On Septmber 13, Michigan native, Whittney Kropp, was elected to be on the highschool homecoming court at Ogemaw Heights High School in the small town of West Branch, Michigan, only to find out it was all a prank. Kropp's mother said she has been bullied before but never to this extent.
Kropp was interviewed and spoke out about the event. She says,"I thought I wasn't worthy. I was this big old joke."
Although many of her peers were invloved in this prank, her community has come together to support her. They created a Facebook page that is quickly gaining likes. She has been commended for her courage to speak out. She was recently on the Today Show. This occurance has become national news. The country is coming together to try and turn this awful thing into something as positive as the situation allows.
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/24/14070353-michigan-town-rallies-around-teen-pranked-for-homecoming?
That is so cruel!
ReplyDeleteK: In my opinion, I believe the only reason why its such a "big deal" is because its a small town. Yeah, it was rude that they are picking on her all the time, and pulled a prank on her. But if that happened to a big school, like ours, no one would care. Just saying.
ReplyDelete& You should have a link to the facebook group, so we could see whats going on!
Actually, the school it was at was barely smaller than ours.....
ReplyDeletethats so rude.
ReplyDeleteahw, reading this broke my heart, but sometimes people need to realize that people play jokes just to be funny, and not to actually break someones heart you know?! but these jokes shouldnt be happening to people who will take it to heart!
ReplyDeletei feel for the girl! :/
To me this story is actually a big deal, this shows how bullying can be taken way to far, im suprised this situation isnt as bad as i thought it would be.
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