Perhaps this was inevitable: 14 year-old internet star Rebecca Black revealed on ABC Nightline that she has been forced out of school by bullies. Whenever Rebecca walked by, her classmates would start singing “Friday” in a nasally voice or would taunt her with comments like, “Oh hey, Rebecca, guess what day it is?” Eventually, the teasing became so unbearable that she had to be homeschooled.
While I’m a little envious Rebecca’s status as a millionaire, I think I’d choose a social life and the general respect of my peers over her bank account any day. Nor will it end here. I don’t know how long people will remember “Friday,” but it’s bound to come up when she goes to college or walks into a job interview. (Oh wait, she won’t need a job because she’s a freakin’ millionaire).
Were you bullied in school? [US Magazine]
cherry blossom / 35 posts
Poor rebecca
no matter what you think of the song, no one deserves that. hope she stays strong!
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You know, I’ve actually read that she’s only made enough to cover her college tuition so far.
Even if she is a millionaire… most millionaires still have jobs.
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How long are those millions going to last? Anyway, poor kid. She never imagined this since it was just a fun song. Sorry people have no life.
magnolia / 1066 posts
This is sad. Sure, Friday was a horrible song, but I don’t think she deserves the rudeness from her peers on top of the nasty, hateful, cruel comments posted on the video daily.
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@x__RainOnHerParade@xanga - I agree. She shouldn’t be taunted anymore because of it.
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I do feel bad for her
I don’t think the song was as bad as everyone’s acting. Sure it was annoying, but she doesn’t deserve any of this negative attention. She’s only 14!
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I think being a celeb is a doubed-edged sword. While the artist, actor, or sex-tape heiress gains fame, money and exposure, they lose the privacy and ability to live their lives. Eminem states numerously, he would give it all back if it meant he could have privacy. He is basically a hermit now because he is not able to go anywhere without it being an issue. As for Ms. Black, I have no idea who she is, so she has no worry about me coming up to her.
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Really? I am going to be in the minority on this one. No she does not deserve to be teased, but to drop out of school is ridiculous. Boo! Hoo! My mom would have told me to get over it. I was teased for much worse, but I didn’t get to stay home. My mom would have killed me before letting me drop out of school. If I would have become famous for a youtube video, my mom would have told me that the video was how people would define me for a very long time (and maybe even the rest of my life). She would have told me that my peers would make fun of me either out of jealousy or because they don’t like me and/or my song. She would have told me that the world isn’t going to fart rainbows and barf sunshine for me and should get over it. She would have told me to stand up for myself and as a kid I did. It usually only took once for to be left alone. Some people coddle their kids too much.
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@Erika_Steele@xanga - Maybe there was more to the bullying than what’s reported here… just speculation. But I do agree that in general people coddle their children way too much nowadays.
Especially at her age, kids are vicious with their bullying. They just don’t give a fuck. I went through a stage for a few weeks where I was insulting and aggressive, because I was unhappy myself, then I realized what an idiot I was being and I stopped. I’m ashamed of it now but I can honestly say that I can see things from a bully’s point of view a little more clearly… and yeah, it is from unhappiness. A happy kid won’t want to put others down. Anyway, as for this, I feel sorry for Rebecca – it is a really crappy song, but she’s just a kid.
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Parents fault. They paid to let her indulge her unrealistic dreams, now they pay for that by having to take her out of school.
Parents need to get a grip. Just because you 14-year old wants to be a pop star, and you have the money/contacts, doesn’t mean you should go for it without looking at the song, the video, the techniques, and her singing voice!!
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I don’t feel that I was bullied at school, but there are some kids who are vicious and say very inappropriate things. However, if I were ever to be bullied as a kid, I’m sure my parents wouldn’t allow me to leave school to be homeschooled or utilize other schooling programs. They would tell me to grow some tough skin and bear it. Did she and her parents try to resolve the issue with the school and parents of the bullies before coming to this solution? I don’t think anyone, children or adults get away with bullying. It’s one thing to be confident and outspoken and another thing to hurt others intentionally with their words for no apparent reason. Why can’t people mind their own and be concerned with their own schooling/work and let others do what they need to do? I seriously do not understand the need to undermine others to make myself feel better. Ultimately in life, YOU are responsible for your happiness and success.
