9 Charged after girl kills herself over bullying

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by deepimpact2

Why would it be hard for a teacher to know how to respond? I don't understand that either. Many teachers these days need more backbone too. They shouldn't let the kids bully them.

Administration doesn't want them coming after kids like that. I'm sure many of these teachers have backbones in their "real lives," but they aren't able to showcase that at work.

[deepimpact2]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

Administration doesn't want them coming after kids like that. I'm sure many of these teachers have backbones in their "real lives," but they aren't able to showcase that at work.

No, you are right about admin. However, my argument has always been that if adminis don't want teachers doing that, they need to provide good support networks for their teachers when it comes to disciplinary issues.

Kids feed off of the perceived lack of respect that teachers get from admins.