Down to the Potter’s House

<li>Nearly 1 in 5 students (21%) report being bullied during the school year, impacting over 5 million youth annually (National Center for Education Statistics [NCES], 2018)</li> <li>Essential resistance to bullying comes out of core strength, and <i>Down to the Potter’s House</i> is a portrayal and model of core strength <li>Students who experienced bullying are nearly 2 times more likely to attempt suicide. <i>Down to the Potter’s House</i> is an attestation to finding hope for a life worth living <li>Current research suggests that suicide ideation and attempts among adolescents have nearly doubled since 2008 (Plemmons et al., 2018), making suicide the 2nd leading cause of death for individuals 10-34 years of age. My public speaking platform confronts the issues of human trafficking (sex trafficking) and nurtures efforts to combat all forms of lies that engender low self-esteem. <i>Down to the Potter’s House</i> is a creative example of overcoming persecution – even when, and especially when – it’s by a family member <li>Overall, approximately 135,200 individual allegations of harassment or bullying are on the basis of sex, race, sexual orientation, disability, or religion during the age 15-16 school-age years (U.S. Dept. of Education, 2019). Discrimination is certainly not a new issue, and from the vantage point of a 15-year-old school girl, the main character in <i>Down to the Potter’s House</i> comes to terms with how her conscience will deal with outright discrimination in 1922 <li>Nearly 76% of public schools reported providing training for classroom teachers or aides on recognizing physical, social, and verbal bullying behaviors (NCES, 2018). <i>Down to the Potter’s House</i> is the second novel in Annette Valentine’s trilogy that delves into the nature of lies and the hold they can have on individuals