Alex Libby Alex Libby is a teen activist that fights against bullying. One out of every four students in a school are bullied. Alex Libby was bullied for some time. He was always depressed and alone. He thought for awhile that if he joined the bullies and bullied other people, it would make him popular and he wouldn’t get bullied anymore. Then, later on, he realized that he wasn’t going to bully other people because he is the only one who feels bad. Alex almost committed suicide, instead, he participated in a documentary which helped him get through school, and it was a big part of his life. Also, alex is doing very good now because he moved to another school district and made friends. There is also a lot of information or facts about Alex …show more content…
Now he fights for anti-bullying, and part of the reason he was bullied was that of his Asperger's which is a disorder affecting his ability to socialize and communicate with others. Alex is an advocate for the anti-bullying message and has even been to the white house to talk about his life being bullied. Alex was bullied because of how he looked, or his Asperger's which resulted to them calling him fish face. Also on top of that they threatened to break his bones and kill him. In middle school, it’s all about who has the best everything, and Alex didn’t fall in any of those categories, which made the bullies want to target him even more. The assistant principal of his school insisted the bullies were good, and they would never talk to Alex like that. They discovered later that the assistant principal was wrong. Alex agreed to take part in bullying in hope that his persecutors would stop tormenting him, but all that did was make him the bully and he was still the …show more content…
Also, 1 in 4 teachers see nothing wrong with bullying and will only intervene 4% of the time. By age 14 less than 30% of boys and 40% of girls will talk to their peers about bullying. Over 67% of students believe that schools respond poorly to bullying, with a high percentage of students believing that adult help is infrequent and ineffective. Seventy-one percent of students report incidents of bullying as a problem at their school, the rest don’t. Ninety percent of 4th graders through 8th graders report being victims of