From Bullying to Broadcasting

I‘ve written a number of posts about various aspects of bullying.  Many children, teenagers, and even adults are bullied in their daily life, and few find something positive out of such a negative experience.  One of my former students, Ian Elliott, is one of those people.  Bullied as a child, he came to the school where I teach as a freshman and flourished.  He’s now a student at Montclair University here in New Jersey.  Over the holiday, he created a video that documented his experience for Carpe Diem, a show produced by the Department of Broadcasting at Montclair.

I wish I could say I taught him any of the skills he uses in this piece – he did learn a lot at our school – but I can say that I was his “daytime mom” for almost 4 years.  I’m so proud of him, and want to share what Ian produced with my readers.

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Posted by on Jan 11, 2012 in Education | 1 comment

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  1. Caiti
    Jan 11, 2012

    I think this is really important for people to see, especially people from CHS. I’m so grateful for CHS and I’m so glad that it has this positive impact on people’s lives – it really does provide a comfortable environment and I really do feel more like myself here than I ever would have at my home high school, where I too was bullied. Ian, thank you so much for sharing your story (and Ms. Gesin, thanks for posting it!)

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