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For the record..I never liked her..but that new song she released that was toned down…is much better than lots of other songs on the markets.
In the end it was disorganized on her family and collegues part. Preperations need to be made to ensure things like this don’t happen.
It’s still pathetic that in a world where so much shit is going on…we can take the time to laugh and bully and make others feel horrible. Truely pathetic.
I sued to be bullied, but at home, not in school.
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that’s just awful
Personally i don’t like the song friday, but on the other hand, it was a good song for her to sing at 14. if i was her friend i would have never made fun of her for that song. I know what it’s like to be bullied at school, and i wouldn’t wish that on anyone, not even my worst enemy.. who was the one that bullied me in middle school.
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I was bullied in middle school, and I feel for anyone at that age because kids can be so cruel. Poor thing. At least her parents had the sense to remove her and homeschool her. Mine just sent me to counseling while I had to attend the same school with the same bullies who tormented me for 3 yrs.
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@ohforrealson@xanga - I’ve been both a bully and bullied. I also work with high school kids so I know they can be assholes. I was cruel in high school and jr high school just because I could be, not because I was particularly unhappy, some bullies are just bitches. Like you, I grew up and realized that I wasn’t cool or funny when I bullied people; I was just being ignorant.
Maybe there is more to the story, but I still can’t imagine how people can tease her to the point that dropping out of school would have been a solution. If people were getting physical with her, than sure, but name calling, singing, putting things in your locker, even e-mailing her video are just annoying. I am so glad my mom taught me that despite that they teach you to sing The World is a Rainbow in school, people don’t have to be nice to you. Do I feel sympathy for her? Sure, but if I were her mom and she weren’t being physically hurt, she would still be going to school.
sunflower / 332 posts
And she never saw this coming for what reason?
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That’s so sad! There is really no reason to bully her just because she made a song, became famous, and has millions of dollars…. Jealousy anyone?
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But I thought most of the kids in the music video were from her school?!?
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Rebecca Black? Come again? lol – one hit wonder.
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Poor thing. She’s a child, I’ve never understood why people were so mean to her, even to the point of sending death threats to her. All she did was make a song. If you don’t like it, don’t listen.
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What a shame. She did a great job on americas got talent. After seeing the death threats and threats of sexual violence towards this innocent child, I absolutely bought her music on itunes. I fully support her and hope she makes millions off of the extreme and uncalled for hatred.
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I thought she donated all proceeds to Japan.
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Yeah she had so many death threats the FBI was involved at one point. I don’t thinnk it was just a few kids teasing her at school. Which is why I understand why her parents took her out. It’s about safety. I read an article on that interview and she seemed to deal with it really well.
From the Yahoo News article:”I’ve had a lot of experience with not being liked and all that,” she tells ABC. “I think if I hadn’t had to deal with that in the past, then I totally would have handled this differently and I would have gone down in burning flames. But I’ve learned that you just can’t let it get to you.”
ranunculus / 3457 posts
They verbally teased her? Oh big fucking deal that’s not enough to drop out.
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Pft no sympathy. I dealt with plenty of bullies throughout my life, never stopped me. That’s just verbal attacks, not like someone did anything to her physically. I had this bully back in elementary that would step on my feet, push me, try to forcefully take money from me and so much more back in the days. And a million dollars doesn’t go that far..
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I have encountered so many different types of “bullies” throughout my life. The one thing they all tend to have in common is that they pick on people who they think are weaker than them. At one point I was miserable, and then I learned to fight back. I learned to talk smack better, and I learned to be more manipulative…is that what we want for our kids?
