4-HOUR ANTI-BULLYING & TOLERANCE TRAINING

Social media and the internet connect people with friends and family worldwide. Nearly everyone is on it. But this prolific web world allows an anonymous bully to prey on vulnerable people, often with no consequences.

The foundation of this class starts at ground level in an unconventional manner — what are the psychological dynamics of a bully? What is their motivation, and how can their destructive activities be addressed? This class embeds itself into the world of bullying as well as the tolerance needed to understand and prevent this predatory assault on social media users, particularly young ones. Most tend to focus on the victim of this activity, but to truly understand and deal with it, attention must be cast upon the source.

Students will learn the psychology and causes behind why people bully others, exploring how to look within before judging others. Most don’t realize it, but most of us have participated in bullying in one form or another during our lifetime. As children, we are driven by a common thread of projecting upon others qualities that we view as weaknesses within ourselves, and often without realizing it, gaslight others as we participate in this destructive behavior. Most learn the importance of tolerance and compassion as they mature, but many do not and continue to torture others in order to feel powerful. This class explores how we can recognize this phenomenon, and learn & grow in a direction of understanding and empathy.