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Bullying in all its forms-- What is being done to stop it?
Bullying. Its a seemingly overused word in todays
modern-day society, but it still screams for attention. Its
done physically, verbally, and now even online, in a form
called cyberbullying. Everyday in schools across the world
there are students that endure the cruelty of their
classmates to an endless degree.
One of the most recent cases of bullying that lead to a
lethal turn was in Colorado, where Cait Haynes committed
suicide. According to a 7NEWS Denver article, her friends
claim that, her high school years were filled with gossip
and rumors and bullying that pushed Cait to commit
suicide. (7NEWS, 2015) And another big name case that
happened recently in the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,
Transgendered) community was the case of Leelah Alcorn, a
transgendered girl that committed suicide on December 28 th,
2014. She was an Ohio teen who was bullied at school, and
Works Cited
"Bullying Blamed for Montrose High School Student's
Suicide." 7NEWS. ABC 7NEWS Denver, 26 Mar. 2015.
Web. 14 Apr. 2015.
<http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/westernslope/bullying-blamed-for-montrose-high-schoolstudents-suicide>.