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 Posted - 07/20/2010 : 09:24:49 AM
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Middle school students writing a book about bullying
By Rafael A. Olmeda,
July 19, 2010
The Sun Sentinel
Florida -- Michael learns how to be abusive from watching how his dad treats his mom. Lucina never learned to be a bully, but since she's privileged, why shouldn't she lord it over those who are not?
The two pre-teens have little in common except for their ages, their obnoxious behavior, and the fact each is the figment of the collective imagination of a group of about 50 middle schoolers collaborating on a book called "I Was a Bully … But I Stopped."
The book, a work in progress, is on a fast track to be printed next month, in time to be distributed throughout Broward County's elementary schools as part of the school district's anti-bullying program. It will also be available online.
"Bullying really hurts everybody in school, and it takes everybody to stop it," said local author Bob Knotts, who conceived of the book and, as founder of the Dania Beach-based Humanity Project, developed the free workshop producing it.
After the book is distributed in Broward, Knotts said he intends to offer it to the Palm Beach County and Miami-Dade school districts.
Broward County was the first school district in Florida to develop an anti-bullying program; the rest of the state's districts following suit by the end of 2008. ...
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Middle school students writing book about bullying
