"SLC | S22W2 : Anti-bullying Campaign by Teachers"

Bossj23 is a shy and quiet student in class, and because of this, has chosen not to make friends or socialise because it feels almost difficult or impossible. There's this particular student, @toflex, who is very much popular, social, and vibey in class.

Everyone knows him, but he is making life miserable for bossj23 with his words and actions. Sometimes, he'll block bossj23 on his way to school and forcefully take his lunch so he'll remain hungry during break.

During class activities, he'll ridicule bossj23 in various ways. There was a time he placed gum and glue on bossj23's seat for him to sit. As he sat on it, it hurt so much. Everyone burst into laughter, and they saw bossj23 struggle to remove the gum. This made bossj23 avoid coming to school every day to bypass the insults, rumours, ridicule, and constant attacks.

This is what is termed as Bullying. Bossj23 is being bullied not just with hands but also with words.

The language I choose to speak out of all the languagesI know how to speak in my country is pidgin English and this is the language that is common in my locality. What I've learnt about bullying is that at times, you need to man up when you're being bullied. I'm not saying you should fight back or be a bully well. You can actually beat a bully without using your fist. Bullying is an act that is deliberate when one tends to harm or humiliate someone repeatedly, most times with the timid ones.

Bullying can take any form, which includes verbal attacks, physical bullying, social bullying (e.g., rumours), cyberbullying, etc. Bullying can happen anywhere, be it in schools, workplaces, communities, churches, etc., which leaves an emotional scar on the one being bullied.

Remember I said sometimes you need to man up. Man up how? You need to be strong in most cases and avoid dying in silence. When a bully tries to bully you, it's either you give the person a stern warning or you walk out of the scene to make the person look foolish instead of retaliating, as retaliating may cause even more pain.

If in a school setting, you can report to the authorities in the form of teachers to address the situation so it can stop or be put to an end. If you keep on weeping or dying in silence, it will never stop. People love it when you cry and look stupid. So you most times need to stand up and avoid situations where you'll have problems with people. Always look forward to being nice to everyone and avoid cases where you'll be hated by people or stumble them.

Wetin i've learn wey concern bullying na dat for times, you need to man up wen you're being bullied. I'm no bi say you suppose fight back or be a bully wella. you fit de tin be say beat a bully without use ya fist. Bullying na act dat na deliberate wen one tends to harm or humiliate pesin repeatedly, most times wit di timid ones

Bullying fit take any form, which includes verbal attacks, physical bullying, social bullying (e. g. , rumours), cyberbullying, etc. bullying fit happun anywhere, be it for schools, workplaces, communities, churches, etc. , which leaves an emotional scar for di one being bullied

Remember i say sometimes you need to man up. man up how? you need be kakaraka for most cases and avoid dying for shun. Wen a bully tries to bully you, it's either you find di pesin a stern warning or you waaka komot for di scene to mek di pesin look foolish instead for retaliating, as retaliating fit cause even plenti pain.

If for a school setting, you fit hala go di authorities for di form for teachers to address di situation so it fit stop or be put to an end**. If you keep on top weeping or dying for shun, it go lai lai stop. Pipo love it wen you cry and look mugu. So you most times need to tanda up and avoid situations wia you'll don problems wit pipo. Always look forward to being nice to everyone and avoid cases wia you'll be hated by pipo or stumble dem

In Nigeria, I'll start from the Nigerian home as to how anti-bullying is being campaigned. In a Nigerian setting, you can't beat a girl or your sister if you're a guy. If your parents see or hear you beat or intimidate your girl sibling as the eldest, you'll be beaten as well. The feeling is it's not right for a man or boy to beat a lady. Let ladies beat themselves because if we men do so, we may end up becoming bullies in our marital homes when we'll constantly beat our wives.

These lessons by our parents have kept us from treating women badly, and we have grown up with that idea. Aside from this, we have also learnt how to avoid being bullies with others around us. I can remember in my secondary school days when seniors would humiliate junior students just to be entertained.

They'll give me 50 naira and tell me to buy something of 3000 naira for them, and if I don't, they'll beat me in a corner no one would find me and threaten that if I tell anyone, they'll kill me. It wasn't really an easy thing those days. When I became a senior, I thought of repaying back, but what's the point now? What do I stand to achieve? Treat people how you want others to treat you. Being kind was the only resolve, and I was the most loved amongst the seniors.

Externally, Nigerians have created awareness about bullying in schools overtime. Most schools even campaign on this to create awareness, particularly for the senior students who feel they are worth more than many sparrows. I can remember an initiative called the Save the School initiative. This was aimed at creating a safe learning environment for students who are underage or overaged. It serves to protect students from terrorism in school, emphasising the need to make friends instead of being bullies.

Love, kindness and compassion were emphasised to help them see why bullying tears down and why it's wrong. Some schools have disciplinary measures concerning bullying, which seems to be a form of anti-bullying measure to keep people away from bullying. When I was still in secondary school, punishments were set aside for students who engaged in such behaviours.

Punishments like expulsion, suspension, and being flogged in front of the whole school. These punishments actually prevented many from engaging in such acts to avoid facing the law. Some schools have still encouraged students to resolve conflicts peacefully through peer mediation, and this has really helped to curb such behaviours, helping students see how they can resolve conflicts among themselves instead of resorting to bullying.

This is an example of a bullying case and how the counselling initiative program helped the young boy treat his classmate well. He is now opposing bullying and has stood up against any form of bullying he sees. He doesn't stand to watch men beat women again. He'll always look for ways to bring peace among them.

For this contest, I created two anti-bullying posters or campaigns for this purpose with the following steps. The first one created is the one with a caption that we should stop bullying. We should be friends and not bullies. Everyone deserves a friend and not a bully.

So I pictured it in this way: a situation whereby the red say no circle would be presented as a first impression and a hand that portrays bullying would be shown in the centre to signify that the act is a bad one. So what did I do? These are the steps I took to accomplish this creativity.

• I took a cardboard and then used a disc to draw my circle to give it a perfect curve since hand drawing may not be that perfect. After drawing the circle, I made an inner circle to create space for painting, but this time, it was freehand drawing.

• After creating the second circle, I ensured that the slanted line was drawn to be behind the fist, which was to be at the centre of the circle. I drew the fist though it wasn't easy, and then coloured it with yellow crayons.

• I then used a red crayon to colour the circle before using the marker to amplify the circle. It's going to be a lot better, I said to myself. The outcome was finishing, though. The touches and everything hit differently.

• The inscription, Stop Bullying, was written on the cardboard paper to leave an impression of such. This tends to give the message or send the message to the viewers.

We all should stop being bullies if we are such in school because of the position we acquire. Being a bully doesn't just spring from physically beating someone, but our words can bully someone. Is this girl ugly? You're ridiculing her with your mouth, reminding her she's ugly and then making jest of her. We should be friends with other people regardless of their tribe, physical status, etc.

The video I published is about me as a teacher, standing up against bullying and also encouraging these young ones to stand against bullying. The children holding the posters were initially not in terms with the video I dropped, but as time went by, the boy saw the need to stop bullying girls and had a change of heart.

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