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| Photo courtesy of http://pinterest.com/pin/252553288/ After attending the Courage Retreat, I would like all of you to share your thoughts on our blog. Please comment only using your pen name! You may tell us what your act of courage is, how the retreat has changed your thinking, your thoughts on bullying, or anything else that you think is worthy of sharing on our blog. Happy blogging! P.S. - "I love your face." |
Sunday, December 4, 2011
COURAGE!
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My act of courage is to help others and stop bullying. A lot of time I see people being bullied by someone they don’t even know and I just stand there and do nothing. My thought on bullying is to say: Why do people hurt someone they don’t even know? Does it make the bully feel good about hurting someone? Are they doing this just to get attention? I just want others to be safe and not going to their parents and say “Mom, a bully punched me in the stomach today at school!” I feel really bad about being a bystander and just laugh like the crowd just to fit in with other people.
ReplyDeleteMy active courage is to follow my heart. I’ve been following the crowd lately. I’ve never been me before. I’ve gotten away from being me. I came to think if I be me what they will think of me. That moment fear came. I want to get over fear so bad, but the most powerful thing is to follow your heart. Ever since that day. I’ve been following my heart. I don’t want to get away from the real me. So follow you heart!
ReplyDeleteThe courage retreat was fun. My act of courage is to be myself more. The field trip changed my thinking by making me think more about what I do. It was a really fun and exciting field trip. There were a lot of fun activities that we did. It was the best field trip.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed that courage retreat. I thought it was a great thing to do because it really makes you think about how other people feel when they are getting bullied and that’s not right! It makes me really upset to think of how some people get sad or even depressed about kids bullying them and I want that to come to a stop that’s what the courage retreat is for. They tell you stories about what happened to some people when they were kids and how they felt when they were getting picked on. We had to decide an act of courage and mine is that I want to help someone or stand up for someone while they are getting bullied. I also want to be myself more because sometimes I act different just to fit in and I don’t like that I just want to be myself !
ReplyDeleteI want to start helping kids that are getting bullied at young ages because I see it happing a lot and I don’t think it is fair to them to be picked on. My active courage is to think more of other people needs not mine all the time also to help them with their needs and goals. I honestly don’t think it’s not fair that kids get bullied at a young age I strongly think that something has to be done. P.S I love your face
ReplyDeleteI loved the courage retreat one of the coolest fieldtrips I’ve been to. I wish I can go there again. I miss saying I love you’re your face to KK. Brian was really funny. Taj was cool too. I will always follow my Corazon. I learned that you should always have courage for yourself and for others.
ReplyDeleteI think that the courage retreat got me thinking about how it can feel to get bullied. I think it changed so many people’s thinking on how not to bull other people and how to prevent it. They made me regret the times when my friends or someone I see getting bullied and I do nothing about it. Now I will stand up for people no matter who it is. My goal is not to act like someone I’m not. If I don’t like bulling no one will either other than those who decide to make others feel bad.
ReplyDeleteAt the courage retreat I did not have much to change at all. My act of courage is to help people when they need it instead of laughing at them. I am trying to do this because I want to change some things in myself to be better. I learned to be a better person and treat people the way you want to be treated. That’s my act of courage and what I learned.
ReplyDeleteWhen I went to the courage retreat I had lots of fun we were jumping and dancing and other stuff. I like how KK tried making people not to be shy so she says I love your face or turn to a neighbor and THUMB WAR! She tells us how to be respectful and respect others. I also like how she is so creative with things and very funny/nice. My act of courage is to be myself because being someone your not doesn’t make you.
ReplyDeleteMy act of courage is to stand up for my friends and make a difference in their life. When someone bullies someone and laugh and you do not join them they will not be your friend anymore. So sometimes standing up for someone you don’t know is better than being a bully. So be a buddy not a bully. Also be yourself and you will get way farther in life.
ReplyDeleteMy act of courage is to forgive others, we all deserve a second chance. Also to stand up for people because getting bullied is unfair and one sided, I learned to be yourself and if your friends don’t like it then they aren’t your friends! Friends are people who like you just the way you are. I am me and that’s who I want to I was made to out. Not to be someone I don’t really wanna be because I it’s not me. I learned that people haven’t really been themselves lately, they say people say they are changing . after hearing there act of courage I’m pretty sure I would like to just be myself . maybe just matbe I like being imperfect . ..
