ILAC+story

Modified from pbs.org ([])

Each and every day we all get up and put on our ILAC sign. ILAC stands for ‘I am Lovable andCapable.’ All of you are lovable and capable. All of you need to respect not just your own ILAC sign, but everyone else’s as well. Each day we face many things and choices. Each day we away with our ILAC sign intact. As we go through the day,things can happen to tear away our ILAC signs.

(You can use student volunteer name to make it more personal for the students).

Take for example of my friend Bob. Bob gets up in the morning, gets dressed, eats breakfast, hugs his mother, and heads to the bus stop. At the bus stop, a group of boys have already formed and Bob has become the focus of their attention. When Bob arrives at the stop the boys slap Bob’sbooks from his hands and Bob’s books and papers are scattered all over the lawn and road. The boys laugh as Bob scrambles to rescue his homework and rearrange his books. He has no idea where his homework is in all of this mess, and the bus arrives as he is still picking up his stuff.
 * (Rip off one part of the heart)**

Bob rushes on to the bus and chooses to sit alone, since he doesn’t want to the subject of another so-called joke. Although he laughed along with the boys when they hit his books, deep down inside Bob was hurt and upset. He is really quite miffed by the fact that his longtime best friend joined in the laughter and never made an attempt to help him pick up his stuff.
 * (Rip off one part ofthe heart)**

Bob and is so-called ‘best friend’ have known each other since they were in kindergarten. What does this say about the relationship now? Bob ponders how it got to this point.

Bob settles into his classroom and when asked to show his homework to the teacher, he cannot find it in the mess of papers stuffed in his bag and receives an “F”. His teacher makes a comment about him needing to be more organized and how disappointed she was in him not completing his homework.
 * (Rip off one part of the heart)**

Two boys who were at Bob’s bus stop snickered when the teacher reprimanded Bob for not having his homework and Bob heard them. Bob thought they were his friends and he was hurt that they would follow the crowd.
 * (Rip another piece ofthe heart)**

Bob continues through his day and seems to be forgetting about the morning episode until gym class arrives. Bob normally plays in the baseball game with his classmates. He is not the best athlete, but he plays hard and enjoys laughing and talking with his friends. Today, Bob enters the baseball diamond like any other day, looking forward to the game. The boy who hit his books is also in the diamond and seems to have it out for Bob. Bob again becomes the victim of this boy’s antics. Bob hears him loudly proclaim, “We don’t want you on our team; you stink! Go sit with the girls and play with your dollies.” Several of Bob’s friends are there and none of them stick up for him for fear they are the next target.
 * (Rip another piece of the heart)**

Bob stands up to the bully and says, “NO, I am playing baseball!” Rather sarcastically the bully replies, “Fine, but not on my team!” Bob looks around and finds all his friends siding with the bully. Bob walks away with his head hung low.
 * (The heart is ripped in pieces)**
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