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Beginning of a FAMOUS Hero: The Beverly Cleary Story.
Life Lesson #21 – Stop Bullying!
It was a long lonesome bus ride home for Lisa after a long lonesome day at school. Instead of riding the bus to school that morning, her mother had taken her to school. Just as Lisa was getting out of the car, her baby brother spilled chocolate milk on her shirt. It wasn’t a very big stain, and she thought she could clean it up in the restroom before school started. That’s when some other girls saw her, and it just went downhill from there.
Lisa had always been a good student. She made good grades, but it really bothered her when others would tease her although she was mostly just quiet about it. Later as Lisa was telling her mother about the day, she burst into tears. Her mother consoled her and explained that people who choose to put others down are just making a very bad choices.
She said that often they have someone in their own lives who are hurting them or that they haven’t made the effort to accomplish things that would make them feel good about themselves so they think they must make others feel bad. At the very least, she told Lisa they are just very selfish people. She said they don’t understand that all they would have to do is HELP people instead of hurting them, and they could be HEROES instead! And, you know what? Lisa’s mom was exactly right.
It is so easy to become a HERO. All you have to do is HELP others instead of hurting them!
– Jim Lord