These days we hear too many bad stories about bullies in the schools our kids go to. Which is why this story really stood out to us as an example of how "popular kids," and "jocks," can use their popularity to stand up for kids who face bullies.
Enter Lincoln Middle School. According to the Huffington Post:
Desiree Andrews is a cheerleader at Lincoln Middle School in Kenosha, Wisconsin. She’s in eighth grade and has Down syndrome.
Last year, Andrews was reportedly bullied by some kids in the stands during a boys’ basketball game. But she did not have to bear the harassment alone.
Kenosha News reports that a few of the players on the basketball team immediately took a stand against the bullies, walking off the court during a time-out to tell them off.
“One of the kids stepped up and said, ‘Don’t mess with her,’” Brandon Morris, who had been the boys' seventh-grade coach last year, told the news outlet. “Then all of the guys got together to show her support.”