Sunday, March 31, 2013
Bullying
I just read the reading we have to read for the class decision on Monday. The article was about a 12 year old Harlem boy who committed suicide after being bullied about the death of his father. The article talks about all the bullying he went through when he was at school. It was good that he told his mom and aunt what was going on at school. Not everyone that was bullied fell like they have someone they can tell what someone is doing or saying to them. His mom tried to stop her son from getting bullied by switching schools for him but the bullying did not stop. The kids from his old school would show up at his home and throw sticks and pipes at him. What kind of people would do this? Kids need to be taught at a young age that bullying is not good. Now the kids who bullied Joel have to live with Joel's suicide knowing that their action caused him to do it.
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That's so sad that some people can be that cruel to taunt someone about a loved one who brought them into this world. Whoever was bullying needs to held accountable in some way because that is not okay.
ReplyDeleteI didn't get to the reading but you have put together a great summary and seeing how this story mad you feel and others makes me want to go and read it.
ReplyDeleteI loved that reading, I almost cried. Its sad how kids do such terrible things to other people, little did they know his dad died, no one knows what other people are going through these days.
ReplyDeleteYeah when I found that article, I was so sad. He was so young and it's terrible how he took his own life. Kids can be so cruel now'days. People need to take more action in helping children who are being bullied and those who are the bullies. It's gone too far when a child feel like killing themselves. Bullying needs to be stopped and better handled.
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