UEL English PEN Society Book Reviews

Please Stop Laughing at me was one of the most painful reads I've ever encountered, probably because it's extremely close to my heart. The keyword of this story is BULLYING.
It follows the life of the almost naive Jodee, who just wanted to learn and be smart and have friends - this doesn't work out. Because of her ability to learn she encounters a variety of bullying from her peers, which forces her to switch schools several times until her parents got fed up with it.

It's amazing to see how backstabbing teenagers get and how they have no clue about their powers to hurt someone and to scar their mind. It clearly presents how school can go from heaven to hell in one day and it's interesting to see how Jodee has dealt with it. Words have consequences and I'd just like to say to the parents to try and see the bigger picture and to see what the kids are doing to each other.

She is now touring around the schools and talks about bullying. I'll let her story speak for itself - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eByfR2jeFtk

Of course, Jodee Blanco isn't the only person that's ever encountered bullying, but she's one of the few that openly speaks about it and tries to help people. Don't be an ass to somebody else and let them live.

xoxo Mandy