"Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do
what's right" and 17-year old Kevin Curwick of Osseo High School,
Minnesota, did just that when his classmates were being bullied on Twitter. He
started a 'nice' page on the same social network site to compliment and lift
the spirits of those who were being victimized. Little did Kevin know that this
act of kindness would go viral and that taking the 'other' angle would help
make so many people feel better. His actions have spurred other 'nice' sites in
high schools across the United States. Curwick, football captain and senior at
Osseo High School in Osseo, Minn., said he wanted to change the conversation in
his school by highlighting the nice instead of the nasty.
"I wasn't personally attacked but it just hit me the
wrong way, these were coming out about my friends. I want them to feel
welcomed, be happy about what they are and what they contribute to Osseo,"
he told KARE of the cyberbullying that was affecting his schoolmates.
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