Earlier this year there was a boy that commited suicide due to bullying. This is what was writen.

Parents of Nanaimo teen who committed suicide say school bullying policy ineffective

Parents say bullying policy was ineffective in protecting their 15-year-old son

By Darrell Bellaart, Daily NewsFebruary 8, 2010

NANAIMO — Better enforcement of existing anti-bullying policies is sought by the mother of a 15-year-old high-school student who killed himself after enduring daily bullying in Nanaimo schools.

Ashkan Sultani hanged himself on Jan. 12. He left no suicide note, but the Lantzville boy left Dover Bay secondary school to escape bullying there only to experience more problems while at Woodlands secondary school. School district officials say a review will follow the death, as is standard practice for any such event. Ashkan's mother, Hangameh, says it's time people adopt more positive attitudes to eradicate an environment where bullying thrives. The Nanaimo-Ladysmith school district has a detailed anti-bullying policy, but Hangameh and her husband Nader say that policy failed their son and likely fails other students.

"We feel the existing program sounds good, but it's not effective," she said. "We feel there is a positive way to educate students, teachers, parents and administrators how to prevent bullying."

That program is taught by Hossain Danesh, the founder and president of the International Education for Peace Institute. Danesh agreed to speak at memorial assemblies the Sultanis hope to hold at both Dover and Woodlands around Feb. 23, which would have been Ashkan's 16th birthday.

A student suicide is classified as a critical incident by the school district. All aspects of such an incident are typically reviewed, "and we'll be doing the same thing" with this, said school district superintendent Mike Munro. Neither school board chairwoman Donna Allen nor David Murch, her alternate, were available for comment on Friday. School trustee Jamie Brennan said the "really sad part" is a student culture that allows bullying, carefully hidden from the world of adults. "I think we need to spend more time working with students to gain more awareness and find out what is an appropriate intervention," Brennan said. "We don't want these things to happen. They're just too hard on families and too much of a waste of life. "School counsellors trying to organize the memorial service are grappling with a schedule conflict with professional development days on Feb. 22 and 23.

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I could not belive this is what I am reading! bullys have always been around. They were around when my grandfather went to school, when my father went to school, when I went to school and it is there right now in my kids school. My son is being bullied right now. Which I will get back to later. Jamie Brennan said "really sad part is a student culture that allows bullying, carefully hidden from the world of adults." Hey Jamie how about opening your GOD DAMN EYES! Of course they hide it, they would get into trouble if they didn't. They way i see it is we are teaching our kids to live in this perfect world where nothing bad can happen to them. Everything is perfect and nothing goes wrong. GUESS WHAT? The world is not perfect and some kids that experince this dont know how to handle it. They are not getting taught how to handle them selves. I am sorry that a young person has died, but i feel the parents are to blame. You cant just teach your kids that life is perfect and that you will always be ok. You have to teach them how to handle it when life goes wrong!

I said that my son is being bullied earlier. He is being picked on by one kid and his group of friends. I asked him why he didnt go get the duty?(which is what they call the teacher walking around) Both my kids say the duty always says they are to busy. Well can i blame the duty for being busy? well not really because if there helping my kid then there not helping someone elses. So wheres the solution have more dutys? YEA like thats going to happen, that would mean more wages and thats just not going to happen. If it does that just means less teaching in the class room and I dont think we need more of that do we? For all the people that would argue that statement are the same people allowing there kids to be bullied GET OUT OF YOUR DREAM WORLD! We have to think logically. So what did i tell my kids to do when they are faced in this position were the duty is busy and they are being bullied? I told them to handle it. My son is not that big so I dont think the scare tactic would work but i told him to try that first. I told him to put his nose so close to his that they are touching and look him in the eye and tell him to STOP! I told my son to tell him if does not stop that he will make him stop. Lets face it most bullies really cant really back them selves up when ever they are confronted in a stern way. One or two things will follow. Either the kid will leave my son alone or he will resort to violence. I told my son if he is protecting him self I will always go to bat for him if he gets into trouble for fighting. I have taught my son many different ways how to handle a fight in certin situations for when the time comes. Lets face it boys fight, and for the ones that dont are the ones that get picked on. My son will NOT be that boy.

He is in elementry school so there is different rules that apply. Elementry most kids are still scared of getting into trouble so seeking a teacher or duty is always the most effective way and my kids know this. When they go to high school you CANT DO THIS! You go to a teacher and tell them your getting picked on in high school you are just asking to get your ass kicked(by more then just one person now) You will be classified as a narc or rat or any other name they call them now. This is when you better hope that you taught your kids the right way to live and how to live with the world not being so perfect. Kids are cruel they always have been. It is how human nature is. We cant change that and again for the people that want to argue that GET OUT OF THE DREAM WORLD! So please every parent that reads this teach your kids that the world is not so perfect out there and there will be times it will get rough. Teach them the ways around the world so they can protect them self. Teach them so they dont feel so traped where suicide is the only way out.

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