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I was shocked when I first heard the news too, Cloudy. I really felt sorry for the kid and his family. I think I said before, I hope the bullies actually feel responsible for the amount of pain they've caused.
And the bullying I referred to is no problem. It was a larger problem when I was younger, in Primary School, and even then it was never physical. I consider myself lucky, and I'm not worried about bullies now, I just ignore 'em, stand up to them, etc...most of the time its only for a short amount of time. For example, I cycled to a newsagent to get a photo done, and there was a "hard" kid standing outside. As soon as I left the bike with my friend he started picking on him, and saying stuff like, "CAn I have a ride?" in that strange sarcastic manner these kids do. He was my age etc...I saw this from the inside of the shop and when the bully grabbed the handlebars I went outside. I told him to leave it alone, he asked once again, I said no, and then he sort of did that thing where they glare at you from 5 cm away. I simply stood there and glared back, and he walked away. In that case, the confrontation was the best way to go about it. But in other cases other methods will work better. I just consider it lucky I haven't suffered the level of torment other kids have.
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