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Article: Tragedy of the cyber bully victim, aged 13 ; I Was saddened to read of the tragic death of 13-year-old Sam Leeson who was bullied by users of the social networking site Bebo, because of his alternative appearance and taste in music (Western Daily Press, June 12).
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- Western Daily Press (Bristol UK)
- Article date:
- June 21, 2008
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I Was saddened to read of the tragic death of 13-year-old Sam
Leeson who was bullied by users of the social networking site Bebo,
because of his alternative appearance and taste in music (Western
Daily Press, June 12).
I hope after Sam's tragic death, schools will understand. Many
schools are still reluctant to admit that bullying goes on, and at
worse, flatly deny that there is a problem. And for many bullied
school pupils, they face an uphill battle to get their concerns
taken seriously to tackle the problem.
I'm sure the reason for the rising incidence of bullying and
unruly behaviour in schools today is the passing of the Education
(No 2) Act 1986 which came into ...