It's Okay

            This week I was look at The Fischbowl when I saw this blog called “It Gets Better”. This blog had a hyperlink to a video on YouTube. The video was about a city council man (Joel Burns) telling gay teens that it is ok to be gay. He was also gay. He touched on a lot of the teen suicides that have been happening lately. A lot of them had to do with teens being bullied for being gay. He said it was hard to be in school and for people to know about it. He told his own story to everyone. He really wanted to get the message across that the bullying needs to stop, because it is ok to be gay.

            It is a terrible thing for people to be bullied for being gay. I know a few people at my school who are questioning their sexuality. That is there choice and they shouldn’t be put down by anyone for their choices. A lot of gay people at my school are not bullied, but I know of one kid who is talked about behind his back. This is wrong. People should just stop talking bad about him. Also the people who are not sure about their sexuality shouldn’t be ashamed. It is ok to be gay. We should all follow Joel Burns and stop the bullying. No one deserves to be bullied. If you don’t want to be bullied for what you believe in or what you believe you are, then why should others be bullied. Gay people are just like everyone else. They don’t deserve it.     

Bullying. It's Serious.

            This week I was looking through BBC and I found this article called “Police investigate sudden death of Maesteg schoolgirl” by BBC. It is about the sudden death of Holly Stuckey in south Wales. Her father said that she complained of chest pains and not being able to breathe before she collapsed and died. He later found letters accusing teenagers of bullying her at Maesteg Comprehensive School and said he has given 13 names to police. The school said that they found no connection between Holly’s death and being bullied. Or was there a connection?

            Even though there was no connection between Holly’s death and her being bullied, this brought up a great point of people can be hurt by being bullied. People are bullied every day. I never see it at my school, but I hear of it at other schools. Take Columbine for example; those kids were bullied and made fun of. It hurt them so much that we couldn’t even imagine. It pushed them to the extent. Her father spoke, “Mr. Stuckey said: ‘She died in my arms. It was the worst thing any parents could go through. But it wasn't until afterwards that we discovered the torment she'd been going through. Bullies had been putting her through hell. In the weeks before Holly died she wouldn't go anywhere on her own, she wanted me to take her everywhere.’” She was in pain and she hated it. She didn’t know what to do. Her father found letters in her room that said, “I hate you for what you have done to me. I feel like no one.” She was also struggling with depression. Where does all the bullying start? Most people say it comes from kids that have family issues. I think kids bully because they think it’s okay. The media influences them. They see TV programs that show people think they are better than others. So they take that in and become it. So how did Holly die? Was it from natural causes, or a result of being bullied too much? We will never know.