Wednesday, January 14, 2009

effects of cyber bullying

the following is a true story...

At a pre-recorded interview, 13-year-old cyber bullying victim Jessi from Newburg, Pa., described her ordeal. Fellow classmates discovered the password to Jessi's Xanga site and altered the content to make it appear that she made disparaging remarks about everyone in the eighth grade. Other students responded to these comments with vicious personal attacks against Jessi and even called for her death. Her pediatrician pulled her out of school, and Jessi now has decided to attend a cyber school this year out of fear for her own safety.

story from http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/press.aspx?id=1473

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