Bullying is a serious subject. Children need to learn strategies
to stand up for themselves and to help others who are being bullied. Sometimes
it just takes one person to make a big difference.
During this week’s assembly, our administration along with Mrs.
Zea, Ms. Perez, Mrs. Arango, Mrs. Padron and Mrs. Guski acted out scenes from
the book One by Kathryn Otoshi. This
book uses colors to represent personality types.
Blue was a quiet color and got picked on by Red. Though the
other colors liked Blue, they were too scared to stand up to Red. Soon, Red
became so powerful and mean that none of the other colors dared to defend
themselves. Then one day, One shows up and wasn’t scared of Red. In join the other
colors until Red realizes that no one is scared of him anymore. Instead of the
colors turning around and being mean to Red, they invite him to be part of the
group.
This book was good to help highlight that one person can make
a difference, being different is okay, and standing up for yourself and others does
not have to be negative or violent. Students and teachers alike enjoyed this
new take on bullying prevention.
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