Practice English Speaking&Listening with: Me Too

Monsters are real.

We can’t always see them, but we can hear them.

Whispering in the back of classrooms.

Snickering in the hallways at school.

Passing notes between desks, or typing statuses on Facebook.

Some days, we can’t outrun them. No matter how hard we try.

They follow us like shadows.

Those are the times when even the thought of going

to school can make your stomach feel like a graveyard, hollow and cold

and even a smile looks like the empty space under your bed because you're afraid of

what scary things might come out of it.

Even after we erase the comment, blocked the user, or deleted our profile,

what we read can continue to hurt us.

Sticks and stones can break your bones, but words are ghosts that hang around

long after they have been said.

Words can twist us.

They can take what's on the inside and change how we act on the outside.

They can make you feel like a monster yourself, swallowing every insult

until you're sick and silent like the air inside of a casket.

Ever feel like giving up?

Me too.

Me too.

Me too.

But we didn't and we won't.

We won't.

We won't.

Science tells us that our hearts are the same size as our fists.

But what if we were to open our hands?

How big could our hearts get then?

How much hurt and sadness could we let go of?

How easily could we reach out to others?

You're not alone.

You're not alone.

You're not alone.

Over one-third of the students in this world have experienced bullying.

So stand up, and know that someone is standing with you.

Speak up, when you see someone being spoken down to.

Blind the world with your brilliance

and throw shine instead of shade.

Words can hurt, words can also heal.

If you see someone who needs help don't be a zombie, groaning at the sidelines

and doing nothing.

Stand up.

Speak up.

Use all your best kung-fu compliments.

Say things like “How does it feel to be an orchestra of victory and sunny days

you constellation of high-fives and juice boxes,"

or maybe you could just try “Hi!

Do you need a friend?”.

Me too.

Me too.

Me too.

So stand up.

Speak up for those who can't.

Then teach them that they can.

Open up your fists, and turn them into jazz hands!

Don't be afraid to get crazy, because laughter

is the best thing you can do in the face of adversity.

Be an Upstander.

Never a Bystander.

Be the kind of person who can't help but help.

And sometimes the hardest thing to admit is that the bully

might just be us.

So Stand Up.

Speak Up.

Welcome to Team You Can Sit With Us. Squad goals?

Acceptance.

Friend request?

Accepted.

Remember, that thing that makes you feel different

is exactly what makes you special.

So why trade in your superpower for somebody else's shadow?

You are the only one of you that has ever existed!

Isn’t that crazy!

Isn’t that amazing!

Being yourself is the only thing in this world that you can be, and you are the best

one of those that this world has ever seen!

So stand up, you once-in-a-lifetime miracle!

Speak up and do the same for others

Stand up

Speak up

Don't be a monster