Something Happened at School
Billy came home from school one day
He was feeling very sad
His mom asked if he was ok
He said he didn’t feel that bad
By the time his dad got home
He was in a better mood
And by the time dinner rolled around
He was ready for some food
The dinner conversation was the usual
“How was your day, dear?”
But Billy sat in silence
Didn’t think they’d want to hear
He didn’t have the nerve to say
“Hey, things aren’t go so well.
There’s a couple kids who are mean to me.”
No, not him, he wasn’t gonna tell
About those thoughts “You’re a loser”
It really would hurt their pride
If they knew for just one moment
How he really felt inside
His grades are slipping
He did it to himself
The coach won’t let him play this season
He can leave his cleats up on the shelf
There’s a girl he likes, Mary
He thinks she’s smart and cool
His friends don’t like her, not at all
They call her names like “Tool”
He ate his dinner quietly
He barely spoke a word
Then he noticed a voice inside him
And this is what he heard:
“Bill, don’t be afraid
I need for you to see
The strength you have inside yourself
The person you’re meant to be”
He closed his eyes
his head was reeling
and without thought his breath gave life
to all the hurt he was feeling
The way they’d been threatening him
If he ever thought of telling
The way they followed him around
And the things he saw them selling
His parents listened closely
So they could understand
And then they worked together
To come up with a plan
All his friends knew his grades were bad
His parents weren’t thrilled
he needed a reason for them to go to school
And his grades fit the bill
Billy went to bed that night
He finally got some rest
He didn’t feel the weight of worry
He got his secrets off his chest
Billy’s classes went by quickly
And he was almost having fun
That is, until he noticed
Those boys had disappeared one-by-one
By lunchtime everybody knew
That someone must have told
And as that thought crossed Billy’s mind
A chill made him run cold
They know it’s me
They know I’m to blame
And all of the pride he built up inside
Felt more and more like shame
But there was that voice again
And it shouted louder and louder:
“You stood up and did the right thing
No one could be prouder”
The voice had given him courage
It made him feel strong
He knew he had made the right choice
It was those boys who were wrong
Billy pretended to be fascinated with his lunch
Which was usually quite dull
He looked up at one point
When the conversation lulled
Across from him stood Mary
Still with tray in hand
She asked Billy if she could sit with him
And he said, “Unless you’d rather stand.”
His friends just stared at Billy
he quickly said, “I mean, sure, have a seat.”
Then the whole group laughed
Billy’s heart skipped a beat
Billy didn’t think himself a hero
But to many he would have been
His school was a safer place that day
And all because of him
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Strategies for Conflict Resolution/Intervention and Bullying Prevention
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- Applications: Professional to professional, in the workplace, as well as educational facilities. Professional to student; and student to student. Strategies are based on psycho-educational models.
