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Nightangel8212:
As a former victim of bullying myself, I still carry a low self esteem, and have a difficult time trusting people. However, it seems that bullying seems to be getting worse, not better, especially if the following is any indication:
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/b-c-girls-suicide-foreshadowed-video-204452577.html
Social media has increased the manner in which one can be bullied. This girl made a mistake when she was 12 years old and flashed a camera. The next few years of her life both online and in school were absolutely horrifying, and my life experiences paled in comparison to her own. People keep asking, "where were her parents in all this?" You think the fact that she switched schools THREE times indicates that her parents were doing what they could, but the sad fact of the matter is, bullying is still running rampant, and little to nothing seems to be getting done about it. Then you get kids who get bullied horrifically, and when they FINALLY stand up for themselves and hit back, THEY are the ones who get in trouble.
Zero tolerance certainly doesn't seem to be working if the above news article and video are any indication. My major question is... why was the man who posted the pic up in the first place not charged with distribution of child porn? Were the little fuckers who beat her up not charged? And why do the schools say "Zero Tolerance", and yet IGNORE the bullying and attack the victim when they try to retaliate?
There simply isn't enough being done. I'm sorry, but when a girl drinks BLEACH to try to end her life, and then has people posting on facebook pictures of Javex and telling her to try different brands so she 'gets it right the next time', that should be get the little shit BANNED from facebook, and EXPELLED from the girl's school!
I don't know if anyone agrees with me here or not, but all I know is that this triggers me. Hardcore. I can't say I know how she felt because I haven't been bullied to the horrific extent she was, but I WAS a victim nonetheless. And if I had been anywhere in her area, if I had been capable of doing so, I would have wrapped that poor girl up in my arms and given her the comfort she so desperately needed in her time of crisis.
RIP Amanda, and know that your story is now out, and you have the support you never got in life.
Cerim Treascair:
As the son of a teacher, I got my ass handed to me routinely. A 26-on-1 stomping in high school (my first one, of three) comes to mind... and the one time I tell the local rent-a-cop that I'm considering bringing a weapon with me to defend myself because I'm tired of getting beaten down and having the school do nothing? I'm the one that gets suspended.
My dad finally stepped in and went to the principal, who he went to school with himself years ago. Dad only had to say one thing: "You do something, or *I* do something. And you won't like what I do about it. Do your motherfucking job, or I'll do it for you."
13 kids expelled, another half dozen suspended for two months. Yeah. Shows how far I had to go with it, even with my dad backing me.
ironbite:
And that shouldn't happen. Ever. But it does. Because schools have become so handicapped as lawsuit happy parents enter their kids into school. So they enact zero tolerance policies that do nothing in the hopes the problem will just...go away. But it doesn't. The little shits start getting more and more bold and eventually start thinking nothing can touch them. Until the day their victim says enough, brings a gun to school, and lets loose a hail of bullets. It's tragic, it's sad, and it is...inevitable if we continue down this path. The best way to get this to stop is to stop glorifying bullies in the media and teach kids there are real consequences to their actions. They are not special little snowflakes who can do no wrong, they are bullies. If they want to pick on kids so they get a reaction, the reaction won't be the one they want.
Ironbite-*gets off his soap box*
Søren:
I say bring the police in in the first instance of bullying, straight away and take them down. Fuck your childs innocence and the concept schoolyard antics, fuck the concept of child "not being able to hurt a fly". Show the kids what will happen if they continue bullying, show them a video or a picture of dead schoolkids from one kid that said "enough".
Or, take the alternate path, if you know your child is being bullied, teach him how to manipulate the bullies, get them expelled if other options arent feasible. Bullies are stupid little tools, so might as well mess with their heads and manipulate their dumbfuckery into getting kick out.
Is it too obvious that I don't like bullies? :P
RavynousHunter:
As Johnny the Homicidal Maniac once said (paraphrased): How many times do we admit that the victims may have had a hand in creating their killer?
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