
A girl referred to me as “ darky” instead of Daphne. I myself have not been bullied to my face but there was a time when a racist remark was said behind my back.

My question is, why is this happening? Why is a child ris king their education just because they’re scared of someone? Why should over 3.2 million students be scared of going to school just because they know they’ll be bullied that day? Why are children thinking about killing themselves just because somebody says something mean and hurtful? I want you to try to come up with an answer by the time I finish my speech.

17% of American students report being bullied 2 to 3 times a month or more within a schoo l semester. Over 3.2 million students are victims of bullying each year. Bullycide is when someone commits suicide because of bullying via social media or directly. That’s about 366 kids per month and 12 kids every day.

There are 4,400 kids who are the victims of bullycide each year. Today, there are approximately 160,000 teens skipping school because of bullying.
