It needs to stop.

Jamey Rodemeyer. Yet another innocent victim who has taken his life because of bullying. Jamey was a fourteen year old teen going through the troubles of finding who he is. Along with trying to realize his sexuality, came bullying. In a YouTube video Jamey made he says, 

“That's all you have to do. Just love yourself and you're set. And I promise you, it'll get better,”  
 Unfortunately, the bullying didn't stop. And Jamey was done with it. 


According to an article on abcnews, the comments that Jamey had to hear everyday were mostly about his sexuality. He was called many names, and someone had even said “I wouldn’t care if you died. No one would. So just do it It would make everyone WAY more happier!”

People don't realize what words can do, and in this case it was too little to late. 

World wide known artist Lady GaGa was Jamey's BIGGEST idol. She also stands up for gay rights, and is maybe one of the strongest believers that bullying is wrong. She decided to speak up. She dedicated her song "Hair" To Jamey, a song about really finding who you truly are. Ms.GaGa had set out to get the rights that Jamey, along with all other kids being bullied deserved. 


I talked to some of the kids in my religion class about their views on bullying 


Emily B. "Its wrong and it should never happen in life. And Jamey shouldn't have gone through what he did." 


 Hannah S. "Enough is enough. This should be ended."


Ethan W. "Bullying is bad. It can't happen anymore. We need to do something."

After reviewing the Bishop Kearney Bullying policy i realized Kearney has a strict policy about bullying, in all forms. Including, cyber-bullying, rumors, and physical bullying. The consequences of these acts are serious. 

Be Responsible

Everybody has responsibilities. Even as a little kid.
As we get older our responsibilities grow more serious, and so do the consequences if we don't complete them, or go against them.

One good example of having responsibility is babysitting. You not only have to take care of the child, but the house and everything in it as well.
Some teens find babysitting an awesome opportunity to have people over. Being young and  not thinking about what the consequences of not handling these responsibilities, teens make the wrong choices.
Inviting people over a house that isn't yours is not only rude, but it's not part of your responsibility, it's to take care of the child.
People need to think about what it is there told to do before they do it, and do what they need to.