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16-03-2011, 09:59pm
(This post was last modified: 16-03-2011, 10:02pm by Throwdown!.)
Like many, I was bullied at school for being too quiet and hence the easy target. Whenever an adult became aware, I was the only one given a talking to - be more out going etc... When I turned into Casey, the bullies disappeared but the adult advice never improved. I don't care what they say, most schools ignore bullying.
I heard Kenneally and O'Farrell (NSW Premier-to-be battlers) half debating this today, although they seemed to agree on almost everything to do with it - basically, blame the kid. O'Farrell made the point that if the lad had landed on his head things would have got much worse for the kid being bullied, which is not a good outcome. THE OTHER KID SHOULDN'T BE BULLYING HIM IN THE FIRST PLACE! If he gets laid on his head by a kid who is protecting himself after showing years of restraint, I'd have to ask where were the teachers when it was happening and what strategies were in place.
Casey apparently copped this rubbish for years. the video shows him talking a punch to the face with no effort to defend himself - THAT kid then walks off and presumably hasn't been suspended, despite that punch. The little kid who came in after seems typical of those squirts who join in with the bullying because if the real bullies stop picking on any given kid, he's next in the firing line.
Casey's father says that he brought his kid up not to hit anybody and the video shows him doing all the right things bullied kids are told to do. That's all well and good, if there's an adult around to back them up. In the video, Casey is apparently outside of THE PRINCIPAL'S WINDOW! Good strategy, but let down by the teachers. After he slams the kid, he immediately goes inside to give himself up. If he's due a punishment, it shouldn't be as bad as what the bullies get. The kid is sitting at home now with the school having given him a terrible message - you should never defend yourself and you're as bad as the bullies.
The school let Casey down for 4 odd years, then let him down by suspending him. For all the 'two wrongs don't make a right' bullshit, he got suspended for one reason only - it's easier for the school to turn a blind eye to bullying and when an incident does land in their lap, send all the kids home, out of sight out of mind. That's the school's position on bullying, because it suits the teachers to take the easier way out. A lot of bullies like being suspended from school, but their victims often suffer by falling behind.
I'm with Casey on this one. If you teach kids never to look out for themselves or (the worse one) 'if an adult tells you to do something, you do it', then someone will almost certainly abuse your kid in the future.
Remember the 16yo girl at McDonald's who was forced to strip and at one point give the manager a blowjob (documentary video on You Tube and elsewhere). She used that line, 'my parents taught me if an adult tells you to do something, you do it'. Also, 4-5 McDonald's workers get her to do things like nude jumping jacks etc... because someone on the phone claiming to be a Police Officer, instructed them to do so. How many of them were taught the same thing.
Go Casey! Thump a few teachers after you've got your HSC.
I heard Kenneally and O'Farrell (NSW Premier-to-be battlers) half debating this today, although they seemed to agree on almost everything to do with it - basically, blame the kid. O'Farrell made the point that if the lad had landed on his head things would have got much worse for the kid being bullied, which is not a good outcome. THE OTHER KID SHOULDN'T BE BULLYING HIM IN THE FIRST PLACE! If he gets laid on his head by a kid who is protecting himself after showing years of restraint, I'd have to ask where were the teachers when it was happening and what strategies were in place.
Casey apparently copped this rubbish for years. the video shows him talking a punch to the face with no effort to defend himself - THAT kid then walks off and presumably hasn't been suspended, despite that punch. The little kid who came in after seems typical of those squirts who join in with the bullying because if the real bullies stop picking on any given kid, he's next in the firing line.
Casey's father says that he brought his kid up not to hit anybody and the video shows him doing all the right things bullied kids are told to do. That's all well and good, if there's an adult around to back them up. In the video, Casey is apparently outside of THE PRINCIPAL'S WINDOW! Good strategy, but let down by the teachers. After he slams the kid, he immediately goes inside to give himself up. If he's due a punishment, it shouldn't be as bad as what the bullies get. The kid is sitting at home now with the school having given him a terrible message - you should never defend yourself and you're as bad as the bullies.
The school let Casey down for 4 odd years, then let him down by suspending him. For all the 'two wrongs don't make a right' bullshit, he got suspended for one reason only - it's easier for the school to turn a blind eye to bullying and when an incident does land in their lap, send all the kids home, out of sight out of mind. That's the school's position on bullying, because it suits the teachers to take the easier way out. A lot of bullies like being suspended from school, but their victims often suffer by falling behind.
I'm with Casey on this one. If you teach kids never to look out for themselves or (the worse one) 'if an adult tells you to do something, you do it', then someone will almost certainly abuse your kid in the future.
Remember the 16yo girl at McDonald's who was forced to strip and at one point give the manager a blowjob (documentary video on You Tube and elsewhere). She used that line, 'my parents taught me if an adult tells you to do something, you do it'. Also, 4-5 McDonald's workers get her to do things like nude jumping jacks etc... because someone on the phone claiming to be a Police Officer, instructed them to do so. How many of them were taught the same thing.
Go Casey! Thump a few teachers after you've got your HSC.
Carpe Diem!