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While the issue of school bullying is at the heart of the news after the death of Nicolas, 15 years old, Virgine Monk testifies on this news after the death of her daughter eight years ago.
Eight years after the suicide of her daughter Emilie, the pain is still raw for her mother Virginie, rekindled by reading the letter sent to Nicolas’s parents, a few months before he died.He kills himself. “It’s been eight years since my daughter committed suicide. I am on disability, I can no longer work”, explains the mother. Emilie was a brilliant student. She was 17 when she ended her life, after an ordeal that lasted two years in the private college where she attended.
Abandonment of the establishment
After his death, Virginie felt abandoned by the educational community. “No response from the rectorate, nor from the diocese, nor from the establishment (…) I felt anger close to hatred for quite a while.” She decided to publish a book based on the writings in which her daughter confided her suffering. She carries out interventions in schools.