A reflection on elementary school memories and the power of taking a stand for individualism from bullying peers.
I want to show that standing up for the person you are and what you want to be in life is worth fighting for. When viewing this movie, I would like others to take away these points: believing in yourself and taking a stand for who you are should be something that nobody should be afraid to do and that bullying and tormenting others is not something anyone should bestow on someone else.
Violence and racial conflict begin in K-6th grade as name slurring and can escalate to more extreme issues as physical violence. Bullying is more relevant than ever and intervention is one ways that administration has taken into their own hands to present to the classrooms. Having students hear these stories and sharing experiences as a group through a safe space can be a resource system that can be used for students to see the extremity of what name-calling and racial slurs can lead to. Issues of gender, ethnicity, culture, and race can be presented and shared through the stories and presented to the students eventually allowing the students to share a story that they can relate to.
In hopes to one day teach educators and students more about multimedia education in creating projects and presentation, I hope to introduce storytelling. Many stories of cultures, ethnicities, and issues are never documented or expressed. Through this medium, I feel that many stories that need to be heard can be done through digital storytelling. If I were able to start such a project with certain groups and organizations, I would warn to beware of learning new information to learn more about the world that we live in. If you don’t want to hear what other people have to say about life, then this is something they might not be interested in doing, If there is anything I would do from my experience of digital storytelling is to express to other the importance of storytelling and the power of oral history.