We often hear about bullying in the news and some of us think that it's something that only happens locally or just statewide. In reality, it happens NATIONwide. This is some serious business that deserves some serious solutions. Are we doing what it takes to stop this nationwide epidemic? Are we taking a step in the right direction? They say it only takes one person to make a difference. But, yesterday, it was more than just one person.
Danielle Green from West Lafayette went to the Statehouse in support of House Bill 1423 on Wednesday. For those of you who don't know what this House Bill is, I'll give you the skinny: House Bill 1423 requires school districts to track and report the nature of bullying incidents in an annual performance report. It also requires school employees, volunteers, and students to be educated on bullying prevention and schools would have to share information on bulling investigation procedures with students and parents.
Now that you know all of that, you should also know how effective this House Bill will be. Educating teachers and students is an extraordinary step in fixing the problem of school safety and violence.
Angel Green, daughter of Danielle Green, the woman you read about a little earlier, committed suicide because of bullying. She wrote a note to her mother stating "P.S. it's bullying that killed me. Please get justice." Guess what? She was only 14.
Danielle wasn't the only mother in this stand, Lana Swoape, mother to Tori, who, like Angel, committed suicide because of bullying when she was 15.
It's important for us to see the severity in bullying. Over 73% of people are bystanders to bullying. Kids lead by example and it's dire that we target those kids. I truly believe that if we all stand together, we can do this, we can conquer this. House Bill 1423 might be our saving grace.
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