一起听新闻、学英语-CBC News-Memorial for Ashkan Sultani

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The parents of Ashkan Sultani held a memorial for their son tonight in British Columbia. The 15year old committed suicide in Jan. Now sultani’s school district wants his parents to endorse anti suicide program. But they say that’s avoiding the real issue. CBC’s Susana Desovior has the story.


Instead of 16th birthday party, Ashkan Sultani’s family is holding the memorial for him. Sultani was musician, his drum and keyboard are still setup at the living room. On Jan 12th, he hand himself. His parents say because of relentless bully.

It was physical abuse first at other school. And eventually became all verbal. Verbal and very degrading.

The more sensitive kids are, the more sensitive and shy and you’re not rude. You don’t speaking back, that’s get picked on more.

Sultani even switched high schools, but his parents say bully didn’t stop.

The school district says the bulling is discuss part of the curriculum. Teacher are talking how do I identify harass and enervation. And students are encourage to participate inside wear pink days and be friend days. Those programs are all now be reviewed. But this anti bully expert says there is no real evidence says such programs even work. And no way to measure them because they all so different.

But there’s also environment of the large society. We seem to think the school can solve that problem too. And we can’t.

The Sultani’s upset by school’s reaction to their son’s death. The board asked them to take part in the suicide prevention camp ion. And they said no.

We want bullying and suicide together. All awareness and training and education on it.

We want to acknowledge the bullying. And base my own experience. Bullying issues are much deeper, much darker.

Our experience says that something like suicide is very complex matter. And it’s very seldom that single incidental even one type of the issues gonna lead towards sort of tragic.

Well, it’s too late to save their own child. Sultani’s hope the story might save someone else.