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This 10 Year Old Girl Was Beaten To Death In School

A fifth grade girl in South Carolina passed away this morning as a result of injuries she sustained in a Monday fight at her elementary school. RaNiya Wright was a student at Forest Hills Elementary School in  Colleton County, South Carolina. According to reports , her injuries were so serious that she had to be airlifted to the hospital for treatment. The news of her passing was confirmed by several people close to the situation, numerous journalists as well as RaNiya's school. Not only is this a heartbreaking story of a life taken far too soon, but it's also a stark reminder of the bullying epidemic taking place in our schools and the lives of our children...and this isn't a new thing. Bullying has been in our schools since schools first existed."Kids can be mean" didn't become a saying for no reason, but sometimes just being mean can escalate into even more dangerous behavior. I was picked on in school, but thankfully, I was never beaten. I nev