Today's lesson starts with a video introducing Whitney Kropp, a senior from West Branch Michigan. Whitney was nominated to Homecoming Court as a prank. Her classmates thought it would be funny to watch her be humiliated by this experience. To Whitney's surprise the town rallied around her with an outpouring of support. She decided to go through with the experience and not let herself be a joke to her bullies. The second video shows Whitney at the half-time Homecoming ceremony.
The comments that came up after the video were very encouraging. One boy asked "What's wrong with her?" What he meant was why shouldn't she be homecoming queen, he didn't see any reason why it would be funny...no reason why she should be embarrassed or self-conscious...she seemed totally normal. The rest of the class agreed. We talked about why it seems funny to watch other people be miserable. We agreed that it has become a very real and unfortunate part of our society.
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