[adduncan]

As someone who spent an unfortunate amount of time being bullied while in grade school, I can't tell you the rage I felt reading this. (Haven't seen the video but I read the descriptions while eating lunch. Big mistake.)

If I were the parent of one of the juniors, my daughter would be in therapy PDQ and my lawyer would be after the parents of the seniors, post haste. Throw the book at 'em and don't miss. Ditto the school for the reasons posted above: if this were a case of drug use, you bet your bippy the school would be involved before any tape hit any news media.

If I were the parent of one of the seniors, my daughter would be in INPATIENT therapy, and encouraging the other parents of seniors to do the same. It might head off the inevitable lawsuit that *will* be filed by someone, now that the tape is national news.

"Tradition" by itself is not an excuse for bullying. I'm not buying the "tradition" line of BS. This isn't even bullying, they've crossed the line into sadism. If sadistic beatings are done in the name of "tradition", then it's a bad one. A lawsuit would be doing the school and the girls a favor--stop the abuse before someone gets killed.

Going back to my turkey croissant.....
Adrienne (PNAM-2003)