Nine teenagers from MA has been charged for bullying the 15 year old girl from South Hadley High School who killed herself in January. Two of them are charged with statutory rape. Phoebe Prince was from Ireland and transfered to South Hadley High School. After 3 months of being tortured through facebook and text she commited suicide.
She was dating an older football player and this created a problem because she was only a freshman. South Hadley is the town over from where I live and I know how this school system works. I played 4 years of basketball against them and I can say that it doesn't surprise me. I hated that school and hated playing there. I'm not saying everyone there is terrible because I am sure there are some very intelligent people there but I don't like it. The school is somewhat out of control. They have problems with drugs, fighting, and anything else that should be prevented.
South Hadley's high school has about 700 students and my high school had 500 students and we are right next to each other, yet our school systems are extremely different. I always had the feeling that South Hadley High School was out of control and that the faculty didn't do much to stop it. I have friends who went there and would agree with me.
I feel bad for this younger girl who had to kill herself because of how bad they were treating her. What is this world coming too? People are so happy with themselves if they can make someone else feel unworthy. I think this is really terrible.
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It's very terrible Melissa. It's sad that she couldn't go to someone to try and stop this from happening to her. Was she afraid to tell someone about it? I don't understand why people bully and make fun of other people, it's mind boggling that this ever happens, because I would think that most people want to get treated with respect, and in return show respect to others. I always feel good being kind to others, it makes me feel like I make a difference in their lives, even if it's a small difference. This is an imperfect world, and all these terrible tragedies that happen everyday teach me more and more about the importance of respect.
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