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Current Event II – The Story of Amy "Dolly" Everett




At 14, I remember enjoying my first year of high school in a new country, having the ability to learn a new language and wondering for the first time around a metropolis I never been. As a matter of fact, most 14 years old, kind have the same adventures.  Some hangout with their friends, some have fun with their families and some of them think about what club they wish to join at school.

However, that is not case for 14 years old Amy “Dolly” Everett, who killed herself due to been cyberbullied by a unknow group of people over the internet. According to the Independent, Dolly father explain to Harriet Agerholm, that her daughter was constantly cyberbully and tormented, and one day she decided to end it all. Moreover, in a Facebook post, Dolly father stated that things have never been the same and that those who have hurt their little girl are welcome to the funeral to witness the destruction they have left to their family.

This article relates to the overall theme of cyberbullying because it shows the aftermath of what bullying does to children and their families.  It shows the pain and devastation that families have to and will endure for the rest of their lives. Moreover, what this shows is that been constantly harass online can affect and destroy someone dreams, goals but most of all their desire to live. As much as we hope this wasn’t the reality, unfortunately it is. Unfortunately for us, this is what bulling does, it brings people to think of a much easier solution to end the suffering they are enduring by those who think this is joke. Right now, Dolly should have been enjoying school, making memories with her families and friends, travel and not the other way around.  We have to remember that they we act online, the way we speak to other online, has to be done in a way that makes them feel good about themselves, that makes feel accepted and not the opposite. Remember that the way you want to be treated it is also the way others want to be treated as well. 

For Further Information
Agerholm Harriet. (2018, January 10). Father invites cyber bullies to daughter’s funeral after

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