Students Come To Young Highschooler’s Aid After Coming To Know He Was ‘Picked On’ & Ate Lunch Alone

Apr 27, 2022 by apost team

As much as we hate to admit it, a lot of young kids can end up being bullies toward their classmates, although the reasons why a child is cruel to another can vary. Adults can't always step in to help. But for one teenager, it was other young people who ended up stepping in to help.

Caleb Wrenn started his first day of high school as any other 14-year-old would do. The first day didn't go as Caleb wished. No one tried to make him feel welcome, and he found himself eating all alone. Worst of all, the other kids teased him due to his height. Like other "short kids," he had to put up with some unnecessary grief.

It was clear that Caleb was in need of a pick-me-up and, fortunately, was able to rely on a family member to help him out for the time being. Caleb does have a sister who cares for him. While feeling down at school, he sent her a text. Sister Leah went to Twitter to draw a little positive attention to her younger brother. The tweet made the rounds and caught the attention of other kids at the school.

Demontez Canada, a two-sport athlete at the school, was one of the classmates who reached out to make friends with Caleb. Canada and friends surprised Caleb by joining him for lunch. Caleb found himself making many new friends. Equally important, he also learned that there are many caring kids at Reidsville Senior High School. Read on to find out more about this heartwarming story.

School can be challenging for any student, especially for kids who just want to fit in and make friends. Caleb found himself having a hard time at his school in Reidsville, North Carolina, due to other students picking on him because of his short height.

Speaking with WXII, Caleb said, "At lunch, I had sat alone and I was actually getting called short and stuff. I was used to getting picked on for my height and I wasn't that upset when it happened in high school because I assumed it would."

He turned to his sister, Leah, who quickly turned to the internet for help. "When I got home, I told my sister about all of that and my sister, being my sister, made a huge tweet about it," Caleb explained.

Soon enough, several students – including players from the football and basketball teams – showed Caleb that their school could be kind and welcoming. Demontez, a senior, said:

"We decided to catch him off guard at lunch and have lunch with him and show him around the school and make sure he was OK and give him new friends. I believe that somebody has to make a stand and I felt like I had to do it and I have had the same situations."

Other students were just as polite toward Caleb. "I'm just glad that he has friends that he can count on, that he can talk to, and that he can know that we've got his back," said Demontez's friend Tyvon Smoot, who also made friends with Caleb, to WXII.

With just a simple act of kindness, these students completely impacted Caleb's school life for the better.

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