And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why bullying is wrong.

[conuly]

Because it kills.

Yes, this boy committed suicide - but he was killed by the people who wouldn't let it drop, who had to bother him day after day. I shouldn't have to say this, it should be obvious, but there's always somebody who thinks I'm wrong, that if the bullied had just fit in, had conformed more, it would be different. Well, that's not true. If the victim fits in, the bullies just switch to somebody new. The only way to stop it is to make sure everybody knows that this is unacceptable.

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In grade school...

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I was bullied. Did I think about suicide? Very rarely, but yes.

It hurts to think about those times where I wanted to end my own life. Right now, I'm only a junior. Its been 3 years since grade school and I'm happy as I can be, excluding teachers and the like. I'm like the boy in the article, as I keep in my anger and frustrations until I explode.

I have sympathy; I walked in his shoes. But I survived. It is a shame that bullying goes on. Bullying needs to stop. It's not just in schools; bullying occurs in work and many other aspects of life. I worked past my bullying, so it is possible for others to. By taking the "fun" out of bullying (I don't see any fun or true logic to it, other than exploitation), the bullies have to either find someone else, or just stop...in a perfect world.

I just realized I'm ranting, so I'll go away now.

Re: In grade school...

[conuly]

*hugs*

You're right about bullying outside of schools, but to admit that would be to admit that children emulate adults.