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Teen Commits Suicide Due to Bullying: Parents Sue School for Sons Death.

By Susan Donaldson James.

April 2nd 2009

SUMMERY

Eric Mohat who was 17 years old committed suicide after being constantly bullied at school and one bully said in the middle of class 'why don't you go home and shoot yourself, no one will miss you'. His parent want to make sure people recognize that their sons death was due tho lack of attention from staff at the school, who ignored all bullying that was being done right in front of them and even in their classes. 

 

BIG MEANING

I think that the big meaning to this article is how the teachers clearly saw what was happening but chose to do nothing about it because it made their lives easier to just ignore it. People tend to take bullying lightly and sometimes dismiss it as normal, when it prehaps shouldnt be viewed that way.

PERSONAL MEANING

I know how it is to feel like nobody can see whats happening, and i think that it is in the end inevitable that you will come to a point when you've had enough. personally i wouldn't consider suicide, but i can see how something like that can easily happen. Bullying can be quite easily dealt with and doesn't have to be a big deal, but sometimes it is just left because it's easier to ignore it. The reason i can relate to this article is that i have considerable experience in how horrible people can be, and i know how much worse it is if you feel like you are on your own.