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I refer to this article on The New Paper ("Man jailed for shoving son’s alleged bully", 30 April 2019)
First off, let me say that I do not condone this parent’s action. And being a teacher himself, he should have known better than to dispense his own brand of justice.
However, let’s imagine if something like this were to happen to us. Imagine you have a child who is constantly getting bullied at school. Imagine seeing him being always unhappy. Imagine when you approach the school to raise your concerns, all they can offer is that the bully has anger management issues like it’s a good excuse, and do nothing to help the situation. Now imagine yourself being the parent who has to tell your child this: “Sorry son, there’s nothing I can do. Now suck it up!”
Let me be perfectly clear about this. Bullying has led to suicides before. Exactly how many victims do we need before we bloody wake up our ideas?
Who is the real culprit in this incident? The man who took the law into his own hands to defend his son? The 10-year old bully? Or the school that just doesn’t give a f*ck at all?
In any case, to me personally, the most shocking and bone-chilling part of this news, was that the District Judge literally said: “bullying was a frequent occurrence”.
Oh I see. Bullying is a frequent occurrence. May I ask what exactly was he trying to imply? That this is perfectly normal? Simply accept it?
More at https://www.domainofexperts.com/2019/05/judge-said-bullying-is-frequent.html
First off, let me say that I do not condone this parent’s action. And being a teacher himself, he should have known better than to dispense his own brand of justice.
However, let’s imagine if something like this were to happen to us. Imagine you have a child who is constantly getting bullied at school. Imagine seeing him being always unhappy. Imagine when you approach the school to raise your concerns, all they can offer is that the bully has anger management issues like it’s a good excuse, and do nothing to help the situation. Now imagine yourself being the parent who has to tell your child this: “Sorry son, there’s nothing I can do. Now suck it up!”
Let me be perfectly clear about this. Bullying has led to suicides before. Exactly how many victims do we need before we bloody wake up our ideas?
Who is the real culprit in this incident? The man who took the law into his own hands to defend his son? The 10-year old bully? Or the school that just doesn’t give a f*ck at all?
In any case, to me personally, the most shocking and bone-chilling part of this news, was that the District Judge literally said: “bullying was a frequent occurrence”.
Oh I see. Bullying is a frequent occurrence. May I ask what exactly was he trying to imply? That this is perfectly normal? Simply accept it?
More at https://www.domainofexperts.com/2019/05/judge-said-bullying-is-frequent.html