I am so done with all the bullying crap. I feel sorry for everyone involved if my kids are bullied…cause I can be crazy when I wanna be or have to be. I don’t think I would homeschool them, just move them to a different school. Bullying shouldn’t be taken lightly though…I mean look at our kids today!!! We have kids killing themselves because of it, and we have others planning shootings and bombs!! Wake-up, people! This problem is not going to fix itself. And when the world is destroyed people will sit there shocked wondering why.
orchid / 216 posts
Poor kid.
When I saw her interview I thought she seemed like a sweet, normal 14-year-old. Despite Friday, I hope she keeps singing if it makes her happy, minus autotune.
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@Erika_Steele@xanga - I’d probably draw the line at physical altercations as well. Kids need to learn how to defend themselves. Perhaps Rebecca’s mom pulled her out for many reasons – time to focus on her career, I read on Yahoo, was one. Also, Rebecca had a quote about how “you can’t let bullies bother you” or something, and the article called her thick-skinned, but that makes me think… are you dropping out of school because you can’t handle the bullying, or are you doing it for another reason? I just don’t know.
daisy / 568 posts
I would have made her stay in school until it got physical. Once it got physical, I’d pull her out. She was ridiculed online, of course it’s going to happen in school. They were going to forget at some point, it stops being funny at some point. Her parents are babying her for no reason. She has to learn to protect herself and not go running to mommy and daddy. I mean if it really got down to it, cut your hair and move to a different school.
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That’s so sad…I mean, so many of us have been through it, but that doesn’t make what she’s going through okay.
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@shiyaaa@xanga - Yeah I was about to say that.. Maybe not all but a majority…
Shes freakin 14, what does everyone want her to sing about what everyone else is?…. Sex, drugs, ect?…..
orchid / 221 posts
Whether it’s bad enough to get out of school or the homeschooling is a chickenshit stunt, ANY kind of bullying is not cool. No one knows the whole story but they pretend they do. When someone says something mean to me on Lovelyish or someone rages when I’m playing a game, I ignore it cause this is the internet. I mean, HOW many people disliked her video and straight up hate her? She has to deal with that from a distance but it still probably beats her like a mofo. But getting it from her classmates in person right up to her face? That just fucks a person up. She’s at an age where this kinda stuff does a lot of damage. I was bullied when I was in elementary school. I was dragged across the school yard by these two girls everyday. My wrists were always bruised. I didn’t drop out of school, but I transferred cause no, I couldn’t just ‘deal with it.’ Like how Rebecca can’t just toughen up cause it’s harder than people think.
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@twenty_twenty_surgery@datingish - On a certain extend, isn’t emotional abuse as or more damaging than physical
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@lilytran - awe that is terrible :`( I can’t say I know what you mean or been through because only you do but I myself has been bullied from 3rd-8th grade it’s no fun and my confidence is low well not because of that experience but emotional constant name calling as well when I used to live in a bigger household with more family members, people can be so cruel
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That’s sadly not surprising. Kids can be assholes.
@twenty_twenty_surgery@datingish - I dunno, people do a lot of fucked up shit to people just because they’re famous, or just mean kids. Maybe her parents were just worried… Why wait for the day when someone throws something at her or she gets shoved around when she’s already being made to feel miserable by kids at school? I can’t say anything about it because I’m not in her shoes, but I would also think this shit would also, at least in some ways, get in the way of her just trying to learn and do her work like anyone else.
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she said on her twitter that her school doesn’t allow work absences as an excuse. just read the whole thing http://www.twitlonger.com/show/cb29tn
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I have no sympathy for anyone who autotunes their voice that much.
orchid / 159 posts
I’d feel bad for her, but she didn’t learn her lesson. She made more fucking awful songs. She invited it upon herself the second time.
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Yeah I would definitely take being a millionaire over going to school. Didn’t really have many friends anyway, and the ones that did wouldn’t've taunted me. By the time she’s college age it won’t matter and those college kids, they’re adults so you know they’re all mature.
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Millionaire? I haven’t heard anything about that at all.
