David Fortin, this little man of Alma, in all likelihood, seems to be a runaway for a while, was a "rejection."
These parents did, his classmates did, his teachers knew it too.
Nobody acts.
is believed, wrongly, that the omerta only applies to criminals, members of various mafias. Yet, when one is "different" or that the poverty of our social apitudes makes us stand aside, the appeals are rare for a student in a situation of persecution.
A teenager who complains is a "stool", a mole, a "téteux of teachers", and not just a human being attacked or destroyed trying to escape. The vicious cycle of silence takes place so quietly, the young closes on himself and tries to find solace, or at least, a place where the enemies are absent, but the outside world keeps turning, however, and whenever he sets foot in the court school, he was soon overtaken by reality.
David Fortin was tired of being harassed at school and as he did not instinctively wild type on the face of his oppressors, he left. Now, everyone around her is concerned and each interview with a person having rubbed shoulders can understand a little better why he chose to set sail.
Nobody intervened on his behalf. No one took the spittoon to defend it.
Whose fault?
No one is really guilty in this story. David's parents certainly wanted it to flourish and come to make fun of its detractors. His teachers have probably tried to find out who were the children who paid his vicious head. His "friends" have seen (and repeatedly told) the tribulations facing the boy and their discomfort with the treatment he received. So it's nobody's fault ... and the fault of all!
Silence is the worst calamity when someone is ill at ease when a young (or not so young) has trouble the soul. We console ourselves sometimes when we see situations unfair or offensive, telling us that one day everything will be fine and it is just a painful transition, but the pain is point expiated rotting existence.
David Fortin is not the first "release" that our schools produce the opposite. It is the symbol of a "class" of students ostracized because of their size, weight, sexual orientation, their musical tastes, etc.. It is just the straw that broke the camel's back.
If one of my three brothers and one of my five sisters suffered constant beatings the same as that endured by the young David, I want to know. I wish I had the right to get angry, to give a lesson to the little "leaders" who assume the right to bully their peers. I wish I could, in their name, get revenge for the painful memories that this story made up by me.
But for now, I do not want the return of David among his own (imperfect as they are) because the isolation can only hurt and that we should not let him win the persecutors.
If you think you can help find the young man, call 418-662-6606.
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