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Interview Central "Stop Cyberbullying" By : Stefany

featuring Stefany, Victoria, and Emma

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Interview Central: Script

Victoria: Good evening welcome to Interview Central. Tonight we have two special guests to talk about cyber- bullying and their stories. I would like to welcome on stage Ms. Lauren Brown. = = (Hand shake) = = Victoria: Welcome. Great to have you here, Ms. Brown. = = Stefany: Great to be here. = = Victoria: First of all, what is cyber-bullying? = = Stefany: Cyber-bullying is the use of technology to harass, threaten, embarrass, or target another person. = = Victoria: How does cyber-bullying start? = = Stefany: Cyber-bulling starts many different ways. It can start when a person calls you a name on the computer, or it a can start at home. If parents fight in front of their children it can cause the children to cyber-bully or bully someone else. = = Victoria: What age group does cyber- bullying start? = = Stefany: The Cyber Bullying Research Center, said that one in five 11-18 year olds has been cyber bullied. = = Victoria: Do you know who cyber bully’s worse girls or boys. = = Stefany: 16.6% of boys have been cyber bullied, while 25.1% of girls have been cyber bullied. = = Victoria: What is the most talked about subject during cyber bullying? = = Stefany: It varies; it basically depends on who says it and what the situation is. = = Victoria: Do you know how many children every week get cyber bullied? = = Stefany: One million kids get cyber bullied each week, inside or outside of school. = = Victoria: Do you know how many children die each year because of cyber bullying? = = Stefany: At least 20 children commit suicide every year because they are being cyber bullied. = = Victoria: How do you feel about cyber bullying? = = Stefany: I feel that schools should take action in cyber bullying because it harms both schools and families. = = Victoria: Thank you for your time. I would now like to introduce you to Madeline March. = = Emma: (her story)

Hello my name is Maddiline March. I am 12 years old. I was 4ft. 3in. tall. I was 9 years when it all started. My own friend broke my heart by calling me and ugly preschooler online. That is called cyber bullying. Cyber bullying is the use of technology to harass, threaten, embarrass, or target another person. I had been targeted by her. I had self-esteem issues. But my story is mainly about cyber bullying. It all started out as me as the new girl at the school. This girl came up to me, introduced herself and than asked if I wanted to be her friend. I said yes. We played together for about a year until another new girl came along. She thought she was pretty and all that but she was not, she was just a snotty girl who came to our school. So my friend traded me for her and went to be friends with her instead of me. I got mad. I did not have any other friends besides her and now she had left me for the other girl. That was a really bad friend. After that she would not say hello or even make eye contact with me. One day she texted me and said that I was an ugly little preschooler who ruined her childhood life. That made me really upset. So I asked my parents if we could move away. My mom said no because my dad had a good job there. So, since then I have been home schooled instead of going to regular school. I hope my life gets better as it goes on. Cyber bullying has taken a toll on my life.

= = Victoria: Sounds terrible. Did you ever want to hurt yourself over what happened? = = Emma: Yes, I got to the point that I cut myself. I still have scars. = = Victoria: Have you ever skipped school because of cyber- bullying? = = Emma: No, but I was close. My mom encouraged me to go, so I did for her. I stayed away from all the kids. I sat in the back of the classroom. = = Victoria: Why do you think people feel the need to cyber-bully? = = Emma: I think they cyber-bully because they want to have more friends or believe they are cooler than others. = = Victoria: Have you ever cyber-bullied to get revenge? = = Emma: No I haven’t because when they cyber-bullied me I asked them to stop and they didn’t. Yet I don’t want to cyber-bully them because I knew how I felt and I didn’t want them to feel the same way. = = Victoria: Besides being cyber-bullied, have you ever given out personal information on the internet? = = Emma: No, but my friend’s mom did. She put her credit card number on a website to order shoes. Turns out that that website was a real one, she got about $2500 stolen from her account. Luckily they found the theft and recovered the money. = = Victoria: If you had the chance, would you totally ban cyber-bullying? = = Emma: Yes, I would. I think without cyber-bullies the world would be a better place. = = Victoria: Thank you for your time, and thank you for sharing your story. = = Emma: You’re welcome. = = (Handshake. Emma leaves.) = = Victoria: Thanks for watching Interview Central. That’s it for today’s show. Bye. = =