Your probably wondering why are these boys wearing pink tank tops. Well it all started after a 9th grade high school boy came to school with a pink shirt on. The new student arrived at his first day of school wearing a pink shirt, and was bullied by some upperclassmen. They called him a homosexual and threaten to beat him up. Well the next day two 12th grade students decided to take a stand against the bullies by using the internet to encourage there fellow classmates to meet before school the next day to pick up a pick up a pink t-shirt the boys purchased. The two boys bought 75 for male students to wear to stand up to the bullies. This article was interesting to me because I am one that has always stood up for kids that got bullied. I think what these two young men did was a sigh of courage and leadership in the school. I recommend this article because I think that more people need to read it and learn to start standing up against bullies. Bullies may think that picking on others is a cool and fun thing to do, but after awhile of picking on someone, they can get hurt physically and emotionally and cause them to hurt themselves or someone else. This was a very well cited article from a news website. I just want to ask and challenge the reader if you will take a stand?http://www.stumbleupon.com/s/#1cmQrg/www.informationliberation.com/?id=23703/
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Out of the many things on the Internet, even StumbleUpon, that are inappropriate or irrelevant, it is being able to share stories like this one that demonstrate why it is still useful. We think of making a difference in the world as something big, but that simple action changed lives. Good for those guys!
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