The nightmare of bullying experienced by a disabled student at a school in Córdoba
Parents and students from Provincial Institute of Secondary Education (IPEM) No. 198 Martín Ferreyrawhich is located in the southern part of the city Cordovastaged a protest at the door of the establishment this morning due to repeated cases bullying that a 13-year-old student has been suffering in recent months in the face of conspicuous inaction by the authorities.
The serious situation reported at the educational center in Joaquín Camaño y Bazán, in the Poeta Lugones district of the provincial capital, came to light in the last hours from videos shared by some students on social networks. The images in question show a nightmare, the victim of which is a 2nd year student who He suffers daily physical attacks and all kinds of taunts.
“It was discovered that a group of IPEM students had been bullying a group of Year 2 and Year 3 boys for many months. with some degree of disability”, explained R., a student of the 6th year of IPEM No. 198, in a dialogue with Cba24n.
Along with a classmate, the teenager warned that these attacks have been happening “since the beginning of the year” while also stating that “all the managers know and nobody does anything”.
“They recorded videos of the girl in a mocking manner showing her being dragged across the floor, thrown around, picked up and things thrown at her. The bullied so much so that the girl could be seen crying and the whole group around her laughing,” one of the recordings described.
In fact, the footage that heads this note shows the drama the victim is going through. In one of the school’s corridors and without the presence of teachers, a group of students push, beat and mock a girl who is defenseless exposed to all kinds of abuse.
“Kick him! Make her shit, hit her”one of the attackers can be heard saying in one of the videos that has been circulating on the networks. And not satisfied, he exclaims: “Pull him by the hair!”.
Another video shows the moment when one of the aggressors demands that the victim put a nylon bag over her head and dance for the camera. “Perreá, my friend, perreá. “Perreá shells of your mother”he says with disdain.
During an interview with the aforementioned Cordoban media, R. pointed out that other students were also victims of bullying, but explained that until the recent images “Only a very closed circle knew about it”.
“Now that everything has come out, the parents have become much more interested and have organized this protest for tomorrow’s shift,” he said. He then confirmed that late shift students and some of their parents would repeat a similar demonstration at noon: “I sit by the door and no one comes in”.
When asked about his opinion on bullying, the senior high school student admitted that he was also a victim of ridicule and abuse in his youth. “I suffered from bullying and it is something that creates helplessness, insecurity, inability to do anything against that person.“, you lamented.
“This will cause problems for you later and how you see yourself. And even more so for these people who have a certain degree of disability, everything is completely different for them,” he concluded in a broken voice.