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I always found it sad that adults would be bashing a 14 year old kid. Like, get a life. I didn’t understand it. Yes, we may find it annoying, and yes… it may be a little ridiculous but she’s 14!.
Kids are completely horrible in public school, and it more than likely wouldn’t get much better for her for the next couple of years.
Maybe what was best for you, or what you would do for your children doesn’t apply in this situation. It’s easy to have an opinion without being in the situation or knowing what is really going on without the media causing some kind of dramatic story, or bullshit lies.
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I feel bad for her now. The song is awful but still no one deserves that.
orchid / 205 posts
Maybe parents will start thinking twice before paying to make their kids “famous”
daffodil / 1525 posts
she was already rich.
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I think the media is sensationalizing how bad the situation is. You know the media has the power to create any type of situation and hype it up without failure. But I still feel bad for her. You go girl!
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As much as people enjoy laughing at her song, ultimately she’s already a lot more successful than any of her classmates. They are obviously a bunch of immature assholes. Bullying is never okay and it’s really sad that she’s had to endure so much shit for one song. People need to let it go.
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@barebonesbeauty@xanga - You have no sympathy for a 14 year old who’s been bullied so much that she had to leave school? That’s like saying “i have no sympathy for that man who got murdered because he was wearing a red shirt.”
Just sayin.
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Wooooooow. That’s horrible.
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I will be the first to tell you how stupid I think ‘Friday’ is, but she doesn’t deserve to be getting death threats, being harrassed and mocked over a song she uploaded onto youtube.
ANyone who picks on her is really just jealous that she has $ and they do not.
It’s sad that people have to pick on others like this over a damn song. It wasn’t even an offensive or inappropriate song. It was just annoying.
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@JulyFire@xanga - There’s tons of kids who are bullied to the point of leaving school, even killing themselves for issues they can’t control. She can actually sing but she chose to autotune her voice to the point of being obnoxious and annoying. She should have know what was gonna happen.
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No sympathy or pity here. Grow the hell up kid.
orchid / 191 posts
I’m going to comment from a musician’s perspective, because as a semi-professional musician I’ve been there. Nobody, and I repeat, NOBODY deserves to be insulted for their music, regardless if you like that style or not. Music is self-expression, and self-expression is good. In my opinion the only bad music is the music you don’t put your soul into creating. Period.
As someone who has been insulted based on my music multiple times, I can tell you one thing for certain: it fucking hurts. Badly. Like I didn’t perform for over a year after one insult in particular. It breaks you like you wouldn’t believe. That’s why i refuse to insult any particular song or musician. You’d have to be a musician to understand.
As far as Rebecca Black, this will benefit her. Homeschooled children are generally much better educated than those who go through a school system (whether public or private), as is evidenced by test scores. She’ll also be in a safer environment, which will foster better learning.
As far as me? I was bullied in school from the start. It’s ok though because I graduated class valedictorian and I said “see ya motherfuckers” at the end of my speech, which is my undying legacy at my HS.
daisy / 743 posts
That’s alright Rebecca; I’ve seen homeschooled kids turn out better than those frustrated locked-in students who manipulate and bully each other.
btw “Friday” really sucks but whatever; you have your whole life ahead of you; one mistake doesn’t define you.
Grown bitches on Lovelyish are just venting about how much they hate your song lol; they must have listened to it wayyyyy too many times.
Hopefully when you grow up you’d have much wiser heart than these girls
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Okay, let me just point out that I’m not a fan of any of her music, past or present. Pop isn’t really my thing.
But it seriously pisses me off that she was forced out of school because of bullies. One of my friends was forced out of school because of bullies our senior year. She committed suicide a month after the rest of us graduated. Her name was Lannette.
I’m not saying that Rebecca will do the same. But since what happened to Lannette I have zero tolerance for people who fuck with other peoples minds so much that they don’t feel safe in the one place they SHOULD feel safe. It’s not cool that someone had to leave school because they were bullied, whether or not it was Rebecca Black.
