How to protect against cyberbullying

We all know cyberbullying is never the answer, but some people enjoy being popular in front of others or just want to make others feel hurt. Bullies indulge into it because It helps them cope with their own low self-esteem, think it will help them fit in with their peers and don’t have a sense of empathy.

We distributed the roles from the script which was handed to us, containing an example, a situation which includes cyberbullying. While on a project, three friends Gemma, Anna and Maggie are sitting in a room, chatting when suddenly Gemma gets a message from Nick, her crush. Nick and Gemma had a crush on each other since the first day of the project and Nick finally decided to spend some time with her and reveal his feelings. Nick and his best friend Elijah were in their room and Nick was telling Elijah about Gemma. Elijah did not like the thought of Nick hanging out with Gemma so he tried to sabotage their meeting. While Nick went to get some coffee, Elijah sent a message to Gemma, calling her ugly names. Gemma being crushed, ran away from the room, leaving her phone behind and allowing Maggie to see the message. Afterwards, Maggie and Anna confronted Nick, who had no idea such a thing happened. The three of them found Gemma and told her what has happened, the true story and later on Nick confronted Elijah, beating him up in the bathroom.