MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
HAVE NOW SEEN THIS
EMOTIONAL VIDEO OF A
STUDENT IN
TENNESSEE,
STRUGGLING WITH
GETTING BULLIED AT
SCHOOL.
THAT VIDEO OF
KEATON JONES, LED TO
A WAVE OF SUPPORT
FROM CELEBRITIES AND
ATHLETES.
IT'S ALSO LED TO
BACKLASH AGAINST
HIS MOTHER.
FACEBOOK POSTS
REVEALED TODAY,
SHOW KIM JONES
POSING WITH A
CONFEDERATE FLAG.
THERE ARE ALSO
QUESTIONS AROUND A
PAYPAL ACCOUNT
SOLICITING MONEY AND
A GO FUND ME
ACCOUNT THE FAMILY
IS SAID TO HAVE SET
UP.
WE DID SOME
SEARCHING AND FOUND
SEVERAL PAGES
CLAIMING TO BE
KEATON OR THE
FAMILY.. AND SOME
EVEN OFFERING UP
APOLOGIES FOR THE
MOTHER'S PAST
FACEBOOK REMARKS.
EVEN WITH ALL OF
THIS.. THERE IS STILL A
MESSAGE RESONATES
WITH PEOPLE.. A
MESSAGE ABOUT
BULLYING..
AND AS OUR JENNIE
RUNEVITCH REPORTS..
AN INDIANA TEACHER
IS USING IT AS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO HELP
HIS STUDENTS.
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:24-:29
:29-:33
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1:12-1:16
NATS HALLWAYS
AT TEST MIDDLE
SCHOOL IN RICHMOND..
NATS JASON 14:11:44-
:48
"OVER THE WEEKEND, A
THING WENT VIRAL
ABOUT BULLYING."
A TEACHABLE
MOMENT.. ABOUT A
TOUGH SUBJECT..
NATS VIDEO
AFTER THIS EMOTIONAL
VIDEO.. WITH KEATON
JONES.. A STUDENT IN
TENNESSEE..
TEARFULLY SHARING
ABOUT BEING BULLIED
AT SCHOOL.
14:39:13-:18
"A VERY RAW AND
HONEST VIDEO AND
WHEN I FIRST SAW
THAT I WAS LIKE, MAN,
MY KIDS NEED TO SEE
THIS."
14:46:47-:50
"I JUST FELT BAD FOR
HIM. IT WAS TERRIBLE
HE HAD TO GO
THROUGH THAT."
14:49:37-:41
"I COULD TELL HE WAS
IN A LOT OF PAIN FROM
HOW HE WAS BULLIED."
SOCIAL STUDIES
TEACHER JASON
CLARK..
DECIDED TO TURN THAT
PAIN.. INTO SOMETHING
POSITIVE..
NATS PENCILS
BY HAVING HIS 8TH
GRADERS WRITE
MESSAGES OF
ENCOURAGEMENT.. FOR
CLASSMATES.. HAVING
A ROUGH TIME.
NATS 14:21:14-:19
"IF YOU WERE HAVING A
BAD DAY OR YOU WERE
EXPERIENCING SOME
KIND OF BULLYING,
WHAT WOULD YOU
WANT TO HEAR?"
ANONYMOUS NOTES..
THAT GO HERE..
NATS NOTE INTO BOX
14:34:55
IN KEATON'S BETTER
DAY BOX.
STUDENTS CAN THEN
TAKE A MESSAGE..
WHEN THEY NEED IT
MOST.
14:40:52-:58
"EVEN A LITTLE NOTE
THAT CAN SAY HEY,
SOMEONE'S THINKING
ABOUT YOU. EVEN IF
YOU DON'T KNOW THAT
PERSON OR WHO
WROTE IT, SOMEONE'S
THINKING ABOUT YOU."
14:47:39-:44
"I WROTE LIKE UM,
THAT THEY'RE
AMAZING AND KEEP
THEIR HEAD UP."
14:51:03
"BLOCK IT OUT USING
LIKE A WALL."
14:47:50-:53
"DON'T LET ANYONE
TELL YOU YOU'RE NOT
WORTH IT BECAUSE
YOU ARE."
14:51:23-:28
"KNOW THAT THEY'RE
NOT THE ONLY ONE
OUT THERE AND THAT
TOGETHER, THEY CAN
GET OVER IT."
THE VIDEO.. AND THIS
PROJECT..
SPARKED A
MEANINGFUL
CONVERSATION ABOUT
THE DANGERS OF
BULLYING..
AND THE NEED FOR
EMPATHY.
AND MR. CLARK HOPES
THE BOX OF POSITIVITY
IN HIS CLASSROOM..
SIMPLY HELPS TEENS
TREAT EACH OTHER
BETTER.
14:41:39-:50
"SOME OF THE STUFF
THEY'RE WRITING IS
PRETTY DEEP, PRETTY
INTENSE AND PRETTY
PERSONAL AND IT
MAKES ME PROUD TO
SEE THAT THESE KIDS
ARE STARTING TO
THINK ABOUT THEIR
FEELINGS AND
EVERYONE ELSE'S."
IN RICHMOND, JR, CH13
EWN.
WHILE WE OFTEN TALK
ABOUT BULLYING IN
THE CONTEXT OF
SCHOOL, IT HAPPENS
AT ALL AGES.
DR. MICHAEL
GOODMAN HAS FOUND
EVEN NOW, AS A
PHYSICIAN...SOME
PEOPLE RESPOND TO
HIS APPEARANCE WITH
MEAN AND HATEFUL
REMARKS.
HE HAS TREACHER-
COLLINS, THE SAME
DIAGNOSIS AS AUGGIE,
THE 5TH GRADE STAR
OF THE HIT MOVIE
WONDER.
WE RECENTLY SHARED
A STORY ABOUT DR
GOODMAN AND HIS
WORK AT IU HEALTH
RILEY HOSPITAL FOR
CHILDREN.
HE SAYS EVER
SINCE...HE'S BEEN
INUNDATED WITH
SUPPORT AND
REQUESTS TO COME
SPEAK WITH STUDENTS.
TODAY HE STOPPED BY
HERITAGE CHRISTIAN
SCHOOL...WHERE HE
TOLD A CLASS OF 11
AND 12 YEAR
OLDS....THAT WE ARE
ALL AUGGIE IN SOME
WAY.
WE ASKED STUDENTS
WHAT THEY LEARNED.
".14:25:01 COLSEN
RICHARDS/5TH GRADER:
NO MATTER HOW
DIFFERENT YOU ARE, YOU
SHOULD ALWAYS ACCEPT
YOURSELF AND NO MATTER
HOW MEAN OTHER PEOPLE
ARE TO YOU, YOU SHOULD
ALWAYS BE NICE. 14:25:13."
GOODMAN SAYS..."I'M A
PERSON, NOT A
SYNDROME. IT'S
ALWAYS BETTER TO
ASK, THAN STARE. AND
REMEMBER WORDS CAN
HURT."
OUR CONVERSATION
WITH DR. GOODMAN
CONTINUES
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