So to those of you posting shit like “big deal” or “she needs to suck it up,” you need to realize that not everyone is as strong as you, and not everyone can just cope with bullying.
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That’s pretty messed up…but inevitable indeed.
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@xKateElizabethx@xanga - What growing up does she have to do?. Seriously. She’s 14 years old… and she does not need to grow up right now or get over it. What’s right for her right now is protecting her mental health and if that’s what she wants to do, and that’s what her parents want her to do, then all the power to them. It’s not really fair that you say you have no sympathy or pity. I hope that you never go through something traumatic in your life and expect some kind of help from someone else… because with your attitude, it seems like you’ll more than likely not receive it.
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She doesn’t deserve such treatment. No one deserved to be treated that way either.
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Saying “Oh hey, Rebecca, guess what day it is?” counts as bullying? I thought that kind of thing was just high school.
Also, you shouldn’t change yourself just so people will respect you. You should find friends who respect you for who you are (high school isn’t a great place to find that, so fuck them). Unless you aren’t respectable, in which case you should learn to respect yourself first.
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@Erika_Steele@xanga - actually, homeschool is school. Technically she did not drop out of school. I was homeschooled my whole life and never set foot in a public school. There’s nothing wrong with that. When it gets to a point (as I’m SURE it did) where you are being excessively distracted from your studies, what is the point of sticking around when you could be focusing better somewhere else? Isn’t acquiring KNOWLEDGE the whole point of school? Don’t tell me she should’ve been forced to stay so she could ‘grow a backbone’ or something like that. It really just doesn’t work that way. You can’t get stronger by having people beat you up- physically or emotionally. You might have lived through bullying, but I seriously doubt you had it as bad as one of the supposedly ‘MOST HATED’ persons in America??? I mean please.
Also as someone else noted, it wasn’t just teasing, she also got death threats and such, so much that the FBI got involved.
p.s. I am so tired of people these days still writing off the emotional side of humans as unimportant. It has been PROVEN time and again that stress, depression, sadness, etc. can and will cause PHYSICAL illness. Just a relevant point!
.Carrie Ann.
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@drunkdevotchkababy@xanga - By doing ANYTHING that puts yourself in the eye of the public, you are willingly opening yourself up for criticism. When you do something epically stupid, you should expect backlash from society. I cannot imagine the kids teasing her so badly that she couldn’t handle it. I mean, I guess if she is overly passive or submissive, then sure. But she IS indeed 14 and doesn’t need to be coddled. I know in America the whole idea these days is to coddle people until they’re damn near 25. There is no maturity, responsibility, or ability to withstand any criticism.
How do you know just because I don’t have sympathy towards her means I have never been through anything traumatic? Everyone has been through something traumatic in their lives. I’m not a little kid, I’ve gone through enough and grew up in a generation that wasn’t babied for 1/4 of a century. I don’t expect help from anyone because I grew up independent and knowing how to deal with life. I have no pity for the children of this generation being babied and homeschooled because they can’t handle a little teasing.
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@shiyaaa@xanga - That is what I thought too, since I’m sure her parents have a college fund set up already. Unless the blew the money on the video…
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if her song would have been the same tune with lyrics that were about hooking up or something, she would be queen. but dare sing about something innocent and your peers jump you. i lay the blame squarely on the media and the terrible things we are doing to our youth.
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This is why I WAS a social outcast during grade school, because I would rather be alone, by far, than conform to these sorry, pathetic excuses-for-humanity that bully their peers!
Do what the fuck ever YOU want to and stop trying to earn the respect of people who OBVIOUSLY don’t deserve it!
And these kids are BULLYING her.. why the hell would ANYONE choose to have a social life with a pack of bullies over being a millionaire?
orchid / 138 posts
@Erika_Steele@xanga - She received death threats as well at her school. So, if people knew where she attended school those death threats could have become a reality if people actually hunted her down. And I transferred schools when I was bullied because I couldn’t take it anymore and no one was doing a damn thing about it! Yeah, I could have “gotten over it” or just “dealt with it” but you can only ignore name calling, pranks, and shoving for so long before you finally break down and just say enough is enough, I’m doing what I need to do to get out of this situation.
