Have you ever been bullied? People who have been bullied in their lives know how painful this is. It is a cruel treatment that absolutley no one deserves. It messes with people emotionally and physically. It can even result in depression and suicide. Whitney Croft is a young 16 year old girl who is bullied. "I feel like I'm a piece of trash and I'm just this thing that no one cares about." This makes me want to cry just hearing her say this. And it makes me sick to know that someone has hurt her so bad that she actually feels as if she is nothing. Well Whitney, you're something. Pretty much my hero. The mean girls at the school decided it would be funny to have everyone vote for her for homecoming court as a joke. They got their wish and Whitney was nominated. "The girls voted for her for homecoming court as a prank, something the young girl considered suicide." Yes. This girl considered suicide because of the social embarassment these girls wanted to put her through. And to know that it was a complete joke, only made it worse. "After her sister and her talked through it, they decided Whitney would keep her title on the court." Although she was on the ballot because of a joke, she decided to embrace the oppurtunity she was given even if it was out of crulety. The hairdresses and stylests heard about her around town and decided to give her a makeover she always wanted. The night of the game, some people discovered a group of girls who traveled over and hour just to show Whitney their supposrt even though they didnt know her. "The kids that are being bullied, don't let them bring you down. Stand up for yourself and what you believe and go with your heart and go with your gut. That's what I did and look at me now. I'm just as happy as can be." This girl is absolutley my hero. She went from feeling like nothing to feeling like everything. Bullying is an awful thing and we can stop it. If we see someone who is being bullied it is OUR responsibility to stop it and help the ones who can't. It could save someones life. Say no to bullying.
http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2012/09/29/pkg-bullied-homecoming.cnn&hpt=hp_tvvideo#/video/us/2012/09/29/pkg-bullied-homecoming.cnn
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