Anti Bullying Video Featuring Fictional Suicide Gets Kid Suspended From School [POLL]

Check out this video.

It was done as a class project by one Long Island high schooler. In it, she depicts the plight of a fictional character who eventually takes her own life.

The kid “gets it”. She doesn’t need “anti-bullying” legislation crafted by “all knowing” adults trying to protect vulnerable kids.

She is on a one woman crusade to try and stem the tide of cyber bullying…and what does she get for her efforts?

How ‘bout this….A SUSPENSION FROM SCHOOL FOR CAUSING UNDUE ALARM.

Nice goin’…dopey, overpaid administrators.

And they say that no good deed goes unpunished!

True that!

According to this article:

Jessica Barba, 15, wrote, filmed and acted in the video for an assignment on persuasive speech at Longwood High School in Middle Island.

The video tells the story of a fictitious character, 12-year-old ‘Hailey Bennett,’ played by Jessica, who becomes depressed after she’s repeatedly bullied at school and online. It ends with a caption saying the girl committed suicide.

There is a disclaimer at the beginning and end of the video explaining the events are not real.

Jessica posted the video on YouTube May 15.

The next day, it was the talk of Longwood High. Some students were disturbed by the video and even moved to tears, WNBC/Ch. 4 New York reported.

She was called into the principal’s office expecting to be praised for doing a great job on the project, but instead was suspended for five days.

“I was baffled. I couldn’t even describe how I was feeling,” she told the station. ‘I started hysterically crying. I couldn’t believe I was getting in trouble for something I had worked so hard on. And the only intent of it was good.”

Jessica also created a Facebook page for the bullied girl, which she said was labeled as fiction. The page is full of hateful messages meant to depict cyber-bullying in the video.

A concerned parent saw the Facebook page and not realizing it was fake, called police, Jessica’s parents told the “Today” show during an appearance Wednesday.

The page was taken down by the school.

The superintendent of Longwood School District released a statement saying the video was “unfortunate in that it created a substantial disruption to the school,” WNBC/Ch. 4 reported.

He said he could not comment further on a matter involving a student.

Meanwhile the teen is not backing down, and told the station she believes the video highlights an important issue.

Michael Barba said on “Today” he’s proud of his daughter and hopes the school will let her return, erase the suspension and let her turn in the project.

There is a suspension hearing at the school Wednesday.

“I just created the video in order to raise awareness of the major issue that’s bullying,” Jessica told “Today.” “I don’t understand why I’m being punished for it.”

Jess, I'll tell you why! Because administrators have their brains up "you know where!"

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