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"Ordinary Mary's Extraordinary Deed" Stops Bullying At School

For many children going to school can be aMrs. Bishop makes blueberry muffins and gives
challenging experience. Fear and insecuritythem to her paperboy and four others - one of
can often cause great kids to act in lesswhom is Mr. Stevens, who then helps five
than positive and constructive ways. It hasdifferent people with their luggage - one of
been estimated that 160,000 children misswhom is Maria, who then helps five people -
school every day out of fear of beingincluding a man named Joseph who didn't have
harassed or attacked by another student.enough money for his groceries - and so on,
Bullying, targeted viciousness, and violenceuntil the deed touches every single person on
in our schools have become a nationalthe  planet  and  finally comes back to Mary.
concern.
After reading and discussing this book, the
In 2004, Orchard Elementary School in Orem,entire 6th grade decided to set a goal of
Utah found itself with an especiallyleaving their school with 15,000 good deeds
difficult 6th grade class. Many of theseby the time they graduated. The results were
students, both male and female, were formingastounding. Not only did they reach their
predatory cliques that seemed devoted togoal, but the entire tone and climate of the
teasing, belittling and bullying otherschool  changed  as  a  result.
students before, during, and after school.
"There was little empathy or respect for one"All the kids really became one cohesive
another," said Principal Brent Palmer, "A lotgroup," said Hill, "Popular kids started
of the kids were wonderful, but those thatreaching out to less popular kids and several
were causing problems were prettykids left cliques they were in and forged new
aggressive."friendships. It was really hard for some of
them emotionally but it turned out to be a
Deciding to take matters into her own hands,really great thing. This program pulled kids
a mother of one of the "problem" boys askedout of the shadows, included them in social
his teacher, Lisha Hill, to allow her to tryinteractions and made them more aware of the
an experiment. She gathered all the 6th graderatio of positive to negative things they
classes together and read them the book,do."
"Ordinary Mary's Extraordinary Deed" by Emily
Pearson, in which Mary, an ordinary girl fromIn 2006, other Utah schools also began
an ordinary school on her way to her ordinarysuccessfully implementing this program. By
house, stumbles upon ordinary blueberries.taking the focus off of negative behaviors
When she decides to pick them for herand getting children, teens, and even adults
neighbor, Mrs. Bishop, she starts a chainunited in a positive goal, a difference can
reaction that multiplies around the world.be made -- and that difference can be huge.



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