Teen allegedly bullied before TV interview about bullying

[MJJersey]

Originally Posted by HappyTexan

That's the zero tolerance schools practice. Both the victim and perpetrator get in trouble.
My son got suspended for 2 days because he defended himself. The kid that started it got 3 days suspension.
Asst. Principal told me there was nothing she could do because her hands were tied and my son hit back to defend himself.

But that was OK. I told my son he did nothing wrong and he did just what he was supposed to do and to not change a thing. I took off those 2 days and we went to the movies and rented him a few video games to play.

What does that say about bullying when the victim gets in almost as much trouble for DEFENDING themselves ?
It's like the schools want you to do nothing and get the crap beaten out of you either physically or psychologically.
They want you to take it and then run off and "tell them" so they can fix it and make everything OK ?
Well that's not working.

That's the craziness of the new "zero tolerance" policies, which are based on the craziness of self-defense laws in states like mine. I guess the administrators in the schools in my state figure that if they can go to jail for defending themselves against an attacker then a bully victim can get suspend for defending himself against a bully. It teaches them life skills to get ready to live in the state.

[JanND]

Originally Posted by Bulldogdad

Its called the Obama Doctrine.

Nothing to do with it. It's always been that way. That's why kids give up, some committ suicide, because it all seems so unjust to them. We as adults should have done a better job getting our schools to come to the aid of the kids being bullied.....The parents today need to be more vocal...Thankfully they are trying.

[HappyTexan]

Originally Posted by JanND

Nothing to do with it. It's always been that way. That's why kids give up, some committ suicide, because it all seems so unjust to them. We as adults should have done a better job getting our schools to come to the aid of the kids being bullied. My generation did....The parents today need to be more vocal...Thankfully they are trying.

By suspending them from school if they defend themselves physically ?
Yeah..nice work by our schools.

[Bulldogdad]

Originally Posted by JanND

Nothing to do with it. It's always been that way. That's why kids give up, some committ suicide, because it all seems so unjust to them. We as adults should have done a better job getting our schools to come to the aid of the kids being bullied.....The parents today need to be more vocal...Thankfully they are trying.

Obama, liberal whatever.

How bout we teach our kids to handle life instead of creating an artificial bubble around them.