how i feel about teen suicide due to bullying
I feel like teens are too young to die. They have a long life ahead of them and they choose to die so early. I also think that we should just respect each other and not be judging others all the time. At one point in middle school i have wanted to suicide multiple times because of bullying. It is not fun, and i had to always be cautious of when the bullies were around. I am fine right now, but other kids still have these problems and i feel like they need support from someone, anybody but adleast a trustworthy person.
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Tyler LongThe teen i chose to write about is Tyler Lee Long. He was 17 years old when he committed suicide. He was a kid that was gay. He also had Aspergers Syndrome. All his classmates would bully him and call him "gay, and faggot". He also had Aspergers syndrome. That made him an even bigger target. The Aspergers syndrome is a form of Autism that left him with unpopular personality traits different from his classmates the parents said.
Tyler attended Murray County. He was being bullied because he was gay. He killed himself by hanging himself in his closet in his room. His father found the body. He did not leave a video or anything. I think his death could have been prevented if the parents took him to a therapist, and said that they would be there for him. Change him schools and just suspend the kids who were bullying him. I used to know a lot of kids that would think about suicide. Some do it for the attention, and theres some that have so many problems at home. Personally i have thought of suicide in middle school, but it was for some problems i had. Later life gets so much better though and it is worth living. |
When Tyler was FoundTyler took his life away on October 17, 2009. He was found in the closet by his father. The father ran and went to check on him. Tyler hanged himself from the top shelf with a belt. Tylers father tried prying the belt loose. By the time they took it off it was too late.
Tylers parents filed a lawsuit againsts the school, saying officials ignored the bullying that tormented their son. Rather than to give Tyler a moment of silence the school refused. Other students wore nooses to school and got away with it. "They took his pride from him" his father said. They left him hollow. |