{"id":1905,"date":"2023-09-23T04:32:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-23T02:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=1905"},"modified":"2023-09-23T04:32:02","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T02:32:02","slug":"boy-is-bullied-for-his-pink-t-shirt-when-i-see-his-teacher-the-next-day-my-heart-breaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=1905","title":{"rendered":"Boy is bullied for his pink T-shirt: When I see his teacher the next day, my heart breaks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bullying in schools deprives a huge number of children of their right to education. Sadly, this form of violence is way more common than people assume and schools are sometimes unable to prevent it from taking place.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the consequences of bullying are long-lasting and affect the victim\u2019s self-esteem.<\/p>\n

William Gierke, 9, wanted to contribute to the raise of awareness of breast cancer by buying a pink T-shirt with the words Tough Guys Wear Pink written on it.<\/p>\n

He felt proud and couldn\u2019t wait to wear the T-shirt to school not assuming that his classmates would make fun of him.<\/p>\n

When they saw him wearing pink, they started calling him names such as \u201csissy.\u201d<\/p>\n

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William felt heartbroken and went home crying. When his mom realized that he was bullied because of the color of his outfit, she was mad. Seeing her son chocking in tears didn\u2019t feel right. He was so hurt that he didn\u2019t even want to go to school the following day.<\/p>\n

His mom didn\u2019t know how to help him, but luckily, his teacher was there to make things right.<\/p>\n

Namely, William\u2019s teacher, David Winter, learned of the bullying so he decided to step up for William by wearing a pink T-shirt himself.<\/p>\n

His teacher showing solidarity meant the world to William.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI feel more comfortable, I don\u2019t let it bother me anymore,\u201d William said after his teacher took a stand against the bullies.<\/p>\n

We need more people like this teacher in the world. It\u2019s because of actions like their that this world is a much better place.<\/p>\n

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Bullying in schools deprives a huge number of children of their right to education. Sadly, this form of violence is way more common than people assume and schools are sometimes unable to prevent it from taking place. Unfortunately, the consequences of bullying are long-lasting and affect the victim\u2019s self-esteem. William Gierke, 9, wanted to contribute […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1905"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1908,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1905\/revisions\/1908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}