Nobody likes a bully(恶霸). But bullying(霸凌)is a big problem around the world. According to the US National Bullying Prevention Center, one fifth students in the US have been bullied .
Nathan Fellars is an eighth grade student at Centennial Middle School in Utah, US. When he saw classmates being bullied, he knew he had to do something." People often deal with bullying after the bullying has happened. I wanted to see if there was a way to reduce(减少) bullying before it happens at all ," Fellars told the Society for Science .
After studying more about the causes(起因)of bullying , he had an idea to make the app Bully Block. On the app , students can share their lives, whether good or bad. Others can then post responses(回复) . But before the responses are posted, an AI program reads all of them. Only positive (积极的) words will be shown. Fellars believes that this will naturally stop bullying both online and in schools.
"I would love to see my app be used by teachers and students," said Fellars. "I love knowing that it can help somebody else in the world." Do you think Fellars' dream can come true? Do you want to be a person like Fellars?