- "When Non-Africans talk about Bullying... What comes to my mind is "Kids throwing paper towels at you, stuffing your locker with intimidating and offensive stuff, waiting around the corners of school to beat you up...or at least; try,kids abusing you" all these are trully 'Bullying' but the kinda Bullying Nigerians face in Boarding school (don't know about other Africans; Nigeria is the Case Study here 'cuz, am Nigerian and I was in a Boarding school) Am talking about "Senior students asking you to open up your mouth so they can pee in it, waking you up in the dead cold night to run some errands, asking you to fill baskets with drops of water that you could probably walk miles to get, am talking about people acquiring your clothing items, food items and even your allowances and Using for themselves, am talking about People cursing you; your family and the part of you that brings out REAL PAIN in you, am talking about People beating you up and promising to do even worse if you dare try to tell anyone" This is the Bullying that is worse than "Kids throwing paper towels at you, stuffing your locker with intimidating and offensive stuff, waiting around the corners of school to beat you up...or at least; try, also...kids abusing you"...n when this people opt for Suicide; I just wonder... what Nigerian kids are meant to do. Life for some; is very Unfair but am sure We (Nigerians) come out better because we know 'it would pass...this People will, one time graduate and leave us alone...So, Instead of getting depressed to suicide; we just count the number of years they have left. (except in Gossip girl...Ur bullies will just never stop. lol).
The 'Amanda Todd' Story got me concern a lot... She wasn't bullied initially; she was harrased...and molested. She talked about 'meeting people on the Internet' give a young teen a computer with an internet access and check her history 30mins after and U will be surprised at where she has been. She will definitely visit Facebook because even at 5years; Darling Mother or Sister created an account on Facebook for her already...and when she gets bored; she searches for more Social Networking sites;she gets to meet people who wants her to open her webcam. They tell her all the things she has been dying to hear since she removed her braces 'You are beautiful, you are all grown...etc' and she feels 'oh...they like me; they tell me Nice things'...next thing they are doing is asking you to remove your top...and there; it starts! I don't know who to blame here...maybe the Parent who is trying to get the best stuff for their Children or Facebook and other Social Sites who allow Children to register (even if they don't; its just a site...you can always change your DOB unless they ask for additional Verification , or Bored little girls without friends who would rather be on the Internet (IKT)" 
So, She changed schools and probably... Life got a little better. She made friends with an older boy. I can truly imagine why she did that. She probably felt "Hes old.. he's wiser, ...He's going to provide her security, protection and make her feel better about her past" and yet again... She falls in the cold hands of a Cruel immature toddler-thinking BOY. She was used and then...it all started again... the Bullying... the 'I hope you die' notes.and the Suicide....I think Suicide complicates it more cuz U leave Unanswered questions for your Family to answer and that is just cruel..sad and painful!I know what it feels like to be depressed, I know what it feels like for situations to make U feel like 'U re nothing', for Problems to make U feel 'it would end if you just leave the surface of the earth'... I know what it feels like to be disappointed, to be hurt... I know what it feels like to really cut yourself, I know what it feels like to attempt suicide. But when has it been the solution to problems?Robert Schuller wrote "Tough times never last but tough people do". this Statement alone explains the content of the whole book. A lot of things would Pass, the situation would even get better; it really will. You won't cry everyday, the problems would dissolve somehow... you won't be bullied forever, you won't be unemployed forever, you won't keep getting heart-broken, a lot of things ....actually, all of these situations wont persist for so long.and at the end of it all.... You become Stronger; you could even be an inspiration to someone... You could make the world better if you are just patient enough to wait for it to pass...So, when has Suicide ever been the Solution to Problems?NEVER!!Impatient people attempts Suicide.RIP to Amanda Todd and others who have taken their own lives to escape the cruelty of their Worlds."
