Game Changers book. Jaylen started his own anti-bullying charity, Jaylen’s Challenge, when he was just 8 years old! Jaylen hopes to elminate bullying, especially against disabled kids. Jaylen, why did you decide to start your charity, Jaylen’s Challenge? I started the charity because I was a victim of bullying myself. I wanted to find a way to help kids that were still getting bullied.
Fast Facts About Jaylen: Age: 12 Hometown: Lakeland, Florida Favorite subject: Science What I want to be when I grow up: A dentist Hobbies: Playing on the computer and visiting theme parks My heroes: Well Uncle Dash (Mihok) inspires me because I never met an adult with tics and he has them tooeven some of the same exact ones which is really rare.
You seem like such a cool kid - why was anyone bullying you? I am a disabled child who suffers from Tourette's Syndrome (TS - a Neurological Disorder), Aspergers Syndrome (ASP - a broad spectrum Autism Disorder), and severe Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD much more than just washing your hands or checking things over and over...believe me)! I have complex Tourette's which means I have vocal "tics" and motor "tics" pretty severly. They interrupt my daily living and are quite troubling. If you don't know what "tics" are just hang around and you'll soon find out. (No they are not the bugs - ticks) he!he! I also often yell out the word BAM! for no apparent reason. When I moved to a new school, kids didn’t understand about my tics and some of them were very mean to me. That doesn’t sound like very much fun. It wasn’t. My disorders got way worse with the stress. The doctors say my disorders cause me to have a lot of anxiety. I witnessed a lot of fighting and meanness. I don't like fighting. I was really scared for the other kids to see my "tics" and know that I was different. I was trying so hard to hold them in. I would go to the hall and try to get them out. Eventually, I couldn't hold them in. It's like a big sneeze...you can hold it for a few seconds, but then it just blows out really hard. BAM! I was soon "ticcing" all day long. The other kids were copying my tics. My condition got so bad that I began hurting myself with my tics. I didn't mean to, but my stress and overstimulation was so bad that my "tics" got very hard. I was crying one night because I was hurting so bad, and when my mom saw how I was bruising myself from the tics, she took me out of school. Sounds like your mom is a wonderful person. So where do you go to school now? I am now back at my old school. I love my school. Those kids don't bully or tease me. They love me for who I am and I want ALL kids to experience the same feeling. I am going to do my best to make that happen!
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START AN ORGANIZATION TO PREVENT BULLYING
SPEAKING
JAYLEN, Age 8
MY TALENT
MY HEART
MY SUPERPOWER!
You’re lucky to have great friends at your old school. What would be your advice to kids who are getting bullied? If you’re a kid getting bullied, TELL someone and always stay with your friends. Bullies won’t bully 5 kids together. But keep telling until they take that kid out of that school and deal with them. Don’t hold it in like I did. My parents only found out because my Tourette’s got so bad and my mom had to keep taking me to all my doctors so much. What do you want to say to kids who think they might be bullies? I think kids who are bullies don’t know any better. I told my mom “this is easy, someone just needs to tell all these bad kids”. Once kids are educated about it, they won't bully so much. I put it to the test with the class at the regular school I attended here for a few months. It was a huge success! You should have seen all the kids coming up to me that use to make fun and copy me. They were actually telling me they were sorry! The same boys that I was scared of! I felt like a special king or a movie star!
Me with Uncle Dash Mihok
Bullying No Way!
Hopefully from my work and the Global Game Changers, kids know about bullying and they won’t do it anymore. Here’s one final message: Sit down and stop bullying. That’s a good message for all of us when we feel like being mean to other kids. Jaylen, thanks so much for checking in with us and for all the super and heroic work you do to stop bullying. We hope to hear “BULLYING NO WAY” around the world! The Tampa Bay Lightning called me a Community Hero and Jaylen’s Challenge got a check for $50,000! Here I am afterwards with my new jersey, awesome former player Dave Andreychuk, my mom, and my sister Nina.
Hanging out with Jan Helson, one of the creators of the Global Game Changers. Global Game Changers Vol. 13-3
Charities That Fight Bullying Jaylen’s Charity! Jaylen’s Challenge’s mission is to educate the educators, teach tolerance
to the tormentors and banish bullying for all. Jaylens Challenge is to end childhood bullying, especially those with disabilities. Our motto is “Bullying No Way” and we have yellow and blue wristbands. Even some celebrities wear them.
More Choices STOMP Out Bullying focuses on reducing and preventing bullying, cyberbullying, sexting and other digital abuse, educating against homophobia, racism and hatred, decreasing school absenteeism, and deterring violence in schools, online and in communities across the country. It teaches effective solutions on how to respond to all forms of bullying; as well as educating kids and teens in school and online, providing help for those in need and at risk of suicide, raising awareness, peer mentoring programs in schools, public service announcements by noted celebrities, and social media campaigns. An additional focus educates parents on how to keep their children safe and responsible online. BeatBullying is all about young people helping and supporting each other online. If you're being bullied, or are feeling a bit low, or are maybe troubled by something and you're not sure what to do or who to talk to, then BeatBullying is where you can go for help. It doesn't matter how big or small you think the problem is, or whether you're being targeted online or offline, our Mentors are here to listen and support you. PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center unites, engages and educates communities nationwide to address bullying through creative, relevant and interactive resources. PACER’s bullying prevention resources are designed to benefit all students, including students with disabilities. Global Game Changers Vol. 13-3
Secret Messages from Global Girl! Figure out which number corresponds to which letter to read the message!
Put the scrambled tiles in order to know what Global Girl wants to say!
Watch Your Words Words matter. Each sentence below has two options: what a bully would say and what a nice person would say. Circle the word(s) the bully would use in red, and the words the nice person would use in green. I can’t believe what happened in class today. You are so SMART / DUMB. I noticed you’re not very good at soccer. STAY AWAY FROM ME. / LET ME HELP YOU LEARN TO DO BETTER. You and I are different. That means you’re WEIRD / COOL. You look very UGLY / PRETTY today.
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1. Welcome each guest to the party with a compliment. 2. Learn about the Anti-Bullying badge. 3. Play the game of telephone: stand all guests in a line. Have the first person say something into the second person’s ear and the second person whispers what s/he heard into the third person’s ear, and so on. See how much the message changes from one end to the other! Talk about how rumors can change as they get passed along. 4. Do trust falls with the other guests. 5. Sign an anti-bullying pledge. Tasty Trail Mix
Give each guest an ingredient. Some ideas: raisins, banana chips, pretzels, M&Ms, peanuts, cashews, pecans, dried apricots, Cheerios, Craisins, almonds, Wasabi peas, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, Chex, shredded coconut, crystallized ginger. Combine all the ingredients together to make a tasty trail mix, showing that everything is better when we work together!
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Enter to WIN the IGNITE GOOD!™STORY CONTEST to be a SUPERHERO OF THE MONTH Visit us at the GGC Website: www.theglobalgamechangers.com We’ll feature a different charity badge each month!
Check out great GGC products, like our Make Me A Superhero! Activity Kit. It has everything a superhero needs to Ignite Good!™, including a book, cape, activity book, Mission Up! Card Game, and MORE! Global Game Changers © 2013 Pixel Entertainment, LLC. Louisville, KY 40202. All rights reserved. www.pixelentertainment.com.
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