50. The last sentence in the ABC article nailed it:
"It shouldn't require legal action to get the school system to pay more attention to bullying than they do to their sports programs," said his father. "How many suicides is enough?"
Seriously. And for every suicide, there are thousands of young lives broken. It doesn't make you stronger BTW. Part of the problem is the way schools lavish attention and glory on athletes and popular kids from rich families. It would be great if Michelle and Barack made an issue of this. One of things I love about him being elected is that he is making being smart cool.
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