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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThere have been 14 bullying related suicides so far this school year
In many areas of the country the school year is barely a month old. That translates to 1 death every 2 plus a little days. Imagine if gunmen came into schools and killed one student every 2 or so days. Or how about if some food product were killing one child every 2 or so days. We would have hearings and laws so fast your head would spin. What do we have now? Nothing. I am sick of reading about his and yes sick of writing about it too. I have the feeling that if this weren't tied in with gayness more would be done. Instead this is remeniscent of the AIDS crisis where it took half a decade for the President to even say the word AIDS despite thousands of deaths. What will it take for our government to take this crisis seriously? A mass suicide on Times square? ACT UP style protests during the half times of high school football games?
It would be nice if next year, the number of deaths would be zero.
MichiganVote
(21,086 posts)orpupilofnature57
(15,472 posts)in the private schools they attend children are briefed as to who's who, so everyone feels franchised .
johnnypneumatic
(599 posts)where did you get this information? I am not doubting you, I just have not heard of any suicides recently. I did not know that it happens so often: 1 suicide every 2 days. Does anyone keep track of this?
You're right, it is just like back in the eighties, they don't care because it is the right people dying...
Tikki
(14,549 posts)rules instituted last year and again this year when he spoke at open-house last month.
My heart sank a bit because my grandson is a special needs student being mainstreamed
and a statement like 'pretty much' leaves me with some doubt.
Tikki
The Doctor.
(17,266 posts)Sadly, 'Aggression' is very difficult to teach (to introverted and harmless children). Deviousness is worthless without some aggression.
AndyTiedye
(23,500 posts)The Doctor.
(17,266 posts)I cornered them when they were vulnerable. If you want specifics; I waited until they (one of them) were taking a shit in the bathroom and I just walked right in with a stick.
A yard stick I took from one of the rooms. Right into his stall as he was taking a dump.
He was very unpleasantly surprised.
I dealt with each of my bullies differently. They all cowered immediately.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)seem to be in contention as to who can lynch (TS) the most. If they think they detect a troll or someone that doesnt vote right in a jury, bingo they go after them in numbers. When they get a TS, watch the group-grope grave dancing.
They love to bait the lefties or liberals into stepping over the line and commit name calling or some other violation. They love to start threads or hijack threads with attacks on Ralph Nader and wait for defenders to speak out. Then in number they attack, hoping to bully the defender into breaking the TOS. They also go after jurors that dont vote right. Writing OPs demanding that such jurors step forth and explain themselves. This is classic bullying. "You will vote correctly (read "as I want you to vote" as a juror or suffer the consequences." Look in meta. Thread after thread about bad jurors. They are obsessed with cleansing DU of the bad elements just like Zimmerman wanted to cleanse his neighborhood.
smackd
(216 posts)and it's breaking my heart, and hers. She (daughter) won't talk about it, just...tears and major drama every single morning, not wanting to go to school. My friend basically just had to put two and two and six together, ask some strategic questions, to figure out it was ten.
She's so exhausted trying to figure out what to do, how to 'fix' it, she's been crying with me for help.
She won't make a big deal out of it, the girl is popular and her family is 'well known' in the community. They live in a pretty small town. Only other school choice is a private Christian school that they can't afford.
She is going to talk to the school and see if she can get her schedule changed, but she's afraid to mention the girl by name. It's just been so traumatizing for the entire family!
I swear, that age, they are the I remember.