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Thursday, October 13, 2011

Needham bullies get therapy, not detention - The Boston Globe

Needham bullies get therapy, not detention - The Boston Globe:

Alternative response to bullying

Alye Pollack, a Connecticut teen who was bullied at her school, made a YouTube video about her experience. The video went viral and attracted more than 500,000 views.
By Dan Adams
Globe Correspondent / October 13, 2011

Alye Pollack sits silently, a grim look on her face. One by one, she holds sheets of paper up to the camera.

“Do I look happy?’’ asks one sheet of paper in an adolescent scrawl. “Well, I’m not,’’ answers the next.

This video plea from a bullied Connecticut teen became an online phenomenon, garnering more than 500,000 views since it was posted on YouTube in March. And starting this