[ladylib]

Now, please tell me. A kid gets beat up by a bully. Out of the corner of his eye, while this is going on, he sees a teacher, a group of teachers, or a school security force sitting there doing nothing, as if they are watching a TV program. Tell me please, is he supposed to have any respect for these people? Or does he just look at them with disgust?

[pbear8]

Maybe he should sue.

[PsyOp]

I'm sure he would look at them with disgust. Just as I did. The only thought I had was "If that were my daughter being beat up (and I had one that age in a different middle-school), I would want someone to do something.

I also spent 11 years in the Army where I was taught (or rather had reinforced), the idea that the strong are supposed to protect the weak, not victimize them. I did what was right. The problem is, doing what is right these days often makes you wrong in the eyes of the law.

I'm afraid that when I do get my credential, I will probably end up losing it because of those very convictions.

As a footnote: do you think the girl who butt I saved said "thank you" for taking one on the chin for her sake? One of the teachers commented to me later that what I did was dangerous, because one of them might have had a knife and used it on me.

[adx]

Now, please tell me. A kid gets beat up by a bully. Out of the corner of his eye, while this is going on, he sees a teacher, a group of teachers, or a school security force sitting there doing nothing, as if they are watching a TV program. Tell me please, is he supposed to have any respect for these people? Or does he just look at them with disgust?

And people wonder why kids are carrying weapons to school (I did on a regular basis, and that was back in the early '90's).