The chair of the Vancouver School Board says she agrees with the B.C. government’s advice to not show the Amanda Todd video in classrooms
Patti Bacchus says that’s what the professionals are advising.
“We don’t want to be glamourizing or glorifying an individual. We know that that can have a contagion effect, is what I understand. That it oversimplifies an issue, that bullying does not necessarily lead directly to these tragic acts. There’s often far more complex reasons going on in an individual’s life.”
Bacchus acknowledges it’s an important issue to talk about, but doesn’t think it’s a good idea to show the video, especially since the BC Coroner’s Service has yet to finish its investigation into the girl’s death.
Many kids likely having already seen the video, posted a month before she committed suicide, in which Amanda tells about her experience getting bullied through a series of flash cards.
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