Teen suicide is a very serious topic and I don't think it's taken seriously enough by the most important age group: teens. I think it's Not right to torment someone to the point that that person would rather end their life is stupid. Hate divides us and there is no point in adding on to the large already existing hate in the world. Not to mention suicide not only steals the life from the victim but the victim's loved. The victim's life is cut short and their loved ones will have to suffer with their anguish of losing them and the future experiences they could have had.
The teenager I have chosen to write about is Audrie Pott who was a victim of bully at the age of 15 at Saratoga high school back in 2012. A week prior to her suicide, Audrie had attended a party in which there was alcohol and drank too much. According to what she could remember she passed out and when she woke up she was naked and had been drawn over. In that same week lewd photos of her were uploaded on the internet in which many of her classmates left hateful comments such as, "u were one horny mofo" and such. Then in September 12 2012 she committed suicide by hanging herself in the bathroom. Her mother found her corpse and funded an investigation into her which revealed she was sexually assaulted by 3 boys when she was passed out. The mother filed a lawsuit against them and they got off with a light sentence of community hours, 30 to 40 hours in jail, and a verbal apology (their names where not mentioned because they were juveniles at the time). She left no letters or videos before dying but there 'desperate cries for help' in her emails, texts, and social media. I think that there were several things that shouldn't have happened that could have prevented her death. First off she shouldn't have drank alcohol because it's illegal (for a reason) and she shouldn't have lied to her mom about the party not having alcohol. This is NOT meant to insinuate that she is at fault. Secondly if she were intoxicated she shouldn't have been left alone. Where were her friends? And when she was left alone someone should've stopped the teenage boys because it's unlikely they were the only ones who drew on her body. Once the lewd pictures were uploaded she should've confided to an adult and that adult would have hopefully helped take down those photos. Not only that she should have also talked to her mother and perhaps asked her to move her to a different school. I think that if she had done any of these things she wouldn't have been pushed to commit suicide.