She could not stand it anymore, Grandma Ella Dorgelo. How her granddaughter for two years 'harassed to the bone, stepped, ignored, humiliated and left alone' was. So she shared her story on Facebook. The message was shared thousands of times, Ella receives hundreds of messages she tells Edition UK.
The story of Ella's granddaughter is poignant. For two years she has been bullied, this year they hoped to start with a clean slate. But, according to the story of Ella, the bullying continues. "As the first day nobody wanted to sit next to her, she was ignored."
On day two is her granddaughter home with stomach pains. "This year will be another hell, just like the previous two years," writes Ella. "Her whole life is ruined. They got bad grades, did not go to school. " Ella's daughter had to go to the school inspection because "granddaughter no longer dare to go to school."
"Teachers looked other way '
Teachers had little support her granddaughter, Ella writes. "They looked the other way or did not know. There was even a teacher saying it was against me, and also a bit was her own fault. "
A clean sheet was not there for the granddaughter Ella. "With social media, everyone knows her. Wretch, she wanted to go to school because they did not know anyone in the new class. No, but she knew her. " And so the bullying started again.
"In school is not listening. The only thing we ask is whether the school wants to help her, "Ella ends her Facebook post.
210 posts
Ella's message is already shared nearly 4,000 times. And listened Vechtdal College in Hardenberg. "Yes, the problem is solved. The school has been arrested," said Ella. Content will they not say more. "As it is written on Facebook, so it is."
But they say they are shocked by the comments and messages from her post. "I did not think it so bad in the Netherlands. I have 210 messages from parents who tell their bullied child, some with suicidal tendencies," she tells Edition GB. Because she notices that people recognize themselves and find support in her message, she let stand it.
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The Vechtdal College in Hardenberg so taking steps. "We were set to work, and we continue to get to work," explains interim Director Aart van 't Veld increasing. "We currently have good and constructive discussion with the mother of the student."
Because of the privacy of Ella's granddaughter wants to go into the school not further substance of the issue.
On the Facebook page of the school and on Twitter, the responses to the notice of Ella unpalatable. "We have been shocked. Social media is a place where you can easily express your own opinion. It's not new to our school, to any school," van 't Veld says. That storm will be down again, he expects. "The most important thing is that the student what matters is helped well and feels safe again with us."
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By Editorial Edition NL Photo: NL Edition
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