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" The courage to be yourself : "
edited by Al Desetta with Educators for Social Responsibility.
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BL
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591099
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b420318
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The courage to be yourself : : true stories by teens about cliques, conflicts, and overcoming peer pressure /\ edited by Al Desetta with Educators for Social Responsibility.
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ix, 145 pages ;; 23 cm
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1575421852
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: 9781575421858
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-140) and index.
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| Contents
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Group 1: School issues: I Survived Junior High / Adam Wacholder -- Stranger in a Strange School / Esther Rajavelu -- Sticking With Your "Own Kind" / Cassandra Thadal -- Which Crowd Did You Pick? / Satra Wasserman / Afraid to Learn / Omar Morales -- Hiding my Talent No More / Jesselin Rodriguez -- Group 2: Why Kids Are Bullied: Fashion Un-Conscious / Nadishia Forbes -- Lighten Up on Heavy People / Jennifer Cuttino -- Losing My Friends to Weed / Jamel Salter -- Getting Guys Off My Back / Artiqua Steed -- Classmate in a Wheelchair / Esther Rajavelu -- My Boy Has a Boyfriend / Ode Manderson -- Princess Oreo Speaks Out / Dwan Carter -- I'm Both Arab and American / Rana Sino -- Gay on the Block / Jeremiah Spears -- Nasty Girls / Alice Wong -- Sticks and Stones / Yen Yam -- Group 3: Coping and Conflict Resolution: Beating the Bullies / Miguel Ayala -- It Ain't Easy Being Hard / Danny Ticali -- My Secret Love / Anonymous -- At Home in the Projects / Fabiola Duvalsaint -- My Group Home Scapegoat / Angela Rutman -- Single and Lovin' It / Latrice Davis -- There are 20 Sides to Every Story / Stephany Cover -- Back Off: Peer Mediation / Zainab Muhammad -- She's Cool, She's Funny, She's Gay / Sandra Leon -- My School is Like a Family / Troy Sean Welcome -- Resources -- Glossary -- Index.
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| Abstract
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In 26 first-person stories, real teens write about their lives and how hard it is to be themselves--especially when they're bullied, picked on, pressured, excluded, and disrespected. They ask tough questions, like "Why does everyone have such a problem with me?" and "Should I change myself to fit in?" Maybe you've asked yourself these questions.
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Teenagers-- Social conditions.
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Adolescent psychology.
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Interpersonal relations in adolescence.
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Self-realization.
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Teenagers, Case studies.
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305.235
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HQ796.C8235 2005
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Desetta, Al.
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Educators for Social Responsibility (U.S.)
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