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Bunch of jerks. I heard that song, and I didn’t think it was any worse than the rest of the stuff kids listen to. They’re fooling themselves if they think they have better taste in music than “Friday”. Seriously. Katy Perry and Lady Gaga? That’s better? Come on…same difference to me.
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Yeah, she’s so miserable getting gigs on TV shows like America’s Got Talent.
If she wanted the bullying to stop, she’s stop promoting the things that got her there in the first place, right?
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I feel bad for her </3
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I was bullied when I was her age, and I really wanted to drop out and get home schooled, too. I wouldn’t have done it even if my parents let me, though, because of band.
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Man, some people have no compassion. Nobody deserves to be bullied, verbal or otherwise (for all those saying “it’s just words”, she has gotten death threats in the past – and words should be bad enough.) She’s just a kid, and she did the video because she wanted to, I don’t think she expected to be Mariah Carey or anything. In all the interviews I’ve seen she seems like a really sweet girl. And she’s donated most of her proceeds to charity. From what I understand she kept only enough to fund her college education. It’s not a crime to not be the best singer. She doesn’t deserve hatred for wanting to have some fun. Seriously, everyone here is an adult and you’re all bashing a child. You’re the ones who need to grow up.
Ps, This decision was up to Rebecca and her parents, and I don’t really think it’s anyone’s business to judge it, especially since we know only what the media reports, and nothing of the actual story.
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@lforletty@xanga - Well great for you. You’re obviously a strong person, but not everyone is. Verbal attacks can be just as bad as physical. I was bullied all through school, to the extent that my sense self worth is STILL effected, after years of counseling. Most of the time that I was in school as a child I was wishing someone would hit me, because then I could go home and wouldn’t have to hear anyone say the things they were saying. I say good on Rebecca’s parents for taking her out before her mental health was affected. She seems like a fairly strong girl and there’s no need for her strength and confidence in herself to be destroyed by cruel people. I’m sure the teasing that is quoted in this article was not the worst of it.
@Mangonese@xanga – Why should she have to stop doing something she enjoys? Even if she stopped doing appearances, it’s not like people would magically forget that she made the video.
daisy / 505 posts
People are so fucking retarded. This is a 14-year-old girl who made a video when she was 13. Really? You never did anything stupid when you were 13? Because I know I did plenty, and I’m willing to bet you weren’t perfect either.
Oh, congratulations, you survived bullying like everybody else. Ever consider that the bullying you got might NOT have been the worst possible bullying anyone’s ever had to take? You’re not that special. And ever consider that different people handle different situations differently? OH MY GOD – Go figure! You turned out fine? Well, you sure sound bitter and fucking stupid on the internet…I’d never associate with you, so you don’t look too good to me.
People never cease to amaze me with their endless stupidity! Apparently you weren’t bullied enough because you never learned fucking EMPATHY and compassion. You probably deserved the bullying if this is how you think,
Let the kid do what she wants.
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Not that this matters, but how long was she bullied before she dropped out? Obviously, this shit happening to almost anybody (except Loborn, lawl) is awful, even for Rebecca Black. Frankly, if I were her, I’d get revenge by getting a giant boombox and blaring “Friday” at people.
Frankly, people who are unsympathetic to bullying Miss Black probably deserve a bit of bullying themselves; perhaps then they’d know what constant harassment is like and won’t tell victims of bullying to merely shut up.
orchid / 174 posts
I make fun, but I don’t know that I would have beaten the joke to death… I feel bad she was chased out of school. There’s no excuse for that. Plenty of people do and say silly or stupid things. Just because hers was highly publicized and she made millions for something stupid isn’t an excuse to bully her to the point where she felt unwelcome. Poor girl…
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@MoonFaeEyryan@xanga - lol I like your comments, You’re kind of mean! it’s pretty cool..haha
orchid / 147 posts
1. Hate her fucking face. I don’t know why. I just do. Throwing that out there.
2. That’s NOT bullying. And I should know. I took a class on bullying and THAT is NOT it.
3. The sheer FACT that she made millions off THAT STUPID SONG should be enough for her to toss her hair back at these “bullies,” and laugh in their face while saying, “Oh, yeah… Who, again, has millions?”
