Bullying: Reactions from all sides
Hunter Perkins - Accused of Bullying Commits Suicide Is there another side of bullying ? Has our country overacted in some instances? On October 11th, life ended for 16 year-old prep-school student Hunter Perkins of Virginia. He shot himself in his basement. Teen suicide . We hear of it, probably too often, however it is sometimes connected to a teen being a victim of bullying. Just last month we heard of the tragic suicide of Tyler Clementi after his classmate sent a viral video of Tyler's private life on the Internet. Hunter Perkins attended The Groten School, which is considered an elite school. He was accused of creating sexually demeaning comics about another student with two other boys. Walter Perkins, his father, in no way condoned this behavior but feels the school overeacted when they asked him to withdraw his son from the school. According to the Boston Herald , Mr. Perkins said: ' I was going to see that he...