ReplyDeleteI learned to help people when they need help. I’m going to help stop bullying. I’m going to sit by people when they are lonely and don’t have anybody to sit by. I’m going to be a friend when someone needs one. I’m going to help people pick up their stuff when they drop it.
ReplyDeleteMy act on courage retreat was to stop bullying. The retreat changed my thinking by telling us stories about bulling. My thoughts on bullying is bullying is for people who are mean. We did a lot of fun activates that made us black hawks get along better. I thought this was a good field trip for courage.
ReplyDeleteMy act of courage is to help others and to stop bullying them. I think the retreat has changed my thoughts by I am going to stop bullying others. And to help other kids when they need help. I am going to be myself around my friends and try not to be someone I’m not. On the trip I learned the importance of helping others and to be myself. And the importance of courage.
ReplyDeleteMy act of courage is to be myself and not impersonate someone I’m not
ReplyDeleteI think the courage retreat made me think a lot because when you actually think about it sometimes you question yourself kind of like what happen to me I was asking myself am I a bully? Or am I true to myself? Do I follow the crowd? Or like am I even being myself.
I learned that we should stick up for other and for our self and not be afraid of what people think or if he will teas me but I know it’s embarrassing but do it so that person can say I have a friend and that they can say your name and say he help me
When I went to the courage retreat I thought about bullies in our school. I liked the game mongo volleyball because you could sit down. I liked playing other games to but that was my favorite. The thing I liked the best was eating because our group got to talk more. When they did that play I thought that was funny
ReplyDeleteMy act of courage is sticking out to people and stick up for me. This changed my life because if seen people and my friends getting bullied and it’s not cool. I think bullying is mean and sometimes it will really hurt you. I think people should stop following to crowd because it’s not cool and eventuality you will get rated out by the people in your group. I think everybody should stop bullying so we can make a better world and a safer world.
ReplyDeleteThe retreat has changed my thinking by learning to stand up for myself and for others. When I see someone sitting at lunch alone, I will go sit with them. If I ever get bullied, I hope someone would stand up for me. Another cat of courage is to be myself because sometimes I’m not. I also want to be nicer to my brother.
ReplyDeleteMy act of courage is to help others from being bullied. Also it is to be a buddy not a bully. The retreat changed my thoughts about bullying is, that I see a lot of people being bullied, so I want to help. Also I hope that bullies really paid attention to what the people on the Courage Retreat were saying, so they can be a buddy not a bully. My thoughts on bullying, is that it NEEDS to stop!!!
ReplyDeleteI think bullying is unfair and not cool. When you bully, you may think you are cool, but really you aren’t, because more and more people won’t like you. I would like stand up for others when they are getting bullied. I see bullying almost every day and it really bugs me knowing that people are getting hurt. So now on, everybody should stick up for others, and even better, not be bullies at all.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was at the courage retreat, I heard that I should stand up for myself and others. I also heard that I should take away my fear and do whatever it takes to give it away. I should always make the smart choices and try to do what seems best. If I don’t do the right thing then my whole life could be ruined. If someone is lonely, I would encourage that he or she is better than the mean kids.
ReplyDeleteMy act of courage is to stand up for others and myself. The retreat changed my thinking to listen to my heart and not to my brain. And to go past my fears and not let it take over. When I see bullying to stop it instead of letting it happen. Stop bullying that happens to myself and others
ReplyDeleteThe courage retreat was an awesome day. The courage retreat is about taking a risk for you and yourself. You have to stand up for yourself or other people too. Usually you could stand up for your friends and other people if they need help. Never do bullying and don’t be a bystander when people need help from you or other people.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was at the courage retreat we learned to not bully or stop bulling when you see it.
ReplyDeleteAnd to stand up for people and your self. If you get bullied don’t let them keep bulling you stand up for yourself. My act of courage is to stand up for people when they are bullied and to have courage if I can’t get on a ride for example or if some body’s lonely have courage to sit with them. I also leard to be respectful and to be true to your self.
I think that bullying is wrong and should not be done. Yet many people still bully. I want to help anti-bullying by standing up for others. When people get bullied they should stand up for themselves and tell an adult. People should just be nice to other people. My act of courage is to stand up for myself and others.
ReplyDeleteAt the retreat center during a field trip I felt like the whole thing was very emotional. I literally started to cry, but I wasn’t sad or happy, it was an emotion I had never felt before! The games and activities they did were hilarious. For one of them I plopped on the floor on my stomach and crawled around using only one arm! What I learned is that do what your heart desires, do not fear what others will think of you. The whole thing was so much fun!
