Who was Evan W. Ziemniak?
12 year old Evan Ziemniak, committed suicide in March 2016 by hanging himself, after ongoing incidents of bullying at his school.Evan enjoyed normal things for a 12 year old, including the popular game Minecraft. He also had an active interest in the Civil War and collecting old coins. He was considered by everyone to be a polite young boy with lots of potential.
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Why did he killed himself? |
How could his death have been prevented? |
Despite Evan’s parents raising the issue of bullying with the school several times, the incidents continued. Evan’s grandmother recalled times her grandson had told her that he had been stabbed with pencils and shoved around on the school bus. She strongly believes that Evan’s reason for ending his life, was his desperate attempt to escape the bullying as Evan’s home life was a contented one with no major family arguments or disagreements. Evan lost his life all because of bullying at such a young age. He had a long life ahead of him but due to the issues that were going on at school he decided to take his life.
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Evan's death could have been prevented in many ways. There could have been more action involved with the school, and parents. His parents could've moved him schools if they knew that Evan was being bullied. Also his grandmother could have took action as well since Evan would tell her how he would get physically bullied. The school could have also made sure that the kids that bullied him got in trouble and banned from the school.
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