Bullying

azegers2012-11-06T23:28:57-05:00November 6th, 2012|Bullying, TORCH|

By Lucia During this week on Facebook I saw that a few girls were being bullied on pictures that they sent in the past and have now put on Facebook for everyone to see. I felt the pain that both these girls felt, but at the same time I asked myself why would they send [...]

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Bullying Gone Way Too Far

azegers2019-06-19T16:46:57-04:00January 25th, 2012|Bullying, TORCH|

By Tamara As I was getting ready for school Friday morning, I performed my morning routines checking myself out in the mirror as I tuned into Z100. To my surprise, they were reporting a story about a 15-year-old girl who deliberately jumped in front of a bus, committing suicide on December 27, 2011. Her name [...]

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Now is Your Chance

azegers2019-06-19T16:46:58-04:00December 5th, 2011|Bullying, Gender identity, LGBTQ, TORCH|

By Amy MTV is trying to cast LGBT teens aged 15-25 for an upcoming special about being gay! Now is your chance to speak out about being gay. Millions of gay teenagers are being bullied for their sexuality just because people are ignorant about what it means to be gay and how hard it is to be [...]

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It’s Anti-Bullying Week

azegers2019-06-19T16:46:58-04:00November 17th, 2011|Bullying, TORCH|

By Theresa “The bullying stopped when I claimed myself and proved that I wasn’t afraid. A lot of it was when I was hiding when I was younger.”~ Randy Harrison I can relate to this quote by Randy Harrison because I once was a victim of bullying. Being a young kid who felt that hiding [...]

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