If I were in her situation, I would have stayed and not let those kids bother me because I’m still the one with millions and not them.
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“I think I’d choose a social life and the general respect of my peers over her bank account any day.”
With peers like that what would their respect be worth anyhow?
hydrangea / 59 posts
I think she is going to get better and then everyone is going to be kissing her ass. Just wait. She isn’t even that bad now! She’s 14 for God’s sake!
hydrangea / 59 posts
I’d choose the millions though, shoot. Fuck my peers.
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I don’t feel bad for her at all. Man up fool. There are other kids that have been bullied too and they fought through the pain. Other kids out there have it even worse than bullying, so no… This brat doesn’t deserve sympathy. Get over it, you’re mere just a FAIL
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@babyybluee@xanga - If there was more to the teasing stated in this article, maybe it was a good idea for her parents to take her out. If not, I still don’t agree with it as an outsider, this is just my opinion. None of our discussions would affect her anyways. It’s not like I’m condoning bullying or anything, just saying what I think isn’t as serious. But honestly she’s a “celebrity” now and pretty sure even the best musicians out there get lots of criticism, so this is to be expected. I guess I just don’t think that pulling your children out of school ’cause of a few verbal remarks sets a good example for them, it’s like teaching them to run away from troubles rather than to be strong. Maybe changing schools? Go to a private school? All of this is imo so some of the people defending her on here saying harsh things need to chill- -”
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Fascinating. She should stand up for herself. She gave it a shot and put herself out there and did something that she wanted to do. She should learn one of the fighting arts.
As a teenage boy of age 12, I was only a victim of one bully for all of about 3 months. This was before the days of Internet harassment and also before the cell phone filming and posting of school fights. It was in highschool woodshop that I had my first bully ever. This short twerp who wasn’t viscious looking or physically scary. He was just a punk and I wasn’t used to agression being pointed my way. He would stand there and taunt me and openly dare me to do something about it or threaten to destroy my woodshop projects.
I tried going to the principle but that only worked for 2 weeks. Then one day, I was sitting on a chair and he began waving a stick of wood above my head trying to force me to fall backwards off of the chair. Something in me snapped and I hurled him backwards into a door knob. He stopped bullying me fo a little bit but tried again a couple of weeks later. By then, I was pretty damned proud of myself and confident and grabbed his arm and told him off. The bullying stopped. The next year, I saw the guy and he was nothing to me. Shorter, smaller and suddenly friendly.
That year, I learned Kenpo karate and starting the highschool weightlifting program. Perhaps for this reason, I was accepted by the football crew even though I didn’t participate in football. So, I was safe after that.
sunflower / 290 posts
i was bullied in school and to me this doesn’t sound that bad. that’s the kind of thing she could easily laugh off or play along with. but maybe it’s worse than just the two examples in this article
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My teacher plays it in class every Friday. It’s great.
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God that is one ugly kid….. However, I’m not going to feel sorry for them giving her flack over her horrible song and lack of talent. She’s the one who chose to publicly flaunt her inability to sing and wrote an incredibly horrific song to display said lack of talent.
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how long do people really think this girl is gunna be a millionaire? unless she’s smart with her money & starts doing other projects or gets herself out there in another way, then all she’s gunna be is that annoying one hit wonder who got her song pulled from youtube. & it’s really unfortunate that she had to leave school because people teased her, but i guess she never really listened to that song after it was recorded, because there’s no way she could justify that as anything more than a joke, & if that’s the way her voice sounds, then she definately won’t be a ‘millionaire’ for long, if she even is one now.