The Day of the Pink Shirt

Traditionally, this year as well, on the last Wednesday of February, the International Day of Action against Bullying, also known as the Day of the Pink Shirt, was marked in our school.

The name originates from the story of a Canadian boy who was subjected to mockery and physical abuse by his peers because he wore a pink shirt to school. He dressed like this to show support for his mother, who was battling cancer. Activists then bought 50 pink shirts and distributed them to his classmates at school, who wore them in support of the boy. Students began coming to school wearing pink shirts themselves, which thus became a symbol of the fight against peer bullying in schools worldwide.

In line with the symbolism, the students of class II/3 were dressed in pink that day.