Make it better!!!

I knew it was wrong, I did nothing. I've lived with the regret for 22 years. You are there, you see what is happening to somebody and you know its wrong. Dare to tell, or dare to say its wrong. The silent majority out number both bully and victim. In my case, I don't know the outcome. I've no clue what happened to her. I moved away. Basically, she was sexually harrassed every day by a group of boys. One main bully, several hangers on. I didn't participate but I abided by the code of silence as did many others. Everybody in my grade knew. I've no clue why I gave a crap about such a stupid code. WTF? I really can't believe I was such an a*hole. I liked her, I didn't even like any of those guys. I was 13. Truth is, all kinds of horrible things happen in schools and for all kinds of reasons: because they are there, because of their sexual orientation, because of their perceived sexual orientation, because they are different, because they are weaker, because they are shy, because they are new, because ... Lots of stupid reasons people are bullied and sometimes worse. It really does get better but if you see that its hell for somebody why make them wait?

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• making a difference
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• bullying bistanders
• teen suicide
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• i did nothing

[truevoiceofsanity]

Can I be honest? This is a lazy ass video but bullying makes me sad and I think there are people around who can sometimes make a difference. My heart goes out to anybody who is bullied for whatever reason. There sexual orientation is ONE of the reasons but bullies can target anything or anybody. People have feelings and the right thing to do is care and sometimes to step in.