25 Years After Bullying, Facebook Poem Prompts Class Of 1987 To Make Amends - MSNBC

[WillyT]

25 years after bullying, Facebook poem prompts Class of 1987 to make amends
By msnbc.com's Sevil Omer and NBCSanDiego.com's Tony Shin
5/18/12



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A woman says a Facebook poem she posted about bullying has brought pleas for forgiveness from former classmates who tormented her at a California high school 25 years ago.

Now, some of those classmates want to make amends and have asked Lynda Frederick, 42, of Rochester, N.Y., to attend her 25th high school reunion in Escondido, Calif., on July 27, compliments of the Orange Glen High School Class of 1987.

“I am nervous,” Frederick told msnbc.com on Friday. “I am looking forward to seeing them, even knowing that what has happened has happened. I have forgiven those who have hurt me in the past.”

Frederick said she received phone calls, emails and Facebook messages from former classmates after she posted a poem on the Orange Glen High School Class of 1987 Facebook page.
In her poem, she wrote:

that little girl who came to school with the clothes she wore the day before
instead of asking why.. you picked on her
the little girl who had to walk to school while others rode the bus
instead of asking why.. you picked on her
the little girl who had bruises and was dirty
instead of asking why.. you picked on her
the little girl who was always crying
instead of asking why.. you picked on her

“They’re all apologizing now for how I was treated,” Frederick said. “I had one man call me up and we talked for an hour on the phone. He cried and cried. I kept saying, ‘You can’t fix yesterday, so let’s fix today.’”


Lynda Frederick, second from right, says she was bullied 25 years ago in high school. She's pictured with her sons and daughter.

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[dflprincess]

1. This is how normal people who grow and mature emotionally behave.

They regret the mean stuff they did as kids - they even make amends when they can.

Contrast this to Willard who still hasn't figured out that assaulting a classmate with a scissors is neither a "prank" nor a "hijink".

[WillyT]

2. + 1,000,000,000... What You Said !!!

EXACTLY !!!