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Pink Against Bullying

In 2007, a boy in Nova Scotia, Canada, wore a pink polo shirt on his first day of high
school. According to students, bullies threatened the boy because of his shirt color. Two
seniors, David Shepherd and Travis Price, were disturbed by the bullying and came up
with an innovative response. They emailed classmates, explaining the situation and
suggesting that everyone wear pink the next day. They also bought fifty pink shirts to
distribute at school. When the boy who had been threatened arrived for his second day of
high school, he was met by hundreds of his fellow students wearing pink. The action
served as a clear anti-bullying message. The news of the event quickly spread to other
schools, many of which instituted their own "Pink Shirt Days."
What is the main idea of the passage?
Bullying is a serious problem among high school students.
Pink Shirt Day was so successful at one school that several other schools
decided to adopt it.
After a classmate was made fun of for wearing pink, two high school seniors
organized a way to take a stand against bullying.

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Answer: strangers are not always ignoring you

Step-by-step explanation:

the kid being bullied probably does not have hundreds of friends that he convinced to wear pink shirts. so some others were paying attention and were taking action which proves strangers do pay attention to you too!

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