Bullying Claims Another Victim: Family, Friends Remember 12-Year-Old Boy Who Committed Suicide
FOLSOM (CBS13) – A 12-year-old boy took his own life. And tonight, that boy’s family and friends, including the staff and students at Folsom Middle School, are searching for answers.
Those close to Ronin Shimizu say he could not take the bullying anymore.
The district confirms they did get a number of complaints from the parents of the boy. They say they followed protocol, but friends say it just wouldn’t stop. Shimizu had a bright smile, but apparently there was a lot of pain.
“He was a really great friend,” said a friend.
It was an unimaginable loss, as friends and family gathered around the Shimizu home Thursday night for a quiet candle light vigil.
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that can express the horror and heartbreak of children who cannot see a future they can endure. 
There is also another story here: that of parents who are forced to home school a child whether they have the necessary skills and discipline or not. I wonder how many children are being denied a good education and much needed socialization with other other children because bullies are forcing them out of the system. My granddaughters have a gay friend they have known since toddler days who is now being home schooled because he was treated so terribly by his classmates. While he is a very mature and well-spoken teen, there are some very obvious gaps in his curriculum. I don't know his mother, but I assume she is doing her best. Will it be enough for him to have the necessary skills and knowledge when he "graduates" from high school? How will he adjust to a larger world when during these formative years his social contacts are limited to a very small group of people he feels comfortable with? It makes me so angry that he is being short changed when it is the bullies who need to out of the classroom. I only wish I could be "god" for a day and make it right for him and countless other LGBT teens and children.
Rest in peace, Ronin, and forgive us all for failing you.
