Anti-Bullying Expert to Valley View Students: Keep Your Spirit Burning Brightly
Author and speaker Jodee Blanco spoke to A. Vito Martinez and Lukancic middle schools Tuesday about bullying.
“Don’t change for anyone or anything.” So says nationally renowned author and speaker Jodee Blanco who visited Romeoville Tuesday to share her mind-boggling personal bullying experiences with students at both A. Vito Martinez and Lukancic middle schools. “Never let anyone touch your spirit,” the author of Please Stop Laughing at Me said. “Every one of you has a bright candle burning inside you that allows you to get back up and try again even when you don’t feel like it.” Bullies, she said, don’t understand the damage they do to their classmates. “They damage you for life.” Drawing on what she termed her “nightmare” school years, Blanco told students about “the kid nobody wanted to be caught dead hanging out with.” “You never look at us. …
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