NYT Runs Front-Page Story on School
Bullying
NYT Runs Front-Page Story on School
Bullying
In a story published Monday, New York Times columnist Dan Barry explores high school bullying through Billy Wolfe, a 15-year-old living in Fayetteville, Ark., whose classmates frequently attack him and accuse him of being gay. Wolfe's troubles began years ago, when a boy phoned to ask "if he wanted to buy a certain sex toy," according to the article. After Billy's mother, Penney Wolfe, called the other boy's mother to complain, the boy presented Billy with a list of 20 names of classmates who wanted to beat him up. Since then, Billy has suffered a string of attacks, including a blow in wood shop class that left Billy unconscious and later spitting up blood; and being punched so hard in Spanish class that the inside of his cheek was stuck to his braces.