1 Ohio school, 4 bullied teens dead at own hand

[JST2KWIK]

Schools focus way too much on punishment and not enough on prevention. Instead of focusing on how many detentions to give a kid after he gets in a fight, find out why the fight happened in the first place. Also, it is my strong belief that suicide rates and bullying would both be so much lower if parents were parents... Kids would be nicer, have more manors, be more respectful, and be way less selfish. Without parents who censor, guide, and teach their kids, those kids will turn to the media which is the worst possible guidance for a child.

[justdoggedya]

this is so sad,specially for the parents that lost all there kids due to this mess.im 28 years old and i still see kids getting picked on at the mall and ****,one time i was leaving the mall and a group of kids followed a young skinny kid out to his car trying to get his bag with stuff he bought and i went over pulled the kid aside and got in his place took his bag and told the group of kids you want the stuff in the bag try and get it.long story short they did nothing but talked a little smack and walked away,then i gave the bag back to the kid and he said thanks alot man and got in his car and left safely.i have to admit it felt good to do that for him and i will continue to do it if it happens with me around i dont go for that ****.

[Asif22]

This was so sad to read. It really angers me...What happens at school with kids so young. This reminds me of Eminem. I am a big big fan of him, he is probably one of my favorite rappers. He got picked on in school....I wish all the kids who picked on him can see him now.

I randomly got picked on a little bit in elementry/middle school because I was really small and I was middle eastern. Kids would say **** I would just shrug it off but deep down it pissed me off like you couldn't believe. ..You know the terrorist, go back to your country, ect. type of remarks. One time all the ****ing tools started **** between me and this one kid saying one person said something about the other, I tried to let it go but the kid wanted to be a tough guy and fight me after school. I wanted to leave but they all surrounded me so I grabbed him by the throat and hit him in the face a few times I moved from philly school district to suburbs and it wasn't as bad. I didn't really belong in a certain "click" but I was friends with everyone. Again a few kids did with the terrorist comments and stuff. In HS one kid hated me because I drove an Si and I was middle eastern. He would IM me and say all this nasty **** and tell me I'm not American and to go back to my country. He said when he sees me in school he will beat the **** out of me. I saw him at school, he saw me...and just turned around and walked away. Right now things are better since out of highschool. I hang out with more my type of people and get along with just about everyone. I started taking mma/mostly muay thai a while back to learn some self defence but I don't get picked on now which is good. And who knew...muay thai is actually pretty fun, I lose weight, and stay active.

Honestly it sucks parents, school officials would let this bullying continue. Detention/suspension won't do **** IMO. The only way is if they get beat up bad. I notice most people in this thread dealing with a bully, hit them and never had problems again. Did anybody ever see BullyBeatDown on MTV?

[R22B]

Originally Posted by BlkWhtTSI

that is absurd, if my daughter hung herself because of bullying and i saw kids laughing at her in her casket i would go ape sh!t. Kids today are just unbelievably selfish and disrespectful to peers and elders. its a shame that no body put a stop to this. There had to of been warning signs and teachers had to of noticed the bullying. Suicide prevention should be a required class/training for any person looking to educate adolescents/young adults.

If I were in that situation, I would probably go on a rampage with the asshole kids, and then the worthless parents. Honestly, if I lost my child, I'd have nothing else to live for so I would have no problem removing useless people from this Earth before my exit.

Sorry, but this story genuinely got me upset.

[92sileighty]

Originally Posted by R22B

If I were in that situation, I would probably go on a rampage with the asshole kids, and then the worthless parents. Honestly, if I lost my child, I'd have nothing else to live for so I would have no problem removing useless people from this Earth before my exit.

Sorry, but this story genuinely got me upset.

best statement ever

[nuTinmuch]

Originally Posted by OutToWinPAHC

I can agree to that. And not all victims kill themselves because they are picked on. Some people just hate life all to much and "bullying" feeds the fire. I don't think anyone is responsible for this other then the person who took their life.

I used to think this exact same way, but then I did a lot of reading and took a few psychology courses and my mind changed.

I was picked on in school, but I was brought up to have tough skin so it never bothered me -- but if I was brought up in a different environment I can't say for sure things would've been the same way.

Really, it has a lot to do with luck of the draw and we shouldn't **** on people because of that.

There are people who just kill themselves because of internal reasons, but often those reasons are brought out in a negative way due to bullying. Honestly, a lot of these kids really could've used a friend to stand up for them. That could've been a difference maker -- but it just doesn't happen all that often.