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Schoolbus Bullying Video
http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/21/us/new...tor/index.html
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The kids were dicks, but I don't understand what the fundraising was for.
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My question is...she obviously was afraid to discipline the kids in any way, so why was she on the bus in the first place? Saying "it was one of those things, I didn't know what to do" doesn't give me any faith in her as an authority figure. Kids pick up on that immediately, and exploit it - this is nothing new.
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I read this story a few days ago. I skipped around in the video b/c I couldn't watch all of it.
I work as a Camp Counselor right now and all I could think of is how those kids got to the point that they thought it was okay. If one person isn't disciplining them, whatever. But if they are always allowed to be this way in school, there's a real problem. My campers wouldn't dare try to talk to one of us counselors like that. If they did, they know that serious consequences come with it. Homegirl doesn't need all of that money. That money could go to, though, hiring some new staff with backbones or sensitivity training or something. ETA: amIblue?'s post popped up when I posted mine and we basically said the exact same thing. Whoops. |
Great minds think alike!
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You're right. It's probably a tough position to staff.
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^^^When did you get here? Hi! ETA: And according to this she was a regular school bus worker. http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/...130501672.html
I saw the first minute then the last (which I didn't understand...it looked like she was showing them something). My position has pretty much already been stated. Those kids were being evil, it seems, for the sake of being evil. But it was hard to watch her just sit there and take it. I don't think she needed money or a trip to Disneyland. She needed some counseling or debriefing (because they clearly distressed her) and assertiveness training. This goes for the rest of the staff who interact with those kids on a daily basis because I'm sure this was not the first or last time they disrespect adults to such a dispicable level (which points to how they treat peers--I'd be shocked if that school didn't have a serious bullying problem). |
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I think it's awesome that someone felt compelled to raise that money for her. Now she can retire and go pamper herself somewhere! It'll feel good for a little while, but the hurt will still be there. |
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Didn't the kids say something about her family killing themselves so they didn't have to be around her and in reality her son had committed suicide 10 years ago? I mean its one thing to be like "you're fat, you're ugly" whatever but these kids took it to a whole new level of low. I can understand not being able to fight back when someone says something like that.
My question is not so much as why didn't she discipline them (she should have) but who the hell raises their kids to talk like that to adults? |
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