Boy bullied for his Tony Stark Halloween costume returns to school
A ten-year-old boy is being known as a real superhero for returning to highschool after he was bullied for his Ironman Halloween costume on a bus journey to highschool.
His mom, Jill Struckman, detailed the journey from pleasure to tears and again to a proud second in a sequence of Fb posts which were shared lots of of 1000’s of instances.
On Oct. 22 round 9 a.m., Struckman posted photographs of her son Evan dressed up as a mini Tony Stark for a Halloween celebration at a Missouri elementary faculty. She famous her little Mr. Stark wished to journey to highschool in a Mercedes however needed to journey the bus as a consequence of a scarcity of time.
“I hope his faculty is prepared for this man. He solely solutions to ‘Tony’ or ‘Mr. Stark,'” Struckman wrote.
Less than an hour later, Struckman shared she had received a call from his school that Evan was crying after being teased by other students for his costume. She said the kids told him he “looked stupid,” and Evan went to the bathroom to wash the fake goatee off his face.
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He instructed Struckman he didn’t need to keep for the celebration, and he or she went to choose him up from faculty. She shared photographs of what he seemed like after being bullied in a submit shared on Fb over 270,000 instances.
“We each have swollen eyes from crying and are on our method to attempt to discover ice cream,” she wrote. “Youngsters want to grasp that WORDS damage.”
Struckman took Evan to Starbucks where they discussed his feelings, according to another Facebook post.
Evan decided he didn’t want to miss the party, so the duo headed home to redo his makeup and he got that ride in the Mercedes after all.
“If you’ve seen my posts this morning you know what a roller coaster it has been,” Struckman wrote. “Thanks for all the sweet words (and offers to beat up 10-year-olds) lol, I do appreciate you all.”
Struckman told USA TODAY that they have been blown away by the kind messages they have received since the incident from around the world. She said people have offered to send him money through Cash App and Venmo but would rather people send him a postcard.
As for Evan, she said he is happy his story is being used to get people to talk about bullying.
“I am so proud of him for going back because, honestly, I don’t think I would have had the courage to do so myself,” she said.
“We’ve also come to the realization that there are far more good people out there than bad!”
Observe reporter Asha Gilbert @Coastalasha. Electronic mail: [email protected].