Theyre not alone. Most of us have been pushed around by a bully. Up until 6th grade, i was just like, i love school. Thats when some of ronnies friends decided it wasnt cool to be smart. They started making fun of him for raising his hand in class. At lunch, kids would be like, oh, were not sitting with you, like, nerd ronnie stopped participating in class, and his grades fell from as to bs. I was trying to kind of do poorly on purpose, i guess. But it didnt help. Kids still picked on him. I think everybody thinks that they have this image of, like, one big, tough kid just beating up a little kid or stealing his lunch money or something, but its a lot more than that. Bullying has many faces and many forms. Michael cassidy wrote the skinny on bullying. The book uses clever stick figures to tell the story of billy and beth and how they helped their friends to deal with bullies. For bullying, the golden rule is to talk to an adult. Talk to someone you trust, whether its someone at the sch
Frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. And by the corporation for public broadcasting. Major support for frontline is provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information is available at macfound. Org. Additional funding is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The wyncote foundation. And by the frontline journalism fund, supporting investigative reporting and enterprise journalism. Additional funding for this program was provided by the Arthur Vining Davis foundations. choir singing the Angel Gabriel was sent from god to a city of galilee named. Narrator every sunday, in every corner of the world. The virgin, betrothed to a man whose name. Narrator . People gather to hear a story. And the virgins name was mary. Narrator for more than 2,000 years, that story has been told and retold. And to bea
Frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. And by the corporation for public broadcasting. Major support for frontline is provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information is available at macfound. Org. Additional funding is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The wyncote foundation. And by the frontline journalism fund, supporting investigative reporting and enterprise journalism. Additional funding for this program was provided by the Arthur Vining Davis foundations. choir singing the Angel Gabriel was sent from god to a city of galilee named. Narrator every sunday, in every corner of the world. The virgin, betrothed to a man whose name. Narrator . People gather to hear a story. And the virgins name was mary. Narrator for more than 2,000 years, that story has been told and retold. And to bea
Many of the uks highest infection rates are in london and the south east of england. With a new variant in coronavirus believed to be particularly prevalent was that millions of people had to change their Christmas Plans at the last minute or abandon them altogether. Mark easton has been to essex, one of the most affected areas. Thurrocks Christmas Wonderland is closed by law. The vast Lakeside Shopping Centre almost deserted on what should have been one of the busiest days. At santa clauss grotto, another sign of the times. This part of essex appears to be the current epicentre of the outbreak, with the fastest rising rate of infection anywhere in tier a. Plans have been thrown into chaos. People are making the best of it, but the joy and good will of christmas 2020 have been replaced by fear, frustration, and, in some cases, fury. Yes, im saving christmas, and then, no. Youre not having christmas. How do you feel about that . Im really angry. What the Prime Minister is offering is do
On Christmas Day up to three households are being allowed to mix in england, scotland and northern ireland, with slightly tigher rules in wales. Around half the population is planning to form a bubble with friends or relatives for christmas according to research by the office for national statistics. Our home editor mark easton reports. The season to be jolly, careful since the prime minister, how will britain celebrate christmas in the strangest of yea rs 7 christmas in the strangest of years . And what is peoples reactions to the decision to relax the regulations on festive get togethers just as the pandemic threatens to overwhelm parts of the nhs . With the help of analysts, they have assembled a focus group of people from across the uk. Seasons greetings to all, im interested to know how your Christmas Plans have changed and specifically, how many people will you be sitting down with a christmas dinner. There will be seven. There will be six of us. Six. Five. Four of us. By myself,