Someone Needs To Hear This today!
Hear from Brandon, a self-proclaimed bully, and how he chose to make a change in his life after hearing Mister Brown speak at his high school. The Choose Well message changed Brandon’s life and twelve years later it is still impacting his choices. Thank you for sharing your story, Brandon.
Watch the video and have a discussion with your class or someone you know. Below, there are some suggested questions or writing prompts.
Questions for Discussion or Writing Prompts:
Do you have shame or guilt about anything in your life that you would want to share or write down?
Can you relate to Brandon’s story? Why or why not?
Brandon realized that he could make different choices to make his life better. Have you noticed that when you make better choices it seems to make your life better? Why or why not?
Brandon referred to Mister Brown and The Choose Well message as the bridge to what making better choices looks like. Do you agree or disagree? Why or why not?
Brandon saw that he could grow by making one better choice at a time. If you have been making poor choices, can you make one better choice next time? If so, what will it be?
At the very end of the video, there are statements from Brandon on the screen. Can you relate to any of those statements? If so, which one or ones resonate with you the most and why? Would you like to share?
The statements are:
“It was a trajectory to the person I am today.”
“It took one person…to say that ‘you can.’”
“I didn’t see myself as a bully anymore.”
“It was the choice to say, I can be good.”
“My choices are that much more important to me.”
“I started to believe in myself.”
Learn more about the Consider Others campaign, an anti-bullying message through The Choose Well Program.
