SCHOOLS

TEACHERS

Maria Samara, Efthymia Samara, Vasiliki Kalantzi, Vasiliki Sarkatzi

Kaisa Ojansuu

Turkiye: purple

Finland: blue

Greece: green

A rotation activity. The stories start with the Finnish team, continue with the Turkish team, and end with the Greek team

TEAM MEMBERS

Turkiye: Güldem K.,  Ceylin B., Defne Ö., Metehan Ç., Zümra Y., Eymen A.,  Yağız K., 

Finland: Nooa, Sini, Tuulia

Greece: Vasia, Christina, Merisa

Story 1

Dear diary,

you’re never going to guess what happened today! 

Adam, that dumb classmate I told you about, fell down in the hallway and all of his stuff flew all around the floor!

Luckily, I was filming a TikTok when that happened, so I got it ALL on video. It was so funny I shared it with everyone on Snapchat.

Dear diary,

My video got a lot of views on Tiktok. I don’t regret it. The comments were INSANE. Everyone was aggreins with me. They tought Adam is DUMB. Today Adam came to me and said “Why diD yOu FilM mE?” Of course the answer was “IT IS NOT YOUR BUSİNESS.”

Dear diary,

Yesterday we had a physics exam. It was really terrible. Guess what happened today? Mrs. Güller announced the exam results. There is a C- note in all of the As, Bs and A+s. AND THAT NOTE WAS MİNE! I was the worst. As soon as my note was announced I was shocked and panicked.I couldn’t even think anything at that point. What was I gonna tell to my parents? If I had tell the note I would be grounded. Whole day I felt everyone was starring at me. It was the worst day I’ve ever lived.

Dear Diary,

As the day went on, my frustration turned into anger. It wasn’t fair—how could I be the only one with such a low grade? I started thinking that maybe Mrs. Güller had something against me, or maybe someone had messed with my answers. That’s when an idea crossed my mind. If they were all going to look at me like I was a failure, maybe it was time to shift the attention elsewhere. 

That evening, I created a fake account and started spreading rumors about one of the top students in our class. I made it seem like they had cheated on the exam. At first, it felt like a harmless way to vent, but soon, people started believing it. The likes, the comments—it was thrilling. For once, I wasn’t the one being judged. But deep down, a part of me knew I had crossed a line.

Dear diary,

I’m a total loser. Today at school Adam came to me –the kid I spread all these rumors about, and posted that video of him falling down the stairs a couple days ago. He told me he knows I’m the owner of that fake account. With tears in his eyes he told me how much what I did affected him and that all his friends stopped talking to him, because they said he had been lying to them all this time and he wasn’t as good as he was supposed to be. I felt so guilty about it. How could I ever do such a thing? Especially me… I remember that once I was the one who was bullied back in 

elementary school by the other kids because of my weight. So I decided to act. I posted a video on my fake account of my apology to Adam, saying that I did it because I didn't want to be made fun of for my grade, so I spread these fake rumors about him. Hundreds of people saw it, but I really don’t care. It was the least I could do for him. All he asked for was to delete the account, but I decided to take responsibility for my own actions. I know that tomorrow at school might be a hard day for me. I'm sure many of my classmates will come against me for what I did. But all I care about is Adam. I owe him a huge apology. 

Dear diary,

What happened today was unexpected! But let me start things over. Today it was time for me to face the consequences of my actions. For a moment I thought about not going to school but I had to. Arriving there, I tried to avoid everyone possible, until I saw Adam and his friends heading towards me. What was the smile on their faces anyway? I was a bully. They should hate me for what I did. I was prepared for this moment.. Scared too. To my surprise, they congratulated me for my courage and told me I had done the right thing.  

They also tried to reassure me that no one would tell me anything about a stupid grade! I guess deep down I knew that one, not everyone thinks like mom and dad… The whole school did the same thing. Everyone smiled at me saying “You did the right thing”. Mrs. Güller as well. Today's lesson was about cyberbullying and how it affects not only the victim but also everyone involved. “It doesn't matter if you are the bystander. Silence is complicity and is just as bad as being the perpetrator.” That’s the last thing I remember thinking leaving class. I guess today was an interesting day, don’t you think? It changed me.

TEAM MEMBERS

Turkiye: Elif S., Bensu K., Beyza E., Irmak B., Doğukan Ç., Sadun B., Yusuf K., Arda K..

Finland: Tuulia, Nooa, Sini

Greece: Magda, Ioanna, Niki, Maria P., Maria V., Rafaela, Kostis, Evaggelia, Dimitra

Story 2 -A cyberbullying story on Social Media

“Maybe I should post a picture on Instagram.” 

The picture turns out perfect, even the sunlight from the window makes her face light up with happiness.

Finally home! 

After a long day at school, Sarah is happy to be home and spend a little time alone in her room. She looks in the mirror and is very happy with the outfit she chose for the day. “It’s so cute!” she thinks.

  “I’m sure my friends will like the picture, too”, Sarah thinks.

Looking at herself before posting it she thought about the nice comments that could come after posting it. Then she put down the phone and continue her daily routine. She did her homework, she spent some time with her family and ate dinner. Before going to bed she checked her notifications. She faced disappointment. 

There were comments but they are all about insulting her. Some of them said  she is fat some of them said she is ugly. She kept reading until she saw that  comment. The comment  was from her best friend. It was saying that she looks like a pig. She felt heartbroken. She closed the phone and went to bed.

When she woke up she was still thinking about the comments. She didn't want to go to school but she had to because she had exams. In  school her "friends" were waiting for her. When they met, her friends started insulting her with loud laughs. They were all calling her pig

Sarah’s heart raced as her “friends” laughed and called her names. She spent the whole school day feeling alone and humiliated. That night, she almost deleted her photo — and even thought about deleting her entire account — but then she stopped. “I didn’t do anything wrong,” she thought. Instead of hiding, Sarah wrote a new post: “Today I was bullied because of my photo. No one deserves to be treated like that. Please, choose kindness.”