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Discussion Questions & Activities. Discussion Questions. What happened to Emily ( the new girl ) when she arrived at school? Is that against the law? What are the MFHS school rules regarding bullying and harassment? What could Emily have done better in those first few days or weeks?
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Discussion Questions • What happened to Emily ( the new girl ) when she arrived at school? • Is that against the law? • What are the MFHS school rules regarding bullying and harassment? • What could Emily have done better in those first few days or weeks? • What’s the protocol for reporting bullying at school?
6. What groups were there at that school? 7. Do you think that groups form in most schools? Why? 8. What advantages are there of being part of a group? 9. What problems arise when people form groups? Why? 10. What does ‘manipulative’ mean? Was Katrina manipulative? Why? 11. How do some people manipulate? 12. Was it easy to see the characters in the play manipulating each other? 13. Why is it harder to see in real life?
14. Is there pressure on boys to be a ‘tough bloke’ or to ‘man up’? Why? 15. Do boys express feelings easily? Why? 16. How do they express anger, sadness or fear? 17. What could they do instead? 18. What were Rocky’s true feelings? 19. What would happen if you bottled up your feelings for a long time? 20. What sort of name calling goes on between boys? ( be candid ) Why?
21. Do you think people’s sexuality is other people’s business? 22. Is it possible to bully yourself? 23. What is positive self-talk? 24. What is negative self-talk? 25. “Everyone thinks I’m a moron” Which type of self-talk is this? 26. Try and change this to something more positive. 27. Why do people feel the need to say and do hurtful things?