!!! be a buddy, not a bully !!!

PATHWAYS

UNIVERSITY PRESS

Ridhi was a 9 year old girl,but she was very short in height. She used to love dancing, singing & taking part in drama and debates.

Everybody used to bully her in school calling her names like chutki, tinygirl, etc. She used to feel bad but used to remain silent.

Debate Competition

March 4th 2020.

One day, there was a notice on notice board, about a debate competition. She got excited to participate in it.

The next day when she woke up she had headache and was very sad. Ridhi had decided she will not participate in the debate competition.

Her mom asked the reason of sadness. She told her mom that there's a debate competition she wanted to participate in but she cannot as she fears that she might forget the lines when on stage, as her schoolmates call her tinygirl, chutki, etc, and she gets upset hearing it.

Bullying is when someone is being hurt, either by words or actions, on purpose, feels bad about it but has hard time stopping it. It can be physical, social or verbal.