Larry Yarrell should be fired period. This way, staff members would take bullying more seriously. Secondly asking the victim to identify bullies is another cop out excuse for not approaching the issue seriously. I'm sure the victim pointed out a few bullies. If he did in fact struggle to identfy the actual bullies, Larry could have taken a few actions to remind his students of the importance of respecting people's feelings and boundaries and that if one decides not to, he can list the consequences. Regarding:"tone down his acessories"...again another example of a stupid/lame comment by a homophobic.
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I do wonder what the principal meant by ''he had also recommended that Young “tone down” his accessories.''
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If he accessorized like this guy maybe he was looking for trouble?
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It's a slippery slope to go there isn't it.
I never want to blame a victim.
I just get the feeling that we are not getting the whole story here.
seriously though, if he wanted to come to school in a batman cape shouldn't he be able to safely? without being surrounded?
coming from a kid who was bullied i say he should have fired at the attackers, then they'd know who they were beyond a shadow of a doubt.
one of these days a kid is going to bring his dad's 9mm to school and start popping those that bullied him then maybe, just maybe, the authorities will take bullying seriously......
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Bullying was around when I was growing up and it wasn't always the so called 'gay" kid. I remember a good punch to the head usually solved the issue. One incident that happened to me when I was in grade 4, I was walking through the school yard and a big grade eight kid came running across with a flying kick to my gut. I went down like a rock. He didn't know me or I him. I later learned he had watched a wrestling match the night before and wanted to try the move. At the time my grade nine brother went to talk with him and nearly had his ass handed to him by this tough grade 8 LOL. They never fought because my candy ass brother backed down, I still love him though for trying.
Hearing this news makes me sick.
Perhaps the school should have investigated WHY he fired the stun gun, and why they did such a halfassed job at addressing Young's concerns of being bullied by homophobes. I'm actually quite glad that Young had the courage to fire the gun up into the air to tell the people around that he's fed up with this shit. The sad news is, for every story like this, there's going to be 50 more stories of gay boys being bullied with nobody around to help.
Perhaps the school should have investigated WHY he fired the stun gun, and why they did such a halfassed job at addressing Young's concerns of being bullied by homophobes. I'm actually quite glad that Young had the courage to fire the gun up into the air to tell the people around that he's fed up with this shit. The sad news is, for every story like this, there's going to be 50 more stories of gay boys being bullied with nobody around to help.
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I was bullied in High School - I was a runt.
Never brought a gun to school but when I reached my limit I gave the fucker a bloody nose and a Rose Bowl.
Never brought a gun to school but when I reached my limit I gave the fucker a bloody nose and a Rose Bowl.
i wasn't a runt in either secondary or high school but that didn't make me any less a victim......i was chosen by three of the popular cool kids and the losers and one other as the target....told my parents, they called the school, principal did squat.....when the losers started trashing my bicycle, called the cops, they did nothing because the losers were from a "troubled" home....
see, these days, weapons are more readily available which means when the authorities do nothing, kids are left to defend themselves then once again, victimized by the system....
as i said, one day one will bring his dad's 9mm to school....oh wait, that's already happened.........yet the authorities just let it keep on going on........
see, these days, weapons are more readily available which means when the authorities do nothing, kids are left to defend themselves then once again, victimized by the system....
as i said, one day one will bring his dad's 9mm to school....oh wait, that's already happened.........yet the authorities just let it keep on going on........
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A sad story about teen bullying
A sad story about teen bullying
Amanda Todd posted this video to YouTube a month ago. Yesterday she committed suicide. It's a heartbreaker.
Online awareness follows Amanda Todd's suicide
By Michael Mui, 24 Hours Vancouver
Thursday, October 11, 2012 5:53:01 PDT PM
Amanda Todd tried to make her bullies understand why she needed help and support.
The torment that followed personal photos of her being distributed online ended up being too much for the Coquitlam teen who took her life Wednesday.
She had switched schools thrice to escape, and reached out last month through a YouTube video, expressing confusion at why her detractors insisted on tracking her online.
“Why do I get this? I messed up, but why follow me,” the teen wrote on cards, which she arranged in messages in a lengthy online video.
In Grade 7, her distress began when she made the mistake to “flash” her breasts on a webcam. A threat was then sent to her on Facebook from a stranger, saying, “If you don’t put on a show,” those images would be sent to everyone she knew.
“He knew my address, school, relatives, friends, family names,” she wrote, adding police notified her images were distributed that Christmas break.”
She lost all her friends and respect. She sat at lunch alone. When she thought she found a boy she liked, it just got worse. His girlfriend confronted her outside a new school with 15 others. She was attacked.
A sad story about teen bullying
Amanda Todd posted this video to YouTube a month ago. Yesterday she committed suicide. It's a heartbreaker.
Online awareness follows Amanda Todd's suicide
By Michael Mui, 24 Hours Vancouver
Thursday, October 11, 2012 5:53:01 PDT PM
Amanda Todd tried to make her bullies understand why she needed help and support.
The torment that followed personal photos of her being distributed online ended up being too much for the Coquitlam teen who took her life Wednesday.
She had switched schools thrice to escape, and reached out last month through a YouTube video, expressing confusion at why her detractors insisted on tracking her online.
“Why do I get this? I messed up, but why follow me,” the teen wrote on cards, which she arranged in messages in a lengthy online video.
In Grade 7, her distress began when she made the mistake to “flash” her breasts on a webcam. A threat was then sent to her on Facebook from a stranger, saying, “If you don’t put on a show,” those images would be sent to everyone she knew.
“He knew my address, school, relatives, friends, family names,” she wrote, adding police notified her images were distributed that Christmas break.”
She lost all her friends and respect. She sat at lunch alone. When she thought she found a boy she liked, it just got worse. His girlfriend confronted her outside a new school with 15 others. She was attacked.
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Awful story, that was heart wrenching! How can people be so rotten!
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I think there might be more to this than the article is telling.
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It is a horrible story. She should have been helped by the adults in her life. It must have been obvious with all the moving and changing of schools, drinking bleach ect. the suicide was bound to happen. She seemed like such a pretty little lady too, sad very sad.
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Does anyone know who her bully was?. He deserves to be on trial as second degree murder.
In reality....why do adults saw looking at their behaviors....
What happens at home is what is brought to School....
What you talk to your friends about is also what is heard by others...
I am very sad about this......People at just mean....that is it......
And instead of blaming others look at yourself first because that is
where it will start to change.....
What happens at home is what is brought to School....
What you talk to your friends about is also what is heard by others...
I am very sad about this......People at just mean....that is it......
And instead of blaming others look at yourself first because that is
where it will start to change.....
