So sad: Phoebe Prince

[Rachel Bronwyn]

If you never felt the need to kill yourself, you obviously can't relate to what she went through. Whether the experiences were similar or not, she obviously percieved the bullying in a very extreme manner. When you're fifteen and there are nine people with a vendetta against you, not only harrassing you opportunistically, but going out of their way to make your life hell in and outside school for an entire year, and all your cries for help fall on deaf ears, you are experiencing something far beyond being called fat on the playground.

She did get her parents involved who did contact the faculty. They turned a blind eye. They chose to let the situation escalate.

None of the kids charged will be affected by this in the long-term. In the meantime, they'll be inconvenienced, as they should be.