Two weeks after a video of a Fredericton high school student being attacked went viral, the student in the video is back in school and supporting a national anti-bullying campaign.
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Nelly Price, 14, told Global News she’s been back in school for a week, and said she’s received several apologies from bystanders who did nothing to stop the attack.
“I got a lot of apologies and people saying that they regret just standing around,” Price said.
She still has some stress and anxiety surrounding the incident, but she said wants to help raise awareness about Pink Shirt day – a campaign aimed at ending bullying.
Price said wearing pink is important to her today because of what she went through and she wants other students to realize how often bullying occurs and said the video of her being bullied is just one of many cases. She said it goes on a lot more often than what gets posted on social media.
“There’s always videos posted on Facebook about bullying, but it doesn’t really get out much,” Price said. “I feel like this (video) since it happens in a local area that it’s something people are aware of. I’m pretty sure it might have helped raise more awareness for bullying,” Price said.
Price said it’s important to be kind to one another.
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Clinical social worker and Northside Counselling Services owner Vicki Coy said the incident was “unfortunate and tragic,” but she said it does show how frequent bullying occurs in schools, workplaces and communities.
“I think if you see somebody saying something that’s nasty to call them on it, to ask them to change their words, to stop the gossip to chose for yourself to not be mean, to say negative things,” Coy said.
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Coy said the pink shirt is a reminder for everyone to be kind, but said it’s something people need to remember every day – not just Feb. 22.
Price said bystanders need to realize the role they can play in helping end bullying. She said people need to “build up the guts to step in and help rather than standing around videoing it and watching their friend, or someone that they know get hurt.”
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