What should you do instead?
How to be a middle schooler
What is responsible?
Bullying or mean
What should you do?
100

Yelling for your teacher to get help.

Raising your hand and waiting patiently.

100

A teacher asks you to stay after school for SAIS, but you really do not want to.

Stay after and make a plan with your parents to get home.

100

You have chores to do, but want to play video games.

Get the chores done as best you can before starting to play video games.

100

A friend has been bothering your sibling for months even though your sibling has continuously asked them to stop.

Bullying

100

You left your backpack on the bus.

Tell a teacher

Ask the bus monitors to help


200

Quitting because you're losing a game.

Expressing your frustration, but staying till the end.

Asking to play a different game after this one.

200

Your friends are talking in the hall and you notice you might be late to class.

Politely tell them you need to get to class

Remind them of the time so you're not late

200

You are starting to feel frustrated in class. Name one coping mechanism you use.

Box breathing, taking a step back for a moment, asking to take a walk, meditating...

200

Someone says to you, "Are you really wearing that shirt again? What a loser."

Mean

200

You can't hear the teacher because someone behind you is talking.

Ask them to please be quiet

Ask the teacher to repeat themselves

Tell the teacher it is hard to hear them and ask them to speak up

Ask the teacher to remind the class to be respectful of those who are listening

300

Standing up in the middle of class to go to the bathroom.

Raising your hand to ask to use the restroom

Use the restroom before class

Waiting till class is over to use the restroom

300

You have a test tomorrow, how do you prepare for it?

Study!

Look over your notes

Ask questions if you are confused

300

You've been exhausted all week in class and find yourself falling asleep.

Go to bed earlier

Take a nap when you get home


300

Your friend tells you that on the bus someone got in their way when they went to sit down and told them, "no one wants you here."

Mean

300

There is a new kid in class and they don't know anyone yet.

Invite them to sit with you at lunch

Ask them how their day is going

Ask them about themselves

400

Ignoring the teacher when they ask you to do something.

Doing what you are asked to do, even if you do not want to do it.

400

You don't know where your classroom is.

Ask a teacher

Ask a friend

Try to use the numbers above the doors to find your way

400

I accidentally said something that hurt my friend's feeling.

Take accountability for my actions

Apologize

400

Someone at school has been telling everyone your password to log in to your Roblox everyday for the last week. 

Bullying

Bonus: Cyber bullying

400

You took your friends coat by mistake

Ask your parents to let them know you will return it

Bring it to school the next day to return it

Apologize for the mistake

500

Pushing someone who just pushed you.

Walk away and find an adult for help

Tell them you would like to be left alone


500

Daily Double

Who is your counselor?

Mrs. Matecki

Mrs. Blind

Mrs. Stewart

Mrs. Cotroneo

500

You are always losing your work and struggle to find homework when you get to class.

Organize your folders

Organize your locker

500

What kind of bullying is this:

Someone is pushing you around and you run into the lockers every time they do it.

Physical bullying

500

You have a math test tomorrow and left your notes at school.

Ask a friend in your class for help

Ask your parents for help studying

If you have a book from class, study from that