Schools chief: We're unfairly blamed in bullying-related suicide

A 15 year old girl hanged herself in South Hadley, Massachusetts because she was bullied a lot at school. Phoebe was a very private person and she did not tell anybody her problems before she commited suicide. People are blaming the school for her death because they did not do enough to punish the kids that were bullying her. The school said that they took appropriate action against the students and that those that were guilty of bullying Phoebe were expelled. The school also says that this is a terrible punishment because it changes the students’ whole lives and they have to figure out a new way to finish their education.
I do not believe that it was the school’s fault that Phoebe committed suicide. At every school there is bullying and it is not right but the school expelled the students responsible and that is about all the school could do. Phoebe did not talk to anyone which the school cannot be blamed for. Maybe the parents should have better communicated with their daughter and this could have been prevented. There are many factors that cause someone to hang themselves and it isn’t just because they were bullied at school. Some parents say that they don’t want their child’s life runned by the school but when their child ends their own life then it is the school’s fault for not being involved enough. It can’t work both ways and it wasn’t just the school that was responsible for Phoebe’s death.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/04/01/massachusetts.bullying.suicide/index.html?eref=rss_topstories&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_topstories+%28RSS%3A+Top+Stories%29

Obama seeks to reassure small business on health care

President Obama wanted to assure small businesses that they can benefit from the new health care law. The country is divided on this issue. The conservatives say that it will not stop the rise of prices and they think that it will burden businesses because of new taxes and regulations. Because of the new health care law, small businesses with 25 or less workers are eligible for a tax credit covering 35% of the premiums paid to help cover their workers. Many people believed that the new health care law would be the end of freedom as we know it, but Obama says that he still hasn’t seen an asteroid headed our way and that the people should give the health care plan a chance before judging the outcome.
I do not believe that this health care law is going to ruin the country but I do believe that it shouldn’t have been passed. Obama had to use short cut ways to get the bill passed and America shouldn’t work that way. This issue should have been voted in the same way as every other bill that was passed. Obama didn’t do it the right way because he knew that it would never be passed that way. I’m glad that small businesses will benefit but I also think that this new law is slightly unfair. I believe that it is unfair for those that work hard and earn a living to have to pay higher taxes to provide for people that may not be working hard to try and provide for themselves.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/04/01/obama.health.care/index.html?eref=rss_topstories&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_topstories+%28RSS%3A+Top+Stories%29