Quote From: sneakers145As adults, we have recourse against bullies.
If we're beat up, it's considered assault and battery, and the perp is arrested.
If our lunch money is stolen, it is theft and the perp is arrested.
If our reputation is smeared and we're called foul names, it's slander (or libel if printed) and we have recourse.
If we take a job with an obnoxious coworker who the boss won't reprimand, we can switch jobs if necessary. Not the easiest or most convenient option, but an option, nonetheless.
Kids in schools are told to suck it up and take it, and bully punishment (in a lot of cases) is a joke. Nobody should have to take what bullies dish out. Especially kids who are the most ill-equipped to handle it.
What you just posted is very much the truth!
We took our child out of school for 2 reasons:
BULLIES (I call them the sad products of parents who do not take parenting serious!)
EVERYONE IS REQUIRED TO LEARN AT THE SAME SPEED!
My son has great confidence, why should that be shattered by someone who did not learn about respect from their parents and therefor disrespects other students?
My son is advanced, why should I leave him in a class with kids that have IEP's and are way behind him, but HE is forced to stay at the level they are at, because the school has no program available for the advanced kids?
We cannot afford a private school and even if we could, there is not one close by. I also believe that the bullying problem is probably also existent in a private school as well, maybe not as much as in public school.
