Bullying

As you may all know, there has been another recent death out here in Western New York. The reasoning behind this one seems a little less ethical compared to others, and it’s because the kid was gay. He had been tormented for a few years in school for being gay, and a lot of the kids in school were saying there was no point in him living and he may as well kill himself because nobody cares about him. Some of you may say that the kid should have stood up for himself, but it’s a lot harder than you think when it happens to you. Day after day he was being bashed for being gay, and it’s not like he could control it. Teenagers in school need to learn to accept people for who they are and move on, rather than constantly being on their case about what they are doing. You should let people live their lives the way they want to, and worry about yours in the meantime. Just because somebody isn’t the same as you doesn’t mean you should make fun of what they do, just because you don’t do it the same way. I think Lady Gaga deserves a lot of respect for reacting the way she did, because people pay more attention to serious situations if a celebrity a somebody well known is taking action on the topic of bullying. Bullying is and always will be around, but actions should be taken if students are caught doing it. It’s not right that kids have been committing suicide because of bullying. It’s basically murdering somebody, because it’s somebody that drove them to do that. There should definitely be serious consequences if a teenager is caught bullying another kid, because who knows how many more will end up committing suicide over something so stupid.