http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29541027/
I'm just really ticked off about this story they had on the Today Show this morning. It's a very sad story about an 18-year-old girl who ended up commiting suicide after taking a nude picture of herself, texting it to her boyfriend at the time, and then dealing with harassment after they broke up and he forwarded the text to other kids.
My issue is with the mother, who wants to sit on Today and blame her daughter's SCHOOL for her death. And with Matt Lauer, who just accepted what she was saying and didn't question at all the fact that this is not something the school should be held accountable for. Apparently, the girl was harassed a lot at school - yes, that's something that should be addressed if it's happening in a forum that's disrupting what's supposed to be going on in school.
But this mother is upset because she was getting letters from the school saying her daughter was skipping school and coming in late, but not getting letters about the harassment. Is this really the school's duty? I am just so sick of parents blaming the schools for everything. What was the school supposed to do? In most high schools, you're not even supposed to have a cell phone - the photo was not taken at school - and I don't even think the boyfriend went to the same school. And then people want to complain that kids aren't learning all they should. Well, no shit if this is what the administration is supposed to spend their time doing. UGGGGGHHHHH!!!!
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