ReplyDeleteMy act of courage is to help others when they need it, don’t be afraid to do it if you know it’s the right thing to. Like when you see someone getting bulled you help them by telling someone you know. You also need to stand up for YOUR self not just others and tell someone you know like a teacher or a parent. Not just yourself but your friends and family members. It’s always good to help others who need help.
ReplyDeleteMy act of courage is to stop any trouble and vandalism by telling the vandalizers to stop. Or ill tell the principle who been doing what. And it’s not right when you see people ruining things that cost money from the school. It’s not right to be a bully because that would make you a jerk and it’s not fun being bullied. So don’t be the bully or the vandalizes and if you become one Ill find you. I will also start to stick up for myself and my friends.
ReplyDeleteThe courage retreat was awesome and a lot of fun! My act of courage is to help someone out or to sit by a person that seems lonely. We talked about how to stop bulling. And to just be yourself no matter what somebody might say. It was a lot of fun!
ReplyDeleteWhen we went to the courage retreat at first I thought we were going to dance the whole time but then we started to do activities. We started to sing and dance which I really liked. Then we got into our groups, which was a lot of fun my leader was really nice and she listened to what we were saying. Then we played pebble in the pond and then when everyone was sharing. I learned that you shouldn’t change because of somebody that doesn’t like who you really are your yourself and that will never change. It was so much fun.
ReplyDeleteMy ac t of courage helps other that gets picked on. Plus bullying is rude hurting people. Bullies should stop!!! When someone is bullied or me I would stand up for myself and take a risk and try to be brave. When I was at the courage retreat we discuss to help people and yourself. If I was a bully I wouldn’t bully because I wouldn’t hurt anyone.
ReplyDeleteMy act of courage is to stand up for others and myself. Bullying in the SMS has been a problem for years and its time that we end it. All the people that get bullied get hurt and sometimes to the point that they don’t want to go to school, but it hurts physically and mentally. How would you feel if every day before you went to you knew you would get tormented, how would that feel? Would you even go to school? Would you take a chance and go? If you go what’s the point the same people will bully you anyways? I think from going to the courage retreat it has opened the eyes of the students to how people feel when they get bullied and how to help no matter what the consequences are if u help and if u don’t help. With the act of courage I think if we say will do our act of courage and putting our act of courage paper somewhere where we will see every day will help us actually do our act of courage instead of just say we will, if you actually do our act of courage it will make a difference.
ReplyDeleteThe field trip was SUPER fun! The field trip also taught me a lot. My favorite part was mostly all of it. My act of courage is to stand up for others and myself because I see bullying a lot and it hurts. The retreat changed my thinking because I don’t stand up to people a lot and I’m going to start doing it. There are a lot of bullying around here and I want to stop it.
ReplyDeleteMy act of courage is to stand up for others and stand up for myself and something I liked was that we were able to go in the groups and talk about courage.
ReplyDeleteThe food was also amazing I wish I could have more of that pizza. And something I learned was that standing up for others is important. It will make you happy and make the other person happy to. It was funny that in the stone pebble thing there was allot of poses. And then someone would start the whole thing over again. And something interesting was that you were able to win money but it was just a dollar.
My act of courage is for me two stand up for others people . also my act of courage is that when ii try to stop the bully .another thing I do if I will see bulling is that I will tell a teacher or solve it myself .another thing is that I would stand up for others that get bullied and I will stomp bulling with my magic powers. another thing that I will do if I see bullying is that I would probably wait until a person starts talking or when know one else does something then that’s when I would start talking and say to stop being mean to him. or something else instead of watching them be crying or sad and it will be sad if people will make fun of u when you fall down .
ReplyDeleteWhen I went to the courage retreat that I learned that you have to stand up for others and also stand up for yourself. And I also be true to yourself no matter what someone else thinks. My act of courage would be to sit next to a person that is lonely at lunch. Because you wouldn’t like it if someone was leaving you out so make that person feel good about its self. The courage retreat was a lot of fun because it made you communicate with others!
ReplyDeleteMy act of courage is to stand up from other people because I don’t like seeing people getting bullying. What would you do if you get bullied. If I get bullied I would ask for help because so people not say thing because so people get scared that something will happen to them. People if you are getting bullied ask for help nothing will happen. People stand up for people and be your self .
