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These audio snapshots zero in on what being the bully, or being bullied felt like for 6 youth offenders. "Bullies" comes from an ongoing storytelling series titled "If These Walls Could Talk," featuring recorded readings by incarcerated youth who share their hopes, fears, and life experiences through original poems and essays.
Through writing and conversation workshops conducted weekly in juvenile halls throughout the western United States, these young men and women are encouraged to develop literacy, self-expression, and critical thinking skills, with the aim of supporting their progress towards a healthy, non-violent, and productive life after leaving Juvenile Hall.
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These audio snapshots zero in on what being the bully, or being bullied felt like for 6 youth offenders. "Bullies" comes from an ongoing storytelling series titled "If These Walls Could Talk," featuring recorded readings by incarcerated youth who share their hopes, fears, and life experiences through original poems and essays.
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Review of Bullies“Bullies” by: Cash, Duende, Lil’ M, Jern, AB the kid, and Gucci Goo is a moving piece because it’s a collection of short stories that dictate the views of bullying from the standpoint of a few bullies and the kids being bullied. The pieces go around the idea that bullies do what they do because they are either jealous of what the other person has, or they are just angry about something and decide to take out their anger on someone else who they know they will do nothing about it. The piece that really touched me was “I love the power” read by Cash, because it’s a bully telling about how he treats his brother horribly and he still does and the poor kid was about six years old. I really liked this piece because it lets you see and understand the two different viewpoints of bullies, but end up on one resolution; to stop bullying. |
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Additional Credits
Units 2-7, San Francisco Juvenile Justice Center
Malcolm Marshall, assistant recordist
Michael Kroll, workshop leader
The Beat Within, writing and conversation workshops
Bill Graham Memorial Supporting Foundation
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Jasmine Farmer
Posted on September 08, 2011 at 11:12 AM | Permalink
Review
This collection of pieces really speaks to me, I mean I can relate so much. I've never been bullied but I've stopped it everytime I've seen it and always will. I like the honesty in this collection. One boy talks about how he bullies his little brother even after at first stating how he thought it was wrong. The way he talks about how powerful it is for him to do that, you can almost feel it. The voices are clear until it gets to the third piece, I wish the producer would have spoken up better so I could clearly understand what he was saying. His accent though was great, I liked the way he talked and read his piece. These pieces make me as an indiviual, want to do something to stop bullying.