To This Day For The Beautiful By Minh Koyczan Summary

To begin this essay, it is essential to define some key terms. The Nature-Nurture debate argues whether our behaviour is as a result of our biology (such as our genes or neurochemistry), or if our behaviour arises from learning from others. For the purpose of this essay, a bully is defined as “a person who uses their strength or power to hurt or frighten people who are weaker” (Oxford Student’s dictionary, 2007). It is essential to investigate why bullying occurs and how to prevent it as bullies as well as their victims are likely to develop mental health problems. Children and adolescents who bully often develop increased levels of negative mental health outcomes in adulthood, as shown in Copeland, Wolk & Angold et al’s (2013) study; 9.4%

Have you ever been a target of an individual’s cruelty and hatred? It does not necessarily have to be physical, but more like being verbally degraded or publicly humiliated. The effects bullying can have on its victims is something that may last throughout their lives, or something that may end their life(Braithwaite, Hyde, Pope, 2010).We all are well aware of childhood bullying but as evidence shows bullying does not stop on the

Bullies may grow up and lead a life of ultimate rebellion or crime. These students start off with bullying and advance into acts of vandalism, theft, and alcohol and possible drug abuse. Left unchallenged, the bully will never understand that their behavior is inappropriate. The bully will grow up, victimize, and start a family of budding, pint-sized oppressors. Bullying is a learned behavior. Whereas, the victim may live a life of depression and anxiety. The victim may never reach their full potential because of fear and uncertainty. The victim has a difficult time making and keeping friends, and seeks to stay clear of confrontation. The victim loses his/her control or voice and lives in the shadow of the aggressor. Over time, the victim may begin to miss class, fake illnesses, and believe that he or she deserves bad treatment. In the end,

Cyber bullying and face-to-face bullying are to major concerns in today’s society, the movie Mean Girls and the novel Destroying Avalon have themes about bullying in them. The texts show us how more people can be affected by certain types of bullying as well as how it can change behaviour and how bullying can build up to physical violence.

Jamie Nabozny’s story proves that even though times seem dark, there is light. He fought back against his bullies in the most noble way, by proving them wrong and spreading kindness and positivity. Many students who feel oppressed felt encouraged to stand up, just as he had. (Restate Thesis Statement) Ultimately, the influence of Jamie Nabozny’s story reaches out to everyone, bullied or not, and proves that the victim can overcome their bullies. (Strategy: Summarize Major Points) Jamie Nabozny proves that bullying is rough, and it is difficult to keep your head over the water. However, there is always a way to come through and prove the bullies

Koyczan speaks from his personal experience and also provides real life examples of the accounts of his childhood. He also explains what he witnessed with others who were bullied like him. While others were told they were beautiful and had so much to offer he was being called names and told his dreams were foolish and impossible leaving him to feel hopeless. His account of name calling and effects of his parents’ divorce and not being accepted by other children, are all outlined in a methodical time line of his

Overall, Giese’s purpose is to open readers’ minds to the idea that they should be searching for the motivating factors of bullying and dealing with it through their discoveries rather than using the punishment method. In order to support this, the author reminds society that children did not invent bullying, similar to how they did not invent “sex, drugs, or sullenness”. She explains that the bullying phenomenon has existed for many

Sandy Zimmerman’s “Young Bullies Grow Up” (969 words), written as a short story and/or series, draws attention to the problems young bullies cause in the schools and while interacting with others as adults.

Bullying can drag people down in the dumps at school, especially when their friends have betrayed them to join the ranks of the bullies. People can rise up from these incidents with their family and friends encouraging them, like the protagonists

To This Day by Shane Koyczan is a spoken word poem that is about a kid that thinks pork chops are called karate chops. So when he falls out of a tree and gets a bruise and his P.E. teacher sends him to the office. When he got there he said that his grandma gives him karate chops.So he got removed from his house and was bullied his whole life. The tank in the hall represents that the hall is a battlefield because kids get bullied in the halls. “we would stop getting bombarded by spit balls

Poetry is a form of an impactful and influential style of literature, purposely emphasizing and expressing an author’s voice and message. After experiencing firsthand bullying and witnessing others being bullied, Shane Koyczan has become a forceful advocate in spreading awareness about bullying. He writes emotion evoking poems that he will produce on stage or in videos in which he includes a visual background and music. Vancouver’s Olympics included a performance of one of Shane Koyczan’s famous poems that moved the world watching the opening ceremonies. Two of Shane’s most stunning poems are “To This Day” and “Troll.” “To This Day” was published February 19, 2013 as an introduction to his new anti-bullying project in hope that the, “message (will) have a far reaching and long lasting effect in confronting bullying” (2013). The later poem, “Troll,” was published September 14, 2014 as another poem to confront bullying. Both poems are brilliant and full of heart grabbing moments that spread an understanding of bullying and why it should be stopped. There are also many differences between the poems that make each unforgettable. Shane Koyczan is passionate about spreading awareness to stop bullying and he uses his talent of creating powerful poetry to make his message impactful and memorable.

The video “To This Day” by Shane Koyczan based on the poem of which shares the same name, reveals the permanence of the emotional damage bullying causes to the victim. In addition, two interviews with this poet reveal his personal experiences with bullying. To begin with, Koyczan has had a lot of experience of bullying, and the poem shows that a small accident can lead to something that could be life changing. Koyczan reveals in his poem/video that he had fallen out of a tree at home, giving him bruises; and it ended with him being taken away from home for 3 days, the story going through the school, and his fellow classmates gave him the nickname around the story: “porkchop”. Because of that, he believed that he didn’t have a childhood; that his childhood was too sad and dark for him to call it a “childhood”. Also in an article Koyczan reveals that he became a bully himself at the ages of 14 to 15, because he saw a chance to reinvent himself. He also says in the poem that he wasn’t the only one to be bullied, that some classmates were bullied as well. His reason of making this poem being to say the bullies are wrong, and to share his story (and to possibly reach out to those who relate).

In the poem “To This Day” by Shane Koyczan, the author tells the stories of children who grew up feeling lost and ridiculed, like the world was against them, and proves that we are all meant to be here and we are all beautiful. Koyczan starts the poem off by reminiscing about how he “used to think that pork chops and karate chops; Were the same thing”. A tale thats starts seemingly harmless but leads into his future of bullying. The author conveys a strong message that everyone has their own paths through life and some people have it harder than others. Bullying affects everyone in some shape or form, but it shouldn't affect anyone at all although somehow, “To this day; Kids are still being called names,” and bullying still affects everyone.

These few simple words became so significant that I decided to use them as an introduction to the problem that this essay will be talking about, namely- bullying. According to the definition, bullying “is the use of force, threat, or coercion to abuse, intimidate, or aggressively dominate others.” There are four different types of bullying including physical, verbal, emotional and cyber bullying. This essay will mainly focus on the verbal bullying that, despite the implication of the rhyme mentioned at the beginning of the introduction, causes a significant impact on individuals’ sanity and plays the huge role in shaping individuals’ personalities. Additionally, there is a big connection between children who are bullied and their suicidal thoughts. This is one of the most significant problems that exists among teenagers in American schools. In order to have a better understanding of the poem it is worthed to look at the social context in which the poem was

Thesis: Bullying in its many forms affects all people no matter age, gender, and class, but the effects can be very dangerous and very hurtful.