If you can spare $1 that is wonderful. If not, even some kind words of support would be lovely. Recently my young daughter lost a school mate and less than 48 hours later her two 'so-called' best friends abruptly deserted her when she needed them the most. One made sure to make her last 3+ weeks of sixth grade a living h*ll for her by bullying her and turning almost everyone against her. This young girl is more alike with the kids on the bus than she would like to think I'm sure. Why people have to torment someone else to make themselves feel better I'll never know, but they continue to abuse when and where they can with no thought to the damage they do. I was moved to tears by the hate this woman listened to and how much sweetness she has in her. We donated and I hope she travels and retires and never has to deal with these horrible children again. The last comment made on the video was the saddest of everything they said. I hope they are expelled and brought up on charges.
" I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure. " Mae West
It starts with the parents and the more the school system does their stupid "let's treat the kids as a adults" thing, it will keep happening. One of the parents made excuses for their kid in this video. My kids would never have dreamed of doing something like this because they knew what would have happened to them from me. We have to teach our kids that they have to stand up and be their own person. when they see something like this tell a teacher. I think they know the teachers might not listen or make things worse. There had to be kids listening that were embarrassed by that exchange or felt bad for her. I had a group of girls that bullied me in 7th grade. They made my year almost unbearable and they did the same thing to me on a bus once. I can't remember what they made fun of me for but they did it because they knew I was weak because I was the new girl. I remember it like yesterday. But trust me this is a way of life for bullies. They will pounce on anyone weaker than them. Bullies are a problem and it starts with the parents.
If they know their parents will make excuses or most likely it is a learned behavior from modeling even. One thing I think that she should have done though was tell them what they were doing was wrong. I am surprised she just took it. She tried but I would have stood up and told them to sit back and be quiet. I was on a street corner a few days ago and a kid probably 9 walked right in front of a car without looking both ways (or any way) With no adults around, I stopped him and told him he was almost hit, he didn't even know. We can't just sit back with these kids and as a monitor she did not handle the situation but that in no way makes what happened right.
