A Freshman girl named Phoebe Prince moved to Massachusetts from Ireland. She was cyber bullied by many people at the school. They targeted her because they all thought she was pretty and they were all jealous of her. That is what her one friend in the video clip said. In the video her friend tells you some of the things they said to her. On her Wikipedia of her suicide it says that she was bullied by at least two separate groups of students at her high school. The reason that was reported was she had disputes with other girls over her beliefs of her relationship with a senior football player and another male student. The aunt told the school to watch after her niece because she had been bullied at her last school. The last straw for Phoebe was on January 14,2010. During the day she was taunted, harassed and a student threw a can at her out of a car when she was walking home from school. That day January 14th Phoebe took her own life by hanging herself and her 12 year old sister found her.
Hearing a story like this is just so upsetting because Phoebe didn't choose to be Cyber-Bullied they targeted her and made her life miserable. There are many stories about Cyber-Bullying and the effect of what happen to that person. I thought that Phoebe's story was a good example of showing the effect of Cyber-Bullying.
Here's the video of Phoebe Prince on CBS News
Unfortunately the only thing we can do is ignore the internet blogs and posts that are hurting our community neighbors. in my opinion of course...not only does the amendments protect the rights of speech but in other countries the internet cannot be regulated its almost imposable, over millions of new connections are made a day.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1360788/Natasha-MacBryde-suicide-Vile-web-craze-taunted-family-bullied-girl-death.html
I think this was a really good blog Linds, even without watching the video this story had an impact on my life. I don't think that it is right for anyone to be bullied.
ReplyDeleteI think this is a great blog. It made me realize how serious this issue really is. I think people need to take this topic more seriously because no one deserves this.
ReplyDeleteI thought this was a great idea to discuss for your blog. It really makes you think about how treating someone with respect if their having a bad day can make an impact of life or death for that person.
ReplyDeleteI think that this was a good idea for you to discuss in your blog. I have heard how bad this suicide is. It isn't fair that people take thier lives because of cyberbullying. I feel bad for Phoebe becuase she didn't deserve this.
ReplyDeleteI think that this was a great blog and really highlights what can happen from cyber bullying. It is a growing probelm and I think something needs to be done about it to prevent more occurences of this.
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