Anecdote: Marjorie Raymond's story

A teenage girl from Gaspe had been verbally abused for many years. Fifteen year-old Marjorie Raymond's bullying occured at school by another classmate. She had kept this to herself until one day, Marjorie talked to her mother about the verbal bullying. Marjorie Raymond's high school was informed but not much was done to help her. Not enough mesures were taken and Marjorie's mother was unaware of how serious the bullying had become. Therefore, on Monday November 28th 2011, Marjorie couldn't take it anymore and killed herself. In a note, Marjorie blamed her suicide on "the jealous people in this world who only want to destroy happiness". Her death was an eye-opener to many people, politicians in particular, when her story hit the media. Politicians like Pauline Marois, Jean Charest and Dalton McGuinty had taken mesures to help out victims and to give more severe punishments to bullies. We all hope that a story like Marjorie Raymond's doesn't happen again.