Bullying

Amanda Todd and her story about bullying have been making its way onto the news and all over social media sites over the past week. For the people who maybe have not seen the YouTube video or heard about Amanda here’s a little run down.

Amanda Todd was teenage girls who like others, made a mistake. This mistake turned out to haunt her for the rest of her life. When she was 12 she was on webcam with some friends and they asked her to "flash them" so she did. A year later one of the guys who was on webcam that night sent her a Facebook message saying, "If you don’t put on a show for me I will send your picture to everyone." Long story short the picture got sent to everyone. Amanda got bullied so bad that she switched schools a few times. When everything looked like it was getting better, Amanda got beat up and left in a ditch. That night she went home and drank bleach. She ended up making it to the ER in time and having her stomach pumped. About a month ago, Amanda posted a video on YouTube telling everyone her story, and then on October 10th Amanda hung herself.

Now this is something that sadly happens to teenagers a lot, and in most cases the outcome ends up the same. I personally think that more things should be done to prevent bullying. Cyber bullying (one of the ways Amanda was bullied) happens a lot more now, and there should be a way to stop it. Bullying has sadly gotten way out of hand, and personally I don't think it is going to stop anytime soon until the ones who are doing the bullying have higher punishment than just a slap on the wrist!