ReplyDeleteI thought the courage retreat was super fun! My act of courage is to be myself and not always follow the crowd because not all crowd decisions are wise. The retreat changed my way of thinking because I always thought courage was just having courage to do something scary like a rollercoaster. Not standing up for bullies or helping someone. I think bulling is not ok and should not be tolerated for anyone, anywhere. Bullies are mean and insecure. You should not stoop to their level because you could lose a lot of friends in the process.
ReplyDeleteMy act of courage is being myself. I think the retreat was good for some people that got bullied and the bullies. Also when I see someone bulling another person, I will not, not do something. Another thing was try not to bully others. Try to get liked instead of hated. –Studmuffin83-
ReplyDeleteMy favorite part of the day was when we went around and told people that we love their face. The most emotional part of the day was the end where we did the activity pebbles in the pond. The hosts were very interesting. They loved to have fun. My act of courage is to keep being myself. Some of my friends try to change me but I always remain the same. For some people to hard to stay the same because they let friends change them. Overall, the courage retreat was fun and helped me look at myself in a whole new perspective.
ReplyDeleteThe Courage Retreat was better than my friends said it would. They said it was for bullies only, but it was about being you too. They said the dancing was lame, but dancing was the best. I liked the activities like the jump rope when you went across the gym that wasn’t that fun. The acting wasn’t that great I kind of thought it was bad. I don’t like bullies that much I try to compliment people. My act of courage is to stand up to bullies who bully people every day and I’ll try to be myself, because I act different by other people.
ReplyDeleteMy act of courage is to have nothing bad happen to my friend who has been though a lot I promised her nothing bad will happen to her because I said “ there will be no rumors about you I promise if there are I will stop them.” I will use my three R a lot. I will stop bulling if I see it in the hallway and I will not worry about what others think of me and be myself in front of my friends but mostly I will be myself in front of one friend the most because I am not usually myself in front of that friend.
ReplyDeleteMy act of courage is to stand up to bullies. I think bullying is wrong. I think this because bullying shouldn’t happen. I think people should follow the golden rule. I will encourage others to stand up to bullies by themselves. People shouldn’t be bullied because it hurts them when they do it.
ReplyDeleteMy active courage is to be more of myself and not what my friends want to be because my friends will think I would fit in more if I were like them but, then I would be lying. I still think bullying is a very bad thing for our economy and of our schools. Also people should not be afraid to be themselves because if you are not who you want to be your friend do not know the real you which is very important. I have seen these actions and it will be fixed in the past time.
ReplyDeleteI think the courage retreat had a great influence on me about how terrible bulling is and how to stop it. I also think they did a great job on explaining you what to do if there is a bulling problem. I liked the pebble in the pond because it gave kids a chance to tell us what their act of courage is and why. I also think the pebble in the pond was good because it gave us great examples on how terrible bulling can be. I think the reason the people host the courage retreat is because they went through some terrible times with bulling and having courage and they don’t want us to go through it so they taught us how to fix bulling if there is a problem. Now I know what to do if I see any bulling or if I experience any bulling.
ReplyDeleteThe Courage Retreat was better than I thought. I think it should be illegal to bully, stop bullying is my act of courage. I learned that everyone is specials in their own way. I hate bullying. It is the cause of suicides and injuries every day. I will do anything to stop it.
ReplyDeleteMy act of courage is to not judge myself on how I look. Also I hope to stick up for kids who can’t for themselves. One girl shared how her friend was bullying her and that if she wasn’t friends with her anymore that her friend would spread rumors about her. If that happens again and I see it I will definitely stick up for her. Hopefully after this retreat their will not be anymore bullying in our school!
ReplyDeleteHopefully every ones views changed. I had lots of fun dancing and playing games. I had lots of fun at the courage retreat and I hope everyone who went to it had fun to!
My act of courage is to help someone in need when they need it. Also, I want to be that person to stand up for not just myself but others, too. If I see bullying, I will try my best to tell the person to stop or, to prevent it, spread more helpful tips to stop bullying. The Courage Retreat changed my thinking. What I started thinking about is to the people who are being bullied. I didn’t really pay much attention to it until the retreat. Another thing I thought about was about the people who felt as if they were alone. As in, they needed someone to be there for them or with them. I mean, everybody needs someone to be their friend or, someone to be there right? So, for now on, I will think more and more about the people being bullied, people who feel alone, and people who need a friend.
