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Article: Students use words against sticks, stones; Children write anti- bullying book
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- December 4, 2007
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Claudia, a fifth-grader at Forest Home Avenue School, knows how
it feels to be pushed around.
Not long ago, she took repeated thrashings from a boy who
demanded she do his homework. The bully took her money and
threatened Claudia when she raised her hand to speak in class.
On Monday, Claudia and classmates at the bilingual elementary
school on Milwaukee's south side read excerpts from a book on
bullying that they wrote and illustrated. SHARP Literacy Inc., a
local nonprofit organization, will publish the finished product,
called "Is Anyone Listening?"
"It's a topic that hasn't been discussed," said Marlene Doerr,
the organization's director.
Raoul, a student, spoke Monday of daily harassment ...