Interactive Game

Play the Bully-Boy & Gossip-Girl Interactive Game and learn whether you are doing the right thing in your schoolyard!

Instructions: Select your response to each of the following problems and we'll tell you whether you're being a part of the bullying problem or a part of the solution!

#1 What would you do if you noticed one of your friends push someone that wasn't your friend?

	I'd join my friend and continue pushing the other person.
	I wouldn't do anything because it's not my problem.
	I'd tell my friend to stop it or I'd inform an adult of what was happening.

#2 What would you do if you knew there was going to be a fight in the playground at recess?

	I'd tell an adult who could stop it before anyone got hurt.
	I'd wait until recess and then watch the fight to see who would win.
	I'd ignore that the fight was going to happen and play somewhere else in the schoolyard while the fight occurred.

#3 What would you do if one of your friends was continually threatening to beat up one of your classmates?

	I'd join my friend and threaten my classmate too because I wouldn't want to turn against my friend.
	I'd tell my friend that he or she was being a bully and try to pressure him or her to stop making the threats.
	I'd ignore the threats as they are not being directed at me.

#4 What would you do if you were being picked on continuously by some of your classmates?

	Out of fear, I would not tell anyone about what was happening.
	I'd try to defend myself by fighting back.
	I'd tell an adult about what was happening so that I would no longer have to be scared.

#5 What would you do if one of your classmates stole your hat right off your head when you were in the playground?

	I'd try to fight the bully to get my hat back.
	I wouldn't do anything because I'd be too scared.
	I'd ask for my hat back, and if the bully refused, I'd tell an adult about the incident.

#6 What would you do if you saw a group of your classmates gather around a fight between two of your classmates?

	I'd join in the fight.
	I'd join the crowd and watch as the two children beat the snot out of each other.
	I'd try to stop the fight and, if I was unable to stop it, then I'd go to an adult for help.

#7 What would you do if you saw one of your friends writing a mean note full of nasty insults to another one of your classmates?

	I'd giggle at the insults and do nothing to try to stop the mean comments from hurting my classmate.
	I'd give my friend more insults to write on the note.
	I'd tell my friend that he or she was being mean and try to convince my friend not to send the nasty letter.

#8 What would you do if a group of your classmates were constantly insulting you and making you feel less of a person?

	I'd try to fight back by saying mean things about them in an effort to make them feel the same pain that they were making me feel.
	I'd tell an adult about what was happening to see if the adult could help put a stop to it.
	I'd keep my mouth shut and take the insults.

#9 What would you do if you were playing baseball with a group of your friends at recess and your group was purposely excluding one of your classmates from joining the game because he or she wasn't "cool" enough to play?

	I'd continue playing and just accept the fact that my classmate wasn't "cool" enough to play.
	I'd make an effort to include everyone in the game.
	taunt and tease my classmate because he or she is "un-cool".

#10 What would you do if on your way home from school you were consistently being bullied by some of your classmates who kept threatening you and telling you that if you told anyone, they'd bully you worse the next day?

	I'd tell somebody about the bullying so that my classmates would get in trouble and stop bullying me.
	I'd keep my mouth shut in the hope that they wouldn't bully me worse the next day.
	I'd try to fight them off so that they would leave me alone the next time.

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