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October 24, 2016 with Vol. 85 No. 6ISSN 1554-2440 Vol. Weekly Reader® Edition 5/6 What Is Bullying? scholastic.com/sn56 Respect: Pass It On Basketball star Damian Lillard dishes out advice for taking a stand against bullying. Page 4 Deliveries by Drones p. 3 • Should Schools Celebrate Halloween? p. 7 Story Damian Lillard greets students at a Respect event at Parkrose Middle School in Be a Bully It’s All About Portland, Oregon. Buster You don’t have to be a star athlete to take a stand against bullying. Kids who see bullying happening often have more Respect power than they might think. Researchers have found that Basketball star Damian Lillard dishes out more than half of bullying advice for taking a stand against bullying. incidents stop within 10 seconds when another student amian Lillard never an anti-bullying message steps in to help. These students backs down from a through a campaign called are called upstanders. Being an tough opponent on the Respect. He visits schools in and upstander isn’t always easy. Dbasketball court. The around Portland, Oregon, to “Kids often say the hardest Portland Trail Blazers guard is one encourage students to always thing to do is to speak out of the top players in the National treat one another with respect, face-to-face to the bully,” says Basketball Association (NBA). In no matter what their differences. bullying expert Michele Borba. 2013, after his first NBA season, Lillard has seen firsthand how “But there are a number of Lillard was named the league’s being mistreated by classmates other ways you can take action.” Rookie of the Year. He has since can affect kids. As a high school She offers these six tips for been selected as an All-Star twice. student in Alameda, California, how to be a Bully B.U.S.T.E.R.* Off the court, Lillard is taking he often hung around with the campaign. He recently spoke and don’t be afraid to do the to be afraid to tell the teacher, tell on another tough “cool crowd.” But he didn’t like with Scholastic News about the thing that’s not popular. Even the principal, or tell their parents Befriend the victim, as opponent: bullying. that some kids in the group importance of respecting others. if it’s your friends doing the what’s going on. Damian Lillard did with Garrett. Since joining the NBA, would pick on other students. bullying, don’t be afraid to se a distraction, like yelling Lillard has spread Their main target was a student Scholastic News: Why did you start confront them on that type of SN: The slogan of the Respect U “Here comes a teacher” to help named Garrett. the Respect program? behavior, because they probably program is “Pass It On.” What’s break up the situation. Lillard didn’t want to be just Damian Lillard: In elementary don’t know the impact of what the meaning behind that? another bystander—someone schools and middle schools, a lot they’re doing. Lillard: If I meet you and I show Speak out! Though it takes who sees bullying happen of negative things go on. When you respect, you’re going to show a lot of courage, telling a bully but doesn’t do I was in school, they called them SN: What message do you have respect back. And the next “Cut it out!” might get him or anything to stop it. put-downs. I understand what for bullies? person you meet, if you show her to stop. Instead, he stood up that can do to kids’ self-esteem— Lillard: My message to bullies is them respect, they’ll show you ell a trusted adult about the “Don’t be for Garrett whenever how they feel about themselves. just that it doesn’t get you respect back. You’re basically T bullying. This may be the safest other kids harassed him. Soon, he I think it’s important for kids to anywhere. Whether that’s picking creating a culture where you’re afraid route if you feel uncomfortable and Garrett became friends. They understand the value of respect on somebody physically or giving people respect so they give to do the thing confronting the bully yourself. exchanged phone numbers and and how important their actions verbally, it’s not going to get you it to you in return. And the cycle that’s not would hang out at school and on toward each other are. anywhere but in trouble. goes on and on. Exit alone or with others. popular.” weekends. Lillard remembers —Interview by Joe Bubar “Bullies want audiences,” says UnSelfie: Why Empathetic Kids Succeed in Our All-About-Me World how his small act of kindness SN: In high school, you stood up for SN: What advice would you give to Note: The interview has been edited and Borba. “If you stand there, you condensed by the editors of Scholastic News. — Damian Lillard, made a big difference to his a classmate who was being bullied. kids who are bullied? are fueling the bully.” on standing up classmate. What advice would you give to Lillard: Don’t be afraid to speak to Know to bullies Give a emedy, or solution, “He gained a lot of confidence other kids who witness bullying? up about what’s happening. A lot harassed (huh-RAST) verb, past R tense. repeatedly treated someone to other bystanders, such as when he saw that he had a Lillard: I would encourage them of times, kids get embarrassed rudely or cruelly “Let’s go tell a teacher.” This friend in me,” says Lillard. to be the person to speak up or and ashamed about some of the confront (kuhn-FRUHNT) verb. to could convince them to step That experience inspired shut it down when they get the things they experience in school. oppose or challenge someone or in with you. book Michele Borba’s * Adapted from Lillard to create the Respect opportunity. Don’t be a part of it, LILLARD); (DAMIAN IMAGES GETTY VIA JR./NBAE MURDOCH LAYNE 5: & 4 PAGES IMAGES; GETTY VIA FORENCICH/NBAE SAM COVER: SCHOOL) MIDDLE (PARKROSE IMAGES GETTY VIA FORENCICH/NBAE SAM I would just encourage them not something 4 SCHOLASTIC NEWS EDITION 5/6 • October 24, 2016 www.scholastic.com/sn56 5.

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