THIS PERSON DECIDES THAT BULLYING IS A PROBLEM AND I
WANT TO GRAB MY STUDENTS ATTENTION AND MAKE SURE
THEY UNDERSTAND WHY BULLYING IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE
ADDRESSED.
HE GOT FIRED FOR THIS.
HE WAS FORCED TO RESIGN.
HE SHOWED A VIDEO THAT HAS 12
MILLION HITS ON YOUTUBE, IT'S CALLED 'LOVE IS ALL YOU NEED'.
IT FLIPS HOMOPHOBIA ON ITS HEAD.
IT CREATES THIS WORLD WHERE SEXUALITY IS DOMINATED BY
GAY PEOPLE, RIGHT?
AND STRAIGHT PEOPLE ARE THE MINORITY.
SO HE SHOWED THIS VIDEO TO MAKE A POINT ABOUT WHAT
IT'S LIKE TO BE GAY AND HOW TERRIBLE IT IS TO BE BULLIED.
WE HAVE A SNIPPET OF THE VIDEO RIGHT NOW.
THEN WE WILL TALK ABOUT IT.
>> I WAS FIVE WHEN I KNEW I WASN'T LIKE MY FAMILY.
BUT IT WAS AT MY UNCLE'S WEDDING THAT I HAD THE FIRST
SINKING FEELING THAT I WOULDN'T GROW UP TO BE LIKE THEM.
>> AND DID YOU SEE WHO MOVED IN DOWN THE STREET?
>> NO.
>> HETERO COUPLE.
>> HOW DO YOU KNOW?
>> I SAW THEM GETTING OUT OF THEIR CAR, HE PUT HIS ARM
AROUND HER AND THEY HAVE A PINK AND BLUE FLAG ON THEIR BUMPER.
>> THIS SCHOOL HAS ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY FOR THIS
KIND OF BEHAVIOR.
IMAGINE IF YOUR MOTHERS HAD SEEN YOU HOLDING HANDS WITH A
BOY IN PUBLIC?
>> SO THIS IS THE LITTLE QUEER WHO WANTED TO HOLD MY
BROTHER'S HAND.
>> HE WANTED ME TO.
>>NO HE DIDN'T.
>> WE SAW HER KISS HIM.
DIDN'T WE?
>> YEAH.
>> GRAB HER!
>> OKAY, SO, IT'S DIFFICULT IMAGERY BUT IT SHOWS THE
CONSEQUENCES OF BULLYING.
STUDENTS THAT TAKE THEIR OWN LIVES AS A RESULT OF IT.
IT IS DIFFICULT TO WATCH BUT IT'S THE REALITY.
WHEN IT COMES TO AN ISSUE LIKE BULLYING, MAYBE STUDENTS
NEED THIS TYPE OF IMAGERY TO UNDERSTAND.
SO THIS TEACHER SHOWS IT AND PARENTS ARE OUTRAGED.
HERE'S WHAT HE HAS TO SAY, "YEAH IT WAS ROUGH, I GET IT.
BUT SEE, THESE KIDS PLAY VIDEO GAMES THAT DECAPITATE PEOPLE.
I DIDN'T WANT JUST A DORKY LITTLE FILM, I WANTED
SOMETHING THAT WAS IMPORTANT.
SO THAT'S THE ONE I CAME UP WITH.
I'M NOT SAYING WHAT I DID WAS VERY SMART.
IT REALLY WASN'T.
BUT I'M A SPUR OF THE MOMENT KIND OF GUY, AND IT SEEMED
RIGHT AT THE TIME."
HE WAS FORCED TO RESIGN AS A RESULT OF SHOWING THIS VIDEO.
I GET IT, IT'S HARD TO WATCH.
EVERY TIME I SEE IT I CRINGE, BUT IT MAKES YOU THINK.
SOMETIMES THAT IS WHAT STUDENTS NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHY
BULLYING IS SUCH A SERIOUS ISSUE.
>> AND MAYBE WE SHOULDN'T WAIT UNTIL KIDS ARE IN COLLEGE TO
HAVE THEM START THINKING ABOUT THE WORLD.
WE SEE VIDEOS SIMILAR TO THAT IN HEALTH CLASS ABOUT BULIMIA
AND PREGNANCY AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
THEY TEND TO BE DORKY LITTLE FILMS THAT DON'T CONVINCE
YOU OF ANYTHING BECAUSE YOU FALL ASLEEP DURING THEM.
BUT THIS I THINK KIDS WOULD BE INTERESTED IN.
THEY WOULD TALK ABOUT IT AFTERWARDS.
IT WAS DIFFICULT BECAUSE IT WAS UNEXPECTED, BUT IT'S NO
DARKER OR VIOLENT THAN EVERY MOVIE THESE KIDS HAVE SEEN
FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
THEY SEE CONTENT LIKE THAT THAT IS DARKER IN EVERY MUSIC VIDEO.
I THINK THEY EITHER ARE READY FOR IT OR THEY NEED TO BE READY
FOR IT.
THE PARENTS ARE NOT WORRIED ABOUT IT, WHAT THEY ARE
WORRIED ABOUT IS THEIR KIDS PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS ABOUT
SEXUALITY BEING CHALLENGED.
>> I JUST FIND IT PECULIAR THAT SCHOOLS TAKE OFFENSE TO
KIDS SHOWING AFFECTION, BUT THEY ARE UNWILLING TO TAKE
EXTREME MEASURES TO ADDRESS REAL ISSUES LIKE BULLYING.
THAT'S THE PROBLEM I'M HAVING DEALING WITH THESE STORIES.
YOU HAVE ZERO TOLERANCE POLICIES THAT APPLY THIS TO ISSUES
THAT DON'T NEED IT.