tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post7409795306543929175..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Bullied to Death in Middle SchoolStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-58528306734099484882018-06-24T05:33:59.062-07:002018-06-24T05:33:59.062-07:00What a terribly sad story. What accounts for this ...What a terribly sad story. What accounts for this horrible trend in schools? More than anything, I think probably the failure to inculcate character in our kids beginning in the 1960s. When those kids grew up and became today's teachers and school administrators, the weakness of their characters lead them perceive all the <i>bullied kids</i> in their schools as the <i>bullies</i>. I.e., by allowing themselves to be bullied and complaining to the school about it, those poor bullied kids are seen by the school administrators as bullying <i>the administrators</i> into doing something that is the most painful thing in the world for them -- namely, to show some character. So they lash out at the bullied kid instead of the real miscreant.<br /><br />How else to explain situations like this news story and in Jester's post above?JPL17https://www.blogger.com/profile/10649330420822802850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-85228720015200473732018-06-24T05:31:10.246-07:002018-06-24T05:31:10.246-07:00When I was in school there was very little bullyin...When I was in school there was very little bullying. My daddy told me to defend myself and use whatever was handy to do so. I followed his advice and had no trouble.<br />Had he had occasion to visit the principal he would have put the fear of God in him and the principal would have found a better way to handle the situation.<br />Now the school and legal systems leave no recourse except to withdraw. Such a shame....Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561713005392375960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-36512000834503022862018-06-23T21:14:03.044-07:002018-06-23T21:14:03.044-07:00Growing up in the 80s and 90s was interesting in t...Growing up in the 80s and 90s was interesting in the aspect it was the last.. Generation I suppose where you could bet the ass of the bullies if you were pushed, but even then it had it's limits. In my case I could spend hours with parents, the schools and such to try to administer barriers or the like from bullies. They universally all failed. Every single time. But sometimes if you finally took a swipe or choked out or beat the bullies ass you could sit in detention or be expelled. Sometimes that was enough to get the bully to stop. Or they would in their humiliation gang up on you and double the terror they put on you. But mind you if they beat you up there was little that happened if anything. But if you swung back, shades of hell upon you. It has got even worse looking at what my teenagers see. Schools have zero capability in anything. "Junior would -never do that!" Even when presented with proof the school usually doubles down on the one that gets bullied, particularlly when the kids are connected some how with important parents. It's politics and lord of the flies all at once. Jesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17973419641321027031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-23531079142347914422018-06-23T15:26:23.217-07:002018-06-23T15:26:23.217-07:00Children are required to attend school, which mean...Children are required to attend school, which means that they don't have the option of choosing another social setting which is more compatible. Because the state forces the children to attend school and often limits their choice of schools, the state bears heightened moral responsibility to provide a safe pleasant environment for the children.Illuninatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11423190828865695564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-54190624862171120342018-06-23T08:44:42.191-07:002018-06-23T08:44:42.191-07:00We just had a suicide of an 11 y/o girl yesterday,...We just had a suicide of an 11 y/o girl yesterday, allegedly because of bullying. I admit that parts of that story don't ring true to me, so I looked at Mallory's story with a suspicious eye. It's going to depend on hard evidence, like texts.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-23421143649133053952018-06-23T08:40:42.369-07:002018-06-23T08:40:42.369-07:00God help us. God help us, everyone. Our school s...God help us. God help us, everyone. Our school system is owned and operated by arrogant moral imbeciles. <br /><br />When my older brother was in middle school, a kid came in with a gun. He didn't shoot randomly but was after one kid, a bully. The bully survived and the bullied kid wasn't seen again. This was in the '70's, school officials still have their head in their ass. The school is beyond rotten, and what's worse the PTB keeps it going, as it deteriorates.Quartermainhttps://sonofquartermainsquarter.blogspot.com/2018/05/lost-batman-episode-only-room-for-one.htmlnoreply@blogger.com