KiVa Activity

For KiVa, we were told to write a paragraph on a  bullying story that made us stop and think.This is the story of a girl named Ceyanne, who was bullied because she was Native American, and because she had visible scarring in her face after being attacked by her Auntys dog when she was a pre-schooler. This shows that bullying is everywhere, and needs to 

Ceyanne  (See-Anne) began to experience bullying because she is Native American and because, when she was a preschooler, her aunt’s dog attacked her and bit her on the face. She also wore glasses. When Ceyanne was in the second grade, she still had visible scarring on her cheeks and forehead. After she had been in her second-grade classroom for two months, her fellow classmates began to single her out, telling her to “go back to the reservation! We’re you belong!” Her bullying continued all through elementary school – because she thought nobody, including her teacher, school administrators or family members, would understand, she didn’t reveal what she was going through.

Instead, she kept all of her experiences to herself. In middle school, she began to suffer from lowered self-confidence and self esteem. When people told her she would be prettier if she didn’t have the dog-attack scars on her face, she tried to shake the hurt off, but she began to cry. When this happened, the kids would say, “I’m just saying.”

Her grandfather told her she was the most beautiful girl he’d ever seen. Ceyanne began to believe this – even though she still struggles with being self conscious, she is building her self esteem.

You can find more stories like this at https://nobullying.com/bullying-stories-for-kids/