That's their way of saying we can't help your son from getting a beat down. We can't/won't do anything about the bullies, but we sure can ask your son not to bring his Rainbow Dash bag to school.
Seriously beat up over my little ponies ridiculous now if he went to school bragging his parents bought him a wii u then I could understand but this is just stupid.
That's not what he's saying at all. He's probably (not trying to put words in his mouth) saying that it's the school's responsibility to stop the bullying, especially when it gets as physical as it did in this case.
And I agree with this. A school has a responsibility to ensure bullying either does not occur or is dealt with it does.
Okay maybe I misunderstood. But you know damn well that a school is never going to stop bullying 100%. Never has, and never will. It's the world we live in. Everywhere in the world this stuff happens, its human nature, we're wired to be this way. So what I am saying is that the school can try, but it will never succeed 100% and to expect that isn't real. So either the kids going to get real tough real soon or his parents can probably move him to another school, teach him self defense, etc.
Absolutely. Teachers and admins aren't able to see everything, and students are almost always unpredictable. But in this case, the school administrators knew exactly what was happening and how serious it was, yet they did nothing but tell the kid not to bring that specific lunchbox. It took this story going big for the district to actually take action. Who knows what similar situations may be happening that aren't receiving nearly enough attention?
I have to think the parents are a little naive as well here... It's like naming your boy "stacey" or something. Yeah its fine when they're older, but you know the wrath of shit the kid's going to take growing up?
Yeah, i get that, but issues like that stem out of biases created by the media (or sometimes even friends or parents). some cartoons and tv shows that kids watch teach really dumb things that send messages to kids that tell them what to think of others. an example would be "Boy Colors and Girl Colors". If we would just change the way we teach our children (and change what they watch) about other people and the opinions, likes, and dislikes they may have, I think we would be seeing a lot less stories like this.
They are not going to stop bullying from happening in every instance. However, it's the administration's job providing a safe environment for their students. They should have reprimanded the bullies rather than asking the bullied kid not to bring his bag to school. That's utterly ridiculous.
"Reprimanded" is code for "sent home for three days, and threatened with expulsion if they ever exhibit even a hint of bullying again"--right?
