Today, I watched as a bully told a kid, "I wish someone would staple your mouth shut so you would never talk again" right in front of the teacher. The teacher definitely heard it. She didn't get written up for it. Not even a verbal warning. I would pay to see a teacher actually punish someone in this school. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I taught my daughter to tell a teacher if she was being bullied. My husband however taught her teachers are useless, and if you punch bullies in the balls really hard, they will bend forwards which puts them in a good position for an uppercut that will knock out teeth. The school is furious. FML
Today, I finally stood up to the guy who's been bullying me for the last 2 years. Even though he's been caught in the act several times, he never gets punished, so I figured I'd get away with gut-punching him. Nope. An hour later, I was suspended from school. FML
Today, I fought back with words against a bully. He cried, and I got detention. FML
Today, a student told me to "F*** off!" I reported it to my boss and the student's parent, who is also a teacher at the school. My boss deemed it a minor issue and said we wouldn't be following discipline policy. Now, my boss frequently visits my classroom to bully me, likely due to the two of them being drinking buddies. FML
Today, I was teaching and a boy sitting in front kept laughing and smiling, even after I asked him to cut it out. I got so annoyed that I jokingly said I'd knock his teeth out, and asked him to leave the class. The kid went to the principal and told him I intended to hurt him. I'm a college professor. FML
Today, I bullied a kid at school, just so someone would talk to me. FML
Today, I got my ass beat by some kid in my grade. The reason I was targeted? The superintendent, aka my idiot father, suspended him for defending himself in another fight. The kid told me it's not personal, he needed to prove a point that our school doesn't do shit about bullying, As much as I agree with him… FML
Today, a coworker at school yelled at one of our students to be quiet. The kid got pretty upset, so I went to comfort him. He held my hand for the rest of the class, telling me in vivid detail how he was going to kill my coworker. Now I'm afraid to look at him. FML
Today, in the absence of my god-daughter's parents, I went in their place to see her elementary school's principal. She apparently stood up to a known bully's violence and retaliated, sending said bully to the hospital. Not only she may be facing expulsion, I may get sued by the bully's parents. FML
Today, as a teacher, I saw a younger boy kick an older boy in the crotch and I reported it in our online system. Despite typical consequences for violence (automatic suspension), the department head, a drinking buddy of the boy's parents, gave him only a single detention. Now, the department head is harassing me for reporting the incident. FML
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RichardPencil 32
That sounds like pretty ordinary kid trash talk. Even as adults, we have STFU to capture the same sentiment.
cuz803 46
Then perhaps if the student stood up to the bully, they wouldn't get in trouble then. It should work on both ends.
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cuz803 46
Then perhaps if the student stood up to the bully, they wouldn't get in trouble then. It should work on both ends.
Bogrbon 27
That’s not how it works. When a kid stands up to the bully they get punished because then the teacher has an actually fight (verbal or otherwise) and has to deal with it. Of course the “instigator” deserving a more severe punishment is the kid betting bullied at that point, because they could have had peace and quiet until the kid said something.
Thaylok 17
The key is to make things very clear and uncomfortable enough for the teacher so they MUST take action. " That is Bullying and I am going to the Principal because Teacher just allows it." Then the victim must go to the principals office. if the teacher hears the key word, they need to take action. if not the victim needs to disrupt class so they get sent to the office. if the whole class hears victim declare the bullying, then they are all now on the hook and administration will have plenty of folks to talk with.
RichardPencil 32
That sounds like pretty ordinary kid trash talk. Even as adults, we have STFU to capture the same sentiment.
ODBeefalo 10
while school is the place to teach... kids discipline and how to behave around other humans, this falls into the unpunishable threat category as an adult. a threat so blatantly specific and pretty much unlovable it makes no sense, usually so over the top it becomes funny. I think this is based on getting halfway through a real threat out of anger and realizing "hey wait, I could actually get the cops called on me if I say this" and swirving the other way.
Vesi 30
Perhaps report this to the principle in case there is any escalation between students so it's known it had been going on.
historygrad74 19
As a teacher (high school), I would have to be in the situation, but students say terrible things to each other all the time. You have to discern what is the bullying part and what isn't.