O U R T O X I C S E L V E S # 1
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Bullies are like the highly toxic gases in the air - they surround and touch us even though there's no way for us to touch them back. They leave their burning mark inside and outside of our bodies with every br...
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" They never taught us how to love So we use our pain to comfort us And we never practice what we preach
Instead we find someone else to teach We try not to see with our eyes we fill our plates with dozens of lies We try so hard to keep it in We turn away from what lies within "
— Aisha Badru, Splintered
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More than one out of every five students report being bullied. The reasons for being bullied reported most often by students include physical appearance, race and ethnicity, gender, disability, religion and sexual orientation according to the National Centerfor Educational Statistics, 2016. Bully victims are between 2 to 9 times more likely to consider suicide than non-victims, according to studies by Yale University.
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Dedicated to every person who has ever been bullied, to every bystander who needs to act, and every person who feels like they should bully another person. Bullying is never OK and Suicide is never an option.
Over-and-out,
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