Bullying/cyberbullying: Samantha's story

When Samantha Hahn, National American Miss Teen 2005, was in 6th grade, her best friend started a mean rumor about her, circulating it through their circle of friends. Soon it seemed the whole school had turned against her - "kids in other grades, kids I'd never met before. I didn't even know who they were and they had comments about me." The abuse continued on into cyberspace, via email and IMs, and also got physical. Well into high school, Samantha experienced just about every form of bullying, but now, as she works on her B.A. and prepares for the Miss New Jersey competition, she's using her experience to educate students, parents, educators, and law-enforcement people throughout New Jersey and is starting to get speaking requests from other states. To read her story, please click to this week's issue of my newsletter.