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Originally Posted by Uncle Mxy
But going back to your point about the districts have to pay either way, they'd 'lose teachers and elective classes paying for lawyers and settlements' if they don't get rid of the bullies too.
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Originally Posted by Uncle Mxy
But going back to your point about the districts have to pay either way, they'd 'lose teachers and elective classes paying for lawyers and settlements' if they don't get rid of the bullies too.
Didn't any of you go to school?
The answer is, teach the victims how to screw the bully's sisters and if they don't have them, then their mom's work just as well.
Basic coping skills 4tw.
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Quick personal story...
First day of 7th grade, at the end of gym class when we were all standing in the locker room wating for the bell to ring, 4 big ass dudes (had to have all been at least 16 lol) walked up to me and asked what size my shoes were. I said "my size". One guy said "no, those look like my size" and I said "no they're not, they're my size". Well next thing I know one has each of my arms, and the other two each go for my shoes. Not much I can do at that point. One of the gym teachers walks by and says "put him down". They did, and I never lost my shoes.
It's shit like that where faculty could do a much better job. Sure, they never came back to try and steal my shoes, but wasn't it obvious that was the case? Why didn't the teacher at least investigate? He never even stopped walking when he said it.
Another story (relates to putting bullies in their place argument)...
Same locker room, a group of white trash kids were hanging out. As I walked by one of them just turned around and slugged me in the gut. It didn't hurt anyway (never been susceptible to gut punches, and he was smaller than me), so I tackled him and wailed on him for a bit. Of course his friends tried to get involved because that's how pussies like that operate, but my friends were nearby to hold them off. I got up after a few punches, and walked away. Not one faculty member ever got involved. Nobody ever brought it up, it was like it never happened.
So I can see how some kids really feel left out in the cold by their teachers & faculty. There really isn't much done in a lot of schools. It's a fine line whether to bring legal authority to faculty, but I can agree with the court case to a point considering some of the shit I've seen.
I can also see how the schools somebody went to can severely alter their judgement here. I've gone to every type of school from prep schools to ghetto schools that were closed for a day because there were new bullet holes in the walls to redneck schools that are on their own special level. The redneck schools are probably the worst for bullying IMO, but it can be just as bad in the prep schools too.
Is that my longest post here? lol
Quick question: How many schools in the USA?
Cause my solution is for your government to hire me and a couple of my boys and we'll go visit every single fucking school and teach these fucking bullies what the real world is really all about.
Motherfuckers wanna pick on smaller/fatter/slower/dumber kids? No way. STFU and worry about your own education you wanna be tough guy.
6 words for kids that wanna play the bully.
You Daniel Benoit, I Chris Benoit
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I agree that "damned if you do, damned if you don't" can make it easier to do the right thing -- until you lose your job, your school closes down or some such bullshit. Yeah, I may be exaggerating a bit. But, this ruling sets a bad precedent, hurts our schools, and pads the pockets of a lot of scumbags. It's nanny state bullshit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tahoe
My anecdotal stories will be short.
1) My bike was stolen by a school bully and taken off school grounds. I told my mom. She called the cops. I had my bike back that day.
2) My high school gym bully and I met just off school grounds for the big fight he wanted. He thought he was a martial arts master. I broke his wrist on my knee. Game over.
3) Three bullies overpowered me, pounded my face into the ground, forced me to eat dirt, on school grounds Friday after school with no one around. One by one, they vanished, never to be seen or heard from again. I was eventually called in for questioning, but they could never pin it on me. Heh. Shortly after, I switched schools for unrelated reasons and had a growth spurt that discouraged most bullies. But that's not nearly as fun a story, and what I wrote *is* literally true in a fashion.
There's something like 100,000 elementary and secondary (non-college) public schools in the U.S. About 30,000 more private schools. 55 million kids.
That's a lot of pool cues.
And thus the moniker or something, "not to be fucked with" :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Uncle Mxy
^ exactly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pharaoh
But our school districts are full of 'all we need to do is talk to the bullies" type of peeps. Or 'we just need to pay more attention to the bullies' type of peeps.
They won't get tough with them.