Victims of bullying have to decide not to be a victim. This doesn’t release the bully from being held accountable for their actions, but it is important teach children at a young age not to be pacifists toward any form of tyrant.
When it comes down to it you can only be bullied if you allow it. This either comes down to fight or flight. Those four chose to flee from this world because they felt helpless and had no one to turn to for help.
What about all of those people who knew but sat back and didn’t do anything to stop it? If any of those others had a heart and mind they would have stepped in to help some one who couldn’t help them self.
I agree that kids should learn to fight back. I taught my kids to do that. But not everyone has the strength of character to resist bullies and not all bullies are created equal.
When all I see is blame for the victim and silence on the behavior of the bullies, something is seriously wrong. Blaming the victim is just more bullying.
This is the fourth student.
To me that indicates that these kids are more than just your garden variety bully, as further evidenced by the students who came to her viewing and still bullied her when she was dead.