Amanda Todd, Teen Suicide Inspires Snowflake Walk Against Bullying: Parents Angered Todd's Cyber Bullying Video Was Shown in Classroom

Following Canadian teen Amanda Todd's shocking suicide back in October, a homemade video that the young victim of bullying posted on YouTube- in which she used a series of flash cards to silently share her heartbreaking experiences dealing with blackmail, bullying, and physical assault - went viral on the web. Now two months later, hundreds have joined forces with Todd's mother in the fight against cyber bullying in a public event deemed the Snowflake Walk. Carol Todd named the event in honor of her late 15-year-old daughter, who was a non-stop victim of bullying and harassment both on and offline. Meanwhile, parents of the children at a Durham region school were thoroughly angered after Todd's viral cyber bullying video was recently shown in the classroom, upsetting many of the young 5-6 grade students. Read on for further details.

The Snowflake Walk recently took place on Sunday, Dec. 9 in Todd's hometown of Port Coquitlam (just east of Vancouver). Carol Todd - who named the event in honor of her daughter's nickname, Princess Snowflake - said that she organized the walk to help "raise awareness so that people keep thinking about ways to end bullying." The city's mayor Greg Moore also attending the event in promotion of a new local anti-bullying program called Be Someone.Singer-songwriter Elise Estrada, music producer Adam Hurstfield, and Real Housewives of Vancouver star Mary Zilba were also at the walk. Young Todd's highly publicized suicide back in October prompted several vigils throughout the world, including anti-bullying conferences and promises from politicians to take the issue of cyber bullying more seriously.

"(Amanda) touched a lot of people's lives by what she did and said, even people who didn't know her... They feel that they have a piece of her in their heart," Carol Todd stated during the event. "I would like the whole world to make a shift in their way of thinking and to start to end bullying behaviours ... If we can smother the world with kindness, it would make a big difference in how everyone feel about themselves."

For a collection of photos from the Snowflake Walk go here. To read more on the Amanda Todd suicide, go here and here.

While Todd's suicide has influenced many to become more aware of the devastations of cyber bullying, some parents were rather agitated that her viral YouTube video on bullying was shown in the classroom of a 5-6th grade class at the Goodwood Public School in Durham. According to reports, a teacher aired the video on Thursday, Dec. 6 to a class of 20 young students before heading into a discussion that allegedly involved "information of a sexual nature." Parents were thoroughly upset that many of their children came home extremely distressed and agitated following the video. According to Paul Kreutzer, his 10-year-old daughter left class feeling sick right after the discussion, and promptly burst into tears. Kreutzer insists that the teacher's decision to show the video and then lead a discussion on sex was "reckless" and "highly inappropriate."

The Goodwood School has yet to comment, but Durham District School Board Superintendent Anne Marie Laginski agrees that showing the video in class was "clearly not acceptable." She claims memos have been sent to all schools in the district telling them not to show the video.

Kreutzer, who has met with Laginski and other school officials, insists that other parents are just as livid about the video as he is.

As of this writing, the teacher-in-question still works at the Goodwood Public School.