Bullied to the point of suicide
This just breaks my heart in pieces.
This is EVERYBODY’S problem. Schools, parents, the police — we all need to get together and get the message across. There needs to be stiff consequences for those who bully. There should be a zero tolerance policy in every school.
This poor boy’s suffering. It didn’t have to happen. I blame the parents of the bully most of all, because I believe parents of bullies are complicit in their children’s crimes.
LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. — A grieving mother is suing the Blue Springs School District, claiming her 12-year-old son was bullied to death.
Kim Myers said she blames school teachers and administrators for her son’s death.
She said her son, Brandon, was constantly picked on by classmates, teased for a speech impediment.Last February, her boyfriend found Brandon unconscious.
Myers said, “When he found Brandon, he was still standing upright. He had his one foot flat on the floor and another up on a bucket, with a cord around his neck. And John thought he was playing because he wasn’t hanging, per se. And he nudged him and found that he was unconscious at that point.”
Information from: http://www.kctv5.com/news/15061477/detai...
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1. Jeremy
January 18, 2008 @ 1:39 am
what a pansy. I was a fat kid. i don’t mean husky, i mean manboobs, sweating gravy, 230 lbs at age 14 fat. jiggly. gross. I WAS RIPPED ON ALL THE TIME!!! I got bullied a lot. Spitballs on my back in the hall, lunch tray knocked out of my hand in the lunch room (that’s traumatic for a fat kid). I finally had enough when one of the ringleaders shoved my face into the water fountain on the playground. Did I cry like a little wuss and run home to mommy or beg for help from my teacher? Hell no. I stood up for myself and broke his nose. i put that grunt in a headlock and made him cry for about ten minutes. blood was everywhere. that little bastard never gave me another problem ever again. he never bullied anyone else in the whole school. I never got jerked around again the entire time I was in that school. And this method has continued to work my entire life.
stand up to bullies. that’s the only way anyone learns.
children are being punished for standing up for themselves. it’s no wonder they lose all hope when they aren’t even allowed to defend their own bodies. who gives a damn if a pair of 12-year old boys slug it out? what’s the worst that could happen? bloody nose, black eye, maybe a tooth knocked loose. we’re not talking about trained UFC fighters here. as for the kid in the article, it sucks for the parents but it wasn’t everyone else’s decision to be a pathetic little bitch. his parents should figure out how they screwed up so badly to produce such a weakling and try again with a new kid.
done.
2. Me
January 21, 2008 @ 8:22 am
This is to Jeremy. For someone who was supposedly “bullied” when you were younger, you sure are an unsympathetic cold and heartless S.O.B., that obviously either doesn’t remember what it was like to deal with constant bullying, you really did deserve the bullying because of your attitude that you are displaying right now or your lying about actually being bullied. Anyone that’s been bullied (and has a heart) can feel for the boy and what he went through and what the parent’s are going through. So grow up, act your age and don’t belittle someone or their feeling because you still have insecurities.
3. carolyn
January 25, 2008 @ 10:37 am
To Me, thanks for your comments, I fully agree.
To you Jermey, you are diffently heartless.I am a friend of the family that just by chance came across this page on the internet.You apparently do not understand the circumstances or understand his situation. Every person handles things differently that show just by your incredibly insensitive comments. You need to also remember one of those rude comeback kids use to say when I was growing up “I may be fat, but your ugly and I can lose wait”. You chose to be fat and lazy, Brandon had a face disorder that he would never be able to overcome and speech problem that came from that. He was born with this, not a choice he chose to take on. I’m so glad your solution for him was to be violent, he shows what kind of person you are. You try putting yourself in his place for his entire life with a face disorder and speech disorder and see how confident you are. I bet you only grew to be fat and lazy, you weren’t born that way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4. mad
January 29, 2008 @ 2:54 pm
Jeremy,what an insensitive lard-a** you must be.You’re huge lard a** may have been able to fend off bullies,but this little kid doesn’t look that physically intimidating.Wonder where the difference is here,huh,Tubby? Also people are built different by nature and maybe your mommy blew smoke up your big fat derrier as a child,you puny minded fuck.I wish I could meet your fat a** on the street and know it was you because I’d knock you on it you worthless piece of regurgitated feces pile.
done.
5. Wow
August 8, 2009 @ 11:02 pm
Wow. I went to school with this kid. I saw some of the bullying he went through. It isn’t as easy as just telling on a bully. Doing that will just get you bullied more. So what are you supposed to do?