ReplyDeleteMy act of courage is to help people in need. I have seen people get picked on just because they are weird or don’t fit in or are different. My act of courage is to stand up for them next time I see that happening ever again. The courage retreat has changed my life seeing the people that get treated badly or poorly. I want to help in any way I can. I want to go on more retreats like that one. Over all in was an awesome retreat and I hate the fact there is such a thing as bullying. I want to put a stop to it any way I can!
ReplyDeleteMy act of courage is to stand up for people who are too shy or scared to do so. I plan to end depression and suicide.I plan to help kids in need. My thoughts after the couage reatreat was that the courage reatreat was very helpfull and the people who work there are very caring annd helpfull
ReplyDeleteMy act of courage is to help others that are getting bullied and try to report it to an adult or a teacher.Something else i would doif i see bullying is try to talk to the person who was bullying the other.The courage retreat changed my thinking becouse now i think i have the courage to go up to the bully and talk to him and tell him to stop.The courage retreat also changed my thinking becouse back then I would just walk away from bullying.I also think that everyone should try to help people that are being bullied becouse if not bullying could go on forever.
ReplyDeleteMy act of courage is to help stop bullying and to help myself and someone else if they are being bullied. if I ever see someone getting bullied I will go and report it to the principle, teacher, or will tell the nearest adult. But I think people need to be treated people the same way they want to be treated because we are all the same we are all human beings .I don’t think people should be bullying because what if the bully was in the same situation .
ReplyDeleteMy act of courage is to stand up for myself and for others a little more because sometimes I don’t stand up for myself nor do I a lot for my friends that need it sometimes more than me. But on another hand I think that the Courage Retreat was fun defiantly and I went to the Kindness Retreat in forth grade and they were a lot alike kind of like we played games on how to be kind we also had 9th grade helpers too. At more to the end I started to pay attention a little more like seeing what people that get bullied how they are in their own lives like doing the pebble in the pond it kind of indicated it really isn’t nice to bully people specially when they tell their real feelings. So now when I see someone being bullies I will not care if I lose a friend by being myself by standing up for a future friend.
ReplyDeleteMy thoughts of the courage retreat is that it was fun. It shows people that all you need for courage is a heart. All the stories they told were goods signs of when you should have courage, and when you have courage. The ninth grade helpers were really helpful. They really opened me and others up. My act of courage is to help others when they need it. Because I see it a lot at school and in my community. That is what I think of the courage retreat.
ReplyDeleteIt is bad because the person getting bullied feels bad about it. It is also bad because bullying leads to bad choices. I would go to a teacher and tell them someone is being a bully. I would tell the bully that what he/she is doing is wrong. I would also tell them to be rude
ReplyDeleteMy act of courage is to help others. The retreat has changed my thoughts because it has taught me to be myself and to not follow the crowd because if you follow the crowed it could affect your life some day or you could lose your friends. My thought of bullying is to stop it because some people try to kill themselves and not nice to bully.
ReplyDeleteMy act of courage is to stand up for myself and friends. The courage Retreat changed my thoughts by making me think of the stand up for myself. It wants me to look around so I can help someone I see getting bullied. So the next time my friends get bullied I’m going to stand up and help. I don’t want other people to bully or get bullied because I know the feeling and it does not feel great. I also want to be a role model for the little kids. I’ve done this before and I’m pretty good at it.
ReplyDeleteMy act of courage is to stop bullying and to be you also because I’ve been bullied because I was myself a long time ago and I did not like it at all. I almost stopped being myself until I got new friends to back me up. What if you saw someone getting bullied? I would go get a teacher and tell him. If someone is betting bulled and if you don’t do anything nothing will happen. That’s why it’s important to SPEACK UP.
ReplyDeleteThe courage retreat was fun and I learned a lot. My act of courage was stand up for other because you should not watch people getting bulled. It changed my thinking by making me think more about what I do. This field trip was fun and it had a lot of activities and fun things and I wish we could go again.
ReplyDeleteSo proud of all of you!! Great posts about acting with courage--you all will change this world for the better if you truly act on what you posted here!
ReplyDeleteI think the true test is to remember, and in the future, to act upon the things you learned in your retreat. It's easy to recall the stories you heard from other students/people at the retreat for the few days immediately following, but the harder thing is to always remember that it's not ok to bully nor to stand by while others bully. These are lessons that will benefit you for the rest of your life!
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