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CharmedPam
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I'm glad that more emphasis is being put on bullies these days. Growing up it "wasn't a problem" or "every kid does it" in my era, so I'm glad it's getting recognition that it can really ruin a child's life. (this is all coming from the Keaton Jones video).
What can be done? I'd love to say, if it's done at school, teachers should have stricter punishments for them - but bullies are smart enough to not do it in front of adults.
What can be done? I'd love to say, if it's done at school, teachers should have stricter punishments for them - but bullies are smart enough to not do it in front of adults.
Re: Bullies
IMO, this is where a HS or even a middle school can work to implement polices where bullying outside of school can have repercussions. It's no longer a clean break to say that it happened across a computer outside of school hours.
His mom is a blatant racist; I can't help but be angry that she is so upset when her son isn't accepted for who he is while she advocates for disenfranchising other people for who they are.
Keaton even issued an apology for his mom, so I'm hoping the compassion he is being shown, especially by POC, will have a stronger hold on his character than who she is.
ETA: I also strongly believe most bullies are the result of bully parents.
Yes, some bullies are taught that at home. Some just have bad home lives altogether and honestly I think some kids are just impressionable and get it from other kids too.
She also allegedly was PMing with an MMA fighter and soliciting money and when he called her out for using her sons situation to profit off of, she said something like "us whites need to stick together."
Only in my personal experience, cyber bullying is down a bit from 4-5 years ago, although it remains a huge problem. I’m glad I’m not a student now. I was bullied a lot in middle school and a bit in HS, but it more or less ended at 2:30. I couldn’t imagine 24 hours a day.
I somewhat disagree with you on this point - the schools are resource constrained as is - I don't feel like this should fall into their realm of responsibility to police what is happening outside of their property/IT systems. If the bullying is occurring during school or extracurricular hours, on their property, or using their resources, then they have accountability to track/report/punish - beyond that I think it's the responsibility of the parents/guardians to manage access/accountability/escalation.
***In cases where there's an ongoing investigation from the school, I don't think it's unreasonable if the parents bring forth additional examples that happened outside of school resources for consideration in overall consequences - but I think the parents need to be the ones to collect this information and make the request, not the schools.
Imo, it's when it's a pattern of behavior that they're allowed to use it as means for disciplinary action
I'm not saying the systems shouldn't be in place, just that they're not as clear cut as all that.
I think any any program needs to be about all kids and standing up to bullying by improving relationships.