Do the Right Thing

​Do the Right Thing

By Haleigh Kirkland

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What is cyberbullying?

What to do if you encounter cyberbullying:

• Tell a trusted adult (i.e. a parent or a teacher)

• Contact host/website provides if inappropriate material is being posted on their website.

• Save all evidence if bullying is taking place online. 

• Do not respond to rude messages. This only encourages the bully.

• If the cyberbullying is directed at another person, stand up for the victim!

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Sami began receiving rude emails from an email address she did not recognize. The emails ridiculed her hairstyle and the clothes she wore to school, so she assumed that the emails were from someone she knew. Sami decided to delete the emails and not tell her parents because she did not want to lose internet privileges. 

Did Sami handle the incident well? If, not how could she have handled the situation differently?

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David received a friend request from Charlie. He had met Charlie once or twice but did not know him very well. To add to his growing number of friends, David accepted the friend request. Soon after, Charlie started posting strange photographs on David’s timeline. David quickly consulted his parents who advised him to send Charlie a private message asking him to stop. When Charlie continued to post these photos on David’s timeline, David “unfriended” Charlie on Facebook and blocked Charlie from seeing his Facebook account. He then reported the photographs Charlie had posted to Facebook.

Did Charlie handle the incident well? If not, how could he have handled the situation differently?

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Patricia Brown received an Instagram follow from Fatricia Brown, a fake Instagram account aimed at making fun of Patricia. Patricia began to scroll through the photos and cry. Instantly she became enraged. She had been having an ongoing problem with Mary, a girl at school, and realized right away Mary was the one behind the fake Instagram account. To get back at Mary, Patricia made a fake Instagram named Hairy Mary and started posting photos of Mary. This only escalated the problem and both fake accounts continued to post horrible photos. 

Did Patricia handle the incident well? If not, how could she have handled the situation differently?

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Kyle and Mark were really great friends. They had a non-stop group chat where they texted all day long. One day, Kyle had an argument with another student in his class named Ryan. Kyle was pretty annoyed with Ryan and texted Mark mean comments about Ryan. Since Mark was good friends with Ryan, Mark chose not to respond and finally Kyle stopped making rude remarks. 

Did Mark handle the incident well? If not, how could he have handled the situation differently?