when I was in school, we had plenty of teachers who helped bullying along or instigated it themselves.
Yep.
My experience was also that bullying was done in gang fashion, not by specific individuals.
when I was in school, we had plenty of teachers who helped bullying along or instigated it themselves.
Teaching isn't a job that should be chased as a dream because the person wants money. Teaching should be chased as a career because the person wants to HELP society.
I think that when word got out around school...Casey was not bullied anymore, unless they want some of the same.
It reminds me of Ralphy in a Christmas story...when he snapped and beat the crap out of the bully.
sorry, but people who commit suicide have more issues than just being bullied. This whole bullying rally thats going on is just another colored ribbon for people who feel entitled to wear, so they can feel like they are changing the world but at the same time make sure their own faces get on the cover of a magazine.
its the old "politician kissing babies" routine to me.
As a parent, I will make sure I handle bullying. I will teach my child to FIGHT back, and if that doesnt work then daddy will go kick the bullies parents ass if they refuse to control their neanderthal of a child. I dont need teachers or the president to put a fake rubber stamp on real life issues that have been going on since the beginning of time.
Has bullying increased or just the reporting of bullying? Has the definition of bullying expanded to include almost anything remotely confrontational? I don't remember it being this bad when I was in school (30 years ago).
H.S. had a pecking order and you learned to live with it. If you wanted to move up, do something! Join a sports team, club, etc.
Your first line - issues? Such as believing (knowing) that he/she is "alone" and can't depend on anyone to help. (Zero tolerance policy leaves no option for the victim) Not even the parent(s) can help because the school board/school officials won't do their jobs and protect the victims of abuse - per policy.
If children KNOW that they have a right to defend themselves (remember the Constitution teachers/school board?) so there is a chance that the abuse (not only by the bully, but by the school officials/school board) will stop, there is hope. If a child is led to believe that there is no hope for an end of the abuse, it is reasonable to understand why they have "issues".
It would be worth it to me to lose a few days school time (if I were a student)/loss of a job that allowed such abuse.
As many know now, I live in Martinsville, just a few blocks from where the shooting took place today. I have seen posts from family members who claim that the shooter was in the process of bullying the kid he shot over a girl.
Now our kids see stuff like this shooting today, as well as quite a few kids that commented on the shooters FB page, and they are flat afraid to say something. At some point, life becomes hopeless to these kids. This young lady had just lost her father, was being endlessly harrassed, tormented, and beaten both physically and mentally, and she lost hope. Issues? Sure, she had a whole magazine rack full of issues! Needless, careless, loveless issues!
All because parents, teachers, school boards, and society in general have fostered hostility and a have not taught a lick of respect for the law, eldership in the community, law enforcement, and ultimately themselves. These kids that do this stuff are punks without an ounce of self respect for anything.
Punks who, if exposed to "the real deal" like those in our prisons would run home crying like little babies. Sad thing is, quite a few of them are going to end up in the same place. It breaks my heart.