[nabs-l] Bullying

[Jamie Principato]

Why are you going on your fruend's word alone? If someone shoved you in a malicious manner, wouldn't you have noticed?

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> On Feb 22, 2014, at 10:28 AM, Mikayla Gephart <mikgephart at icloud.com> wrote:
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> I appriciat your concern. However, my friend said that the girl shoved me because I was not walking fast enough. Now that I think about it, it could have happened more than once. My friend only heard of it once. I do understand your point, as I have been accidentally shoved before.
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>> On Feb 22, 2014, at 12:19 PM, Sophie Trist <sweetpeareader at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Mikayla, I'm so glad you're standing up for yourself. No one should have to endure bullying, and if someone is bullied, they need to say something. But I'm a little confused. Your friend told you that this girl shoved you in the hall? Do you not remember getting shoved? Were you injured? The reason I ask this is, kids have shoved me in the halls before at school, but it hasn't been an act of bullying. It's just been a case of a crowded hallway full of kids rushing to get to class, and someone just accidentally slammed into me. Maybe the girl didn't push you on purpose? The reason I'm inclined to think this is that it only happened once. If she had pushed you every day on your way from homeroom to history, it would definitely be purposeful bullying and need to be reported. But a one-time occurance might just be an accident. Sometimes, well-meaning sighted people overreact to these types of things. Once, my friend and I were just goofing off, and she slapped me very lightly on the arm, not even hard enough to leave a mark. A kid observing this thought the girl was bullying me and was about to report her until I assured him that I was fine. Before I reported the girl to the councilor, I would talk to your friend and her to make sure this isn't a misunderstanding.
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>> Just my thoughts,
>> Sophie
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Mikayla Gephart <mikgephart at icloud.com
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>> Date sent: Sat, 22 Feb 2014 11:11:57 -0500
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Bullying
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>> Thank you all for your suggestions. My parents are so gad I said something, and are helping me plan my course of action. I just wanted to hear what people on the list had to say!
>> Mikayla
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>> On Feb 22, 2014, at 10:51 AM, Ryan Silveira <ryan.l.silveira at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> How long ago did it happen?  You should report it to your assistant principal or someone like that.  Have a friend go with you if you feel you need it.
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>> On Feb 22, 2014, at 10:49 AM, Mikayla Gephart <mikgephart at icloud.com> wrote:
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>> She has only bullied me once.
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>> On Feb 22, 2014, at 10:37 AM, Ryan Silveira <ryan.l.silveira at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hi Mikayla,
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>> How long has this been happening?  Was it just this one incident or have there been several?
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>> Ryan L. Silveira
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>> On Feb 22, 2014, at 10:17 AM, Mikayla Gephart <mikgephart at icloud.com> wrote:
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>> Hi,
>> In this post, I am going to poor out my heart. This morning, I told my mom, and I haven't told any one else.
>> A couple month ago, a really close friend said that another girl said that she shoved me in the hallway. My first class is Social Studies, and my homeroom is right across from Social Studies. The girl is in my homeroom. I walk very slow when going from Homeroom to Social Studies, and the girl must have wanted me to walk faster, so she shoved me. Yesterday, my friend told me that she doesn't think the girl who shoved me has a respect for people, much less a respect for people with disabilities. For the longest time, I have not told anyone.
>> Mikayla
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