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Sorry, should be 'good deeds.'
What I mean is instead of glorifying the cool kids in school who may be sports stars, we need to reward kids for standing up for each other and being kind and compassionate.
In this situation, no one stood up for this girl, did they?
Sorry, should be 'good deeds.'
What I mean is instead of glorifying the cool kids in school who may be sports stars, we need to reward kids for standing up for each other and being kind and compassionate.
In this situation, no one stood up for this girl, did they?
It was the "rich cool kids" comment that confused me.
She was a beautiful young lady...I didn't want to read about her final few days...just too sad. As a legal spokesman said on TV there are no laws on the books to prosecute the teachers/administrators. Only ublic opinion and civil lawsuits can be used. But at least if public awareness is sensitized towards these unfortunate kids who are attacked and the administrators FEAR what might happen to them via civil court proceedings then some justice will come out of this. Before the 70s sexual harassment in the work place was ignored. After some lawsuits corporations made valid complaints a priority.
What I mean is that at most schools you have the one clique who seems 'entitled' to rule the school while everyone else jockeys to get in with them.
In the end, who are these 'cool' kids? In 5 years many will be druggies or drunks. In 10 many will be burnt out losers.
I think we need to teach our kids that it's okay to be different and to realize life doesn't end at high school. This too will pass.
If we can get kids to believe this, many of the poor kids who are bullied will realize there is a better life besides the artificial one of 'school.'
I'm truly sorry about this girl and my heart goes out to her family.
Bullying knows no income level, gender, degree of athletic prowess or age.
We all need to reexamine our views about the subject and be careful not to oversimplify or allow personal bias to make judgements about all children.
This unfortunate case fit into every stereotype presented in Hollywood's version of the bully. But some kids are not that person and as such, should not be dismissed for not fitting the typecast- either as a bully or victim.
Kids make mistakes- it's part of growing up. But when they are never held accountable and parents work so hard to present a facade of the perfect child, empathy, remorse and morality is not learned. Doing something wrong and accepting the shame, learning to work towards gaining trust and feeling truly remorseful for that mistake is part of the growing process. Parents are guilty of stunting their children's emotional growth. This is just a theory but I feel strongly these teens in this case are an extreme example of this.
This is truly sad and I hope that more parents and kids stand up and take notice and truly use this as a teachable moment about civility.
I agree. Plenty of poor and middle class kids bully and are bullied.
My husband was one of them (bullied) when he was a kid abroad. It's a big part of British culture and he is still scarred from it.
I hope the school admin & teachers who knew about this get what they deserve. Discusting people!
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