Reflections on the movie Bully, directed by Lee Hirsch

Student Name: Dear students, Thank you all for your compassionate and respectful viewing of Bully. I am so very proud of you and how you have grown since ninth grade. Here are some questions that I hope will help you process through the emotions that I know many of you were feeling during the movie.

Please italicize and bold your responses, as I did in the letter above. 1. There were five bullied students profiled in the movie: Tyler, Alex, Ty, Jameya and (the girl whose name I dont remember). For each of them, numbered 1 -5, describe the main reason or reasons you believe they were bullied. 2. Have you ever known anyone who was bullied for one of the above reasons? Tell the story of that persons bullying. 3. We saw some poor handling of bullying by school officials and parents. Describe one of those situations and what you believe was done wrong. 4. If you were Alexs parent, and he came home from school and said to you he was just kidding around when he shoved me, what would you say to Alex? Is there something else you would say or do? 5. If we have a class discussion about the movie, could you please suggest 1-2 questions that you think would be worthwhile discussing as a group? 6. Any other comments or reflections?