A fifth grade boy was once bullied in his school. The kids called him fat and many other mean words. Every day when he had lunch he sat at his table because not everyone liked him. When he gets home every day he goes up to his room, does his homework and then tries to fall asleep because he wants his day to be over. He asks his mother every day if he can skip school because the kids bully him, but his mother doesn't let him. Many people kill themselves because they are bullied at school. For example, Rebecca Sedwick committed suicide largely because of online bullying, Florida authorities say. The sheriff wants to press charges against the parents of the bullies (Paulson). Some say schools don't need to add more anti-bullying rules. But every day it is estimated that 160,000 students miss school for fear of being victims of bullying, and 10% of students who drop out of school do so because of repeated acts of bullying (Kennedy). They should add more rules in schools because kids skip school every day, get hurt or die and there is a lot of cyberbullying happening in school. Many children miss school due to bullying every day. “It is estimated that two children in every classroom in America miss at least one day of school every month because they feel unsafe (Kennedy).” If children stopped bullying other children, they would go to school much more often. If you stop people from bullying each other, children will have better grades and better attendance. Students don't go to school for fear of being bullied, and 10% of students who drop out of school do so because of repeated bullying. acts of bullying (Kennedy)”. Many kids miss school every year because... middle of paper... tragic suicide Jamey Rodemeyer of Williamsville, a 14-year-old, committed suicide last September after being the victim of incessant bullying because of his orientation sexual. Buffalo News). This is the only person who killed himself due to cyberbullying. "With Governor Andrew M. Cuomo's signature, legislation to address the age-old problem of bullying moves from the nation's capital to the schools, communities and homes where the power to take action has always resided. With the new state law, which goes into effect next year, Albany made clear the responsibility to use it.” (Buffalo News) New Albany law “to curb cyberbullying places burden on educators (Buffalo News).” Some people might say that everyone knows what cyberbullying is, but that doesn't mean anything because they still know what it is and they still do it. Many kids are victims of cyberbullying every day.