Article says 15-year old girl driven to suicide by bullying

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Didn’t the news report indicate that reportedly several other kids had transferred out of the school because of similar bullying by this clique? Apparently their activities were well known in the school community. I really wonder how likely it is that the administration had NO idea what was going on. Or were they just turning a blind eye because dealing with it–especially when it involved the football star in a blue collar town–was too difficult?

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<p>Possibly, but from reading multiple articles about this situation, it seems that there was a culture of bullying at this school that goes back generations. I believe the reason it was tolerated here was because the sentiments expressed in post #93 on this thread are pervasive there and elsewhere. In reading comments to the many news articles, I was glad to read that the majority of posters were horrified by the actions of the students and the inaction of parents and administrators, but a good number of people posted comments very reminiscent of post #93 on our very own CC:</p>

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Growing up and dealing with pressure&abuse in high school is apart of life. If one cannot even withstand bullying in a school environment, one will probably be crushed by the time one gets into our modern super cutter-throat society. While is may sound heartless, I firmly believe that dealing with stress with an important skill in life, after all, one cannot expect society/government to eliminate all the threats for you. Bullying is somewhat natural, although harmful for most, as the differentiation of culture/traits causes anxiety in most groups of teenagers. Not to mention the idea of “criminalize bullying” is just preposterous, for there is no practical way to enforce it. In addition, even if the laws are passed, many would attempt to abuse the system for their own gains.

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