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Class of 1987 Asks Forgiveness for Bullying

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19 May 2012 44 views
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Class of 1987 Asks Forgiveness for Bullying
A woman says a Facebook poem she posted about bullying has brought pleas for forgiveness from former classmates who tormented her at a California high school 25 years ago.

A woman says a Facebook poem she posted about bullying has brought pleas for forgiveness from former classmates who tormented her at a California high school 25 years ago.

Now, some of those classmates want to make amends and have asked Lynda Frederick, 42, of Rochester, N.Y., to attend her 25th high school reunion in Escondido, Calif., this summer, compliments of the Orange Glen High School Class of 1987.

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