Cyber Bullying
- Recently in the news a sophomore at a Michigan High School made headlines for a ‘prank’ that fellow students played on her. Last Monday she found out that she had been nominated as a class representative for homecoming. The girl posted on facebook that she was “So happy to be nominated :D” only to find out a few hours later through facebook comments that her nomination was a joke, a prank played on her by some of the other kids at the school. They did this because, they thought it would be ‘funny’ to see her get excited about being nominated. These students had the assumption that everyone else in the school would know that it was a joke and that no one would vote for her to win and people would make fun of her. The football player who was nominated with her even dropped out of the race for representative. The girl received mean facebook messages and comments from her school peers all week. How would you handle this situation if you were any of the following people: (choose at least 3)
A. The girl that was nominated as a joke.
B. The Principal of the school.
C. The Mother/Father of the girl nominated.
D. A member of the community that the high school was in.
E. One of the students that nominated her as a joke.
F. A local business owner.
G. A local police official.
H. The school board superintendent.
I. Any other individual you think is important.