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8th Grader Posts YouTube Plea to Bullies
A Middle School student from Westport creates a YouTube video in response to the bullying she endures.
Alye Pollack, a 13-year-old student at Bedford Middle School in Westport hears hateful words everyday in local schools: ugly, weird, freak, and far worse.
In Australia, one victim's response to bully has attracted worldwide acclaim after the teen fought back. Pollack, an eighth grader, took a different approach. Her YouTube video, which has already garnered more than 2,000 views, quietly reveals the pain caused by bullying.
Holding up sheets of papers with writing, she reveals the on her without saying a word.
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"Think before you say some of these things. ."
"I'm in therapy/guidance more than my classes."
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"Will high school get worse????????"
The comments on the video are mostly words of support from strangers and classmates.
"In my video, you will see what I go though everyday, what the result of bullying is or may turn out to be and what is going on in the town of Westport, Connecticut," she told Patch in an email. "No, not just Westport, it is also schools all around the country."
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