by Ayana Antoine ’20

 Sometime within the last week, a senior wrote what became a controversial letter regarding bullying at school. He wrote about a bully and named him Brandon, and he shared the daily hell Brandon put his peers through. Most people use the anonymous name of John Doe when keeping the identity of someone a mystery, but most students concluded who the actual ‘Brandon’ is.

 The letter explained that Brandon constantly made the lives of students terrible and how others, including the writer sat, watched, and did nothing. The letter urges students to do the right thing and speak out against bullies to create a comfortable environment for all students. Although the acting of writing  a letter to address grievances is often a mature approach, this particular one bashes and completely villainizes ‘Brandon’ while breezing over the fact that the writer took three years to take action. If a student witnesses bullying, they should immediately intervene or tell a staff member rather than resorting to public shaming. Bullying is always wrong, but that doesn’t make every response to it automatically right.