Bullying By Maggie Nabozny Analysis

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Acceptance. The one thing people spend their whole lives trying to obtain. There are kids constantly trying to keep up with new trends, people trying to find themselves, and people trying to get over the fear of being labeled “different”. But who ever said being different was a bad thing?
In “Bullied”, Jamie Nabozny is a student in Ashland, Wisconsin who was bullied for being gay. At one point, the harassment was so bad he ran away from home. The discrimination against him continued, even teachers knew of it, but did nothing. They blamed it on him. A young boy being blamed for something he couldn’t control. Jamie and his family finally decided it was enough, and they took his case to court. He won, a first in the United States. The fact that