Posted on 03/31/2010 2:44:41 PM PDT by jerry557
Be careful! You have offered an opinion that does not go with the flow and that can lead to severe mocking and flaming.
Next time just drink the Koolaid, ok?
I agree. But I think that allowances must be made for the fact that they were recent immigrants. They could't have known that: the public school people wouldn't do anything; that bullies are protcted here; that homeschooling was a valid way to deal with it; and they may have been afraid to make waves while under immigrant status. For legal immigrants, the INS is very, very tough. One little slip up and you are denied a green card. I know this because I have a son-in-law who is applying. You wouldn't believe what they have to go through.
Isn’t it amazing that schools can teach students to believe everything democrats tell them, and that the world will end if they don’t recycle, but it can’t teach them to act like civilized human beings?
These bullies AND their parents need to be sterilized, then jailed.
Yes, I know teachers can spot bullies. Victims can identify them, too.
But what if the teacher is hyper and accusing a kid who is not a bully. What if a bully accuses an innocent person of bullying?
Accusing people of bullying and punishing people for bullying can become bullying in and of itself.
I am not saying it should be ok to torment people. I am saying it is hard to define and enforce.
Absolutely, persecuting for physical violence is a no-brainer.
I was half tempted to agree with you at first because I recall my first experience with a bully when I was a kid (led to my very first fight but that's another story.
Today when I drive down the street and look at some of these kids getting out of school walking down the street, they're not bullies, these "kids" are straight animals and thugs.
It is sure a whole lot different then when I was their age. Back then you would get in a fight, wear each other out, help each other up and dust off, then become friends afterword.
Today they'll stomp your head in the ground mercilessly, I have to admit I have some mixed feelings on this one.
So a girl is tormented to a point that she feels suicide is the only way to end it, yet you think the bullies should only be “suspended.”
These bullies didnt even stop when she died! They went on her facebook memorial page and joked about the death and continued insulting her!
These bullies are monsters and need to be punished. And a hell of a lot more severe than a simple “suspension.” They should be kicked out of school and serve some time.
Wussification of America? What do you want the victim to do? She can’t fight back because the school would then punish her. Fighting is against the rules and good people dont break the rules, only the bad people do. Yet you want the good people to put up with this crap? Give me a break.
Home schooling or not is a bogus argument. Somer Thompson’s(7 year old Florida girl) rapist murderer was home schooled and he saw fit to rape, murder, and throw a 7 year old girl in a landfill. The point is, there is no point re: home school or not home schooled.
I did not see your later post before I hit send.
My apology.
Well put, deserves a bump. Couldn't have said it better.
This family will probably bring a civil case against the school administration. The names of the teachers and administrators who did nothing will become public. Who in the future will hire them when their names are publicized? This type of thing is a career killer, as it should be.
Isn’t it amazing that parents and students have to “own up” to responsibililty, but these public school slugs don’t have to?
You are the parent of which sweet innocent little darling?
i knew that the parents would stick up for their kids. That’s part of the problem! They don’t make their little darlings step and admit they were badly behaved.
Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were bullies and thugs by any definition. Eric harassed Brooks Brown to a point that the Brown family was scared. Yes, scared s***.
I actually remember reading an article that the “Trenchcoat Mafia” did not like Harris and Klebold, particularly Klebold because he was anger prone and extremely belligerent. I have to fish for that though because it has been a while.
Yes, the school is just to blame. I have heard that Gus Sayer has left and his contract is up for renewal in May.
When I read that article, I thought of this article:
Columbine: Parents Of a Killer
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/15/opinion/columbine-parents-of-a-killer.html?pagewanted=1
The Klebolds were interviewed and they clearly were in denial even 5 years later.
“You are the parent of which sweet innocent little darling?”
I don’t think you are reading my posts.
I am not defending bullies.
I am saying it is a hard crime to define and prosecute when it is verbal only.
Bingo.
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