Little
12-year-old Joel Morales tried to go to school like other little boys and girls
but he stood out. He was a small framed boy, who was very short for his age,
stuttered, had problems with motor skills and was prone to anxiety attacks; in
the end he was a perfect target for bullies. His torture only ended after he
hung himself in his parents bathroom.
Even after the
Morales family complained to the Board of Education, nothing was done. When the
school finally moved Joel Morales to another nearby school, the bullies from
the old school would just wait until little Joel got out of school, and still
abused him.
I hate most people
who sue, and find people who do; money hungry or vendetta crazy when they take
people to court, but obviously I believe the Morales family should sue the
board of Ed and the little monsters who tortured little Joel on a daily basis.
I want these kids who abused him to pay, and the board of Ed to do a better job
of protecting our kids when they go to school, because if kids aren’t safe at
school, then where would they be safe?
Also the Board Of Ed will fine you and
threaten parents with jail if you don’t send your kids to school; so if they
can’t protect kids like Joel, why send them to school?
I was like
little Joel; I was poor and teased, spit on, punched, and laughed at by the
animals who graced New Jersey schools. No teacher ever tried to help me, and my
last day of school was when a new guard said he was going to rape me after
calling me a faggot. If I knew what I know now, I would sue the school, and the
little monsters who made my formative years hell. I wish I could have told
Joel, that It Does Get Better, there are people who will love him, and not
treat him like garbage.
Hopefully little
Joel didn’t kill himself in vain; maybe people only listen when you hit them
where it hurts; the pocketbook.