1. You’re so outgoing and successful, if anyone were to meet you now they would never guess that you were the school
     outcast, abused and tormented at school. Why didn’t anyone like you?

2. You call bullying the “phantom menace” of our culture. What do you mean by that?

3. You were kicked, spit on, and taunted year after year. Why didn’t you fight back?

4. How were you different from your bullies?

5. Do bullies realize how much damage they do?

6. How does bullying affect a person’s personality?

7 What’s the worst mistake your parents made when you were getting bullied, and what advice can you give to other parents
    today who face the same problem with their kids?

7. What can the parents of the bullies do to make this problem go away?

8. What can schools do to prevent bullying?

9. You believe that schools are celebrating the wrong person. Are schools celebrating the right kind of heroism?

10. Some people believe that "once a bully, always a bully." But some of your experiences while speaking at schools indicate
       the opposite. Explain.

11. What's the most dramatic moment you've experienced while on the road doing your anti-bullying work?

12. What was the worst act of cruelty your classmates ever did to you and what was going through your mind as it was
       happening?

13. What happened that horrible afternoon with the knife?

14. Something unspeakable happened during your sexual development that made you go from school outcast to the school
       freak. What was it and how has it affected you today?

15. I can’t even imagine the kind of loneliness you felt as a child. What advice do you have for other kids who are in the same
      boat as you were?

16. You saw a lot of adolescent psychiatrists, yet none of them could ever really help you. Why?

17. You recently attended your 20th high school reunion. What was that like?

18. You were a celebrity publicist for many years and dealt with some of the biggest names in entertainment, sports and
       publishing. Did you find that being an outcast as a kid helped or hindered you in your interactions with these famous
       people?

19. You’re doing a lot of work to help kids, parents and schools better deal with the problem of bullying. Can you tell us
       about some of the work you’re doing?

20. What’s next for Jodee Blanco?

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