Broadway star Lea Salonga expressed her opinion regarding the bullying incident that happen in Ateneo between its students. Lea shared her advice to the students, parents and to the school.
On her Facebook page, Lea posted the following:
“There has been so much posted online regarding the bullying incident inside the boys’ rest room of the Ateneo de Manila junior high school. Plenty of inflamed netizens have reacted, and lamented the seeming indifference of school officials due to the supposed well-connectedness of this boy’s parents. I think we all agree that the school needs to take much swifter action with regards to this boy’s pattern of behavior (there are allegedly more victims, and more videos), as well as with this boy’s accomplices, and that the bully’s parents need to come down hard on their kid. On that, we have common ground.
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For the victims, here’s one piece of advice: don’t be defenseless anymore. Parents, it might be a good idea to enroll your child in a self-defense class (aside from TKD, there’s jiu jitsu and karate, as well as other forms of martial arts that might be fun as well as useful). So that when a little s*** bully tries to mess with your son or daughter, you’re already ahead of the game. But never instigate; only defend.
No parent should ever have to feel the terror the victims’ parents must feel, sending their beloved into what that child considers a place of dread rather than a hallowed hall of learning.
Yes, Ateneo de Manila. We are all watching.”
(Photo source: Instagram – @msleasalonga)
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