Back to school time has come this Monday. And not only for the players of the French team, who have returned to their quarters in Clairefontaine to prepare for the two clashes against Italy and Belgium in the Nations League. Schoolchildren from all over France have also returned to class after two months of vacation. The opportunity for Antoine Griezmann to relay a message against school bullying.
“A special request to you young people who have returned to school: if you see someone who is having difficulty making friends or someone who is being bullied because he or she does not have many friends or is not as good looking/hot or not dressed well enough in fashionable clothes – PLEASE take action,” he wrote on Instagram, adding:
“Say hello or at least smile at this person when you pass them in the hallways. We don’t know what this person is going through outside of school. Your kindness could make a BIG difference in someone’s life!”
My word is heard
The Atletico Madrid player had published the same message last summer, a message originally written by the YouTuber Carlito in 2019. The world champion is not the only one to have mobilized against school bullying on this first day of school. The same was true of the actress Ingrid Chauvin. “Sit down with your child for 5 minutes and explain that there is never any reason to tease someone about their size, weight, skin color, family life, or the things they like, she wrote to parents.
Let’s teach them that teasing hurts and that school is for LEARNING, not for competing or spreading negativity.”
Antoine Griezmann has explained in the past his numerous reactions, whether after the murders of Samuel Paty or Arnaud Beltrame or the beating of Michel Zecler. “In my small way, I try to set a good example and if I can take a stand to put the cursor on certain subjects, why not. I am French, everything that happens in my country interests me and images can be shocking. My word is listened to, but I have to be careful how I use it.”he had indicated to the Figaro.
