I saw this article in the Boston Globe this morning, about students being charged for bullying Phoebe Prince, and it getting so out of control that it led to her committing suicide. I think, and hope, a story like this one really makes schools more aware of the amount of bullying that actually occurs, and to what degree. Hopefully this will make people realize the limit that bullying pushes some students to, in this case to a student committing suicide. This should make school administrators more aware of it and step up to do something about it before it gets out of control.
The need for students to be able to defend themselves is important, however, when bullying gets to a point as serious as this case, school administrators need to find a way to discover what is happening, how it is occurring, to what degree it is affecting the student being bullied- and to do something about it. Strongly enforcing anti-bullying in schools clearly needs to take place.
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