I remember sitting in my brother’s room a couple weeks ago and seeing on Facebook that an eighteen-year-old student at Rutgers, Tyler Clementi, had committed suicide. I first thought, Oh, that’s a shame. I wonder if depression led to this.…
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Just in time for back to school, Governor Paterson of New York signed the Dignity for all Students Act (DASA). This anti-bullying law forbids school harassment based on many factors, including race, origin, weight, religious belief and disability.…
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Imagine waking up every morning knowing that you’ll have to go to a school where you are tormented and bullied, all for something you can’t control. The sad truth is that this happens to students who are—or are perceived by […]
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You’re talking to the new cutie in your class when out of nowhere he or she asks you to go to the stairwell to hook up. You say no, and the new cutie—who’s starting to look a lot less cute […]
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Sixty-five percent of middle and high school students said they had been bullied in school in the past year, according to From Teasing to Torment: School Climate in America, a 2005 report from the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network […]
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