I don't know it just looks like from the trailer they MIGHT have missed the mark on how realistic modern high school bullying works it looks like an adult wrote it from assumptions
shareI know for a fact the writer/director drew from actual personal experience and other real life events. You personal experience might differ. As a victim myself, regardless of the delivery, the resulting emotion is all too real.
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Faceless troll hiding behind their computer. Isn't it funny that you end up bullying people online in a thread about a movie about bullying. Maybe you missed the end of th e movie where the bully realizes how sad and nasty she actually is. Look yourself in the mirror and find out what's wrong with you.
shareAll people are created equal. So sorry, Jesus isn't interested in being in your dark little, people hating heart! And nobody here is your brother or your sister so calm the frack down.
shareYou found Christ but you hate a type of person? Hmmm.
shareAlso you said Jesus doesn't approved however he would never hate them even if they are out are not sinning the same as he wouldn't hate them if they were murderers or rapists or molesters. He is/would be hurt/disappointed but he would still love them.
So i suggest you keep looking a little harder cause what you found ain't Christ my love. And you think you did he most definitely would not be thrilled about you spewing hate... You know since you tryna teach every body about Him :)
I have never been one to actually want a comment to be from a Troll...but this time I am! For the love of Our Savior...shut your fool ass mouth because you're making us ALL look as ridiculous as you do! Take that sinners?!?! Really?!! Lmfao A true (smart) Christian knows we are all sinners...you diptard! If you're perfect...you don't need Christ!! And you my dear...are far from perfect! As am I! There's no need to try and speak for the Lord...it's alrwady been done...and if you learn to rwad...you can even find out for yourself! Good luck with all THAT! Lol
shareI'll tell you what, inner city high school back in the 90's would of put these spoiled white suburban teens to shame. These bullies would of gotten their heads smashed into the locker or beat up by gangs. It was tough, so you had to be tough. These pretty little girls would of seriously got kicked down the stairs, I *beep* you not.
State champ in martial arts, trained with firearms, I eFF'n dare you!
I'll tell you what, inner city high school back in the 90's would of put these spoiled white suburban teens to shame. These bullies would of gotten their heads smashed into the locker or beat up by gangs.
I'm so glad I finished high school before things like Facebook and Twitter and all that were around, we had things like msn and MySpace where it could sometimes get nasty but I'm so glad I skipped past the online bullying.
Makes me so scared for my daughter when she starts school though.
Cos hearing about the bullying these days, especially online,it is horrible.
Especially when it can be annonomous.
Back when I was in school, bullying was a rumour being spread (in person) and I dunno if I got lucky or not, but it was not that bad, and I wasn't One of the popular ones, by far, and I went to an all girls high school which can be very catty.
Social media has impacted the way bullying has escalated in the last ten years since I was in high school
See, Amanda, nothing has really changed. Bullying has been around forever, and believe me, it was just as bad 50 years ago. Instead of online and texts, there were bullies that would wait for you and attack you on the way to school and on the way home, just beyond school grounds. They knew where you lived, where you went, and would stalk you. Towns are small, and if someone wants to get to you, they can. All the way through grade school, I lived in fear of my life. There was even a time when I hid in garbage cans until the school closed, then would sneak home in the dark because I knew the bullies waiting for me would be gone by then, yet, still, he caught me once, and I had to explain why I had gotten beaten up again. That was in 1969. All the harassment, both physical and psychological in the school, was just as real. I, too had my clothes stolen from my gym locker when I went to take a shower, gotten pushed around and hit and whipped by towels, and had to hide, waiting, naked in the locker room's bathroom's stall until everyone left, then to find that they had returned my soaking wet clothes into my locker, and I was the one who got into trouble. Nothing, nothing has changed. And it's potentially worse; another kid was raped by a bully after being beaten up, because he dared to try to fight back.
shareI was in HS in the 80s and you are right - NOTHING has changed. I was both the bully & the bullied. This movie gets it right on so many levels.
shareI'm not sure I understand why someone who is being harassed doesn't block the people from Facebook or twitter or from calling them. Maybe they want to keep tabs on the bully?
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Love means never having to say you're ugly. - The Abominable Dr. Phibes
It seems easy enough, but I think it's harder than that. Even if you block the person, they still can post stuff on other people's accounts. So you end up with everyone else you associate with seeing all of these horrible things being said about you.
Unfortunately, most kids have very little self esteem and look for validation from their peers. If all of your friends start feeling like you are a social pariah, they tend to pull away or even join in to avoid being victims themselves.
My daughter and her friends go through this quite a bit. Usually it starts over something stupid like some girl likes a boy that another girl is friends with. The first girl gets jealous, even if there's nothing romantic between the guy a other girl, and rumors and name calling starts. This girl is a slut, or whore, whatever. Then rumors about who the girl has kissed, fooled around with, and much worse. Even if it's not true (and it rarely is) others pick it up because gossip is juicy.
Girls are much worse than guys. Growing up, guys might physically pick on another guy and there would occasionally be fights, which is bad enough. But if a guy who is bullied fights back, even if he gets beat up, he is typically left alone as the bully moves on to easier targets. With girls, it seems the emotional bullying is deeper. Physical confrontation rarely stops it bc it's all about social power. The bullies use their social standing to punish those "below" them. It's nearly impossible to climb that ladder unless you start out on top.
As a parent, it's hard to protect your child. You want to step in, but doing so puts a bigger target on your child. Personally, I'd like to beat the hell out of bullies, but obviously you can't physically attack a child, regardless of the reasons.