Becky's+Story

Questions
1. Imran and his friends are involved in 'happy slapping' (a) Explain the term ‘happy slapping’? (b) Why do you think some young people carry out happy slapping attacks? (c) Is happy slapping is a form of bullying? Explain your answer. (d) Is happy slapping against the law?

2. At first Imran tried to win Becky back by sending her friendly texts. When this approach doesn’t work, what did Imran do next?

3. Becky chose to ignore Imran’s offensive text messages. How else might she have dealt with this situation?

4. What do you think Becky should have done with the text messages she received from Imran?

5. Cyberbullying is the term used to describe bullying via mobile phones or the internet. (a) What differences do you think there are between bullying and cyberbullying? (b) Which is worse, playground bullying, or cyberbullying? Say why. (c) Apart from mobile phones, suggest some of the different ways that a cyber-bully might use the internet to upset or victimise another person.

6. Why do you think Imran chose to show the private video of Becky to his friends?

7. Once a video has been shared with other people’s mobiles or across the internet, it can never be completely deleted? Why is this?

8. How would it be possible for Imran to put the video on the internet?