Lynda Frederick's poem about being bullied in a California school 25 years ago has brought her former classmates to tears. Now, they're creating a scholarship fund in her name and have raised $800 to fly her back to California for a class reunion. This will give her a chance to visit her father's grave, which
Lynda Frederick's poem about being bullied in a California school 25 years ago has brought her former classmates to tears. Now, they're creating a scholarship fund in her name and have raised $800 to fly her back to California for a class reunion. This will give her a chance to visit her father's grave, which she has never seen. "I got an outpour of calls and messages, people stepping forward that I don't even remember that said 'I know I was one of those that picked on you and I'm so sorry,'" Frederick said Friday. Her poem, posted several weeks ago on a class Facebook page, talked about a girl who "had love in her heart to share with all but no one wanted it." Meanwhile, Frederick has been giving advice to her own 14-year-old daughter, who's been bullied. Her advice: "Tell them: 'Listen, if you don't like what I'm wearing or the way I look … don't look!" "We can't fix yesterday but we can try to fix today," Frederick said. "That's my new motto."
Associated Press/ msnbc.com, 5/20/2012
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