Showing posts with label bullying. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bullying. Show all posts

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Rochester Bus Aide


 

Everyone's talking about the video of the Rochester bus aide who was verbally harassed by four spoiled brats.
People are understandably outraged at the situation. Forget apologies. Forget sensitivity training and all the other feel good BS.


This presents a great opportunity for Western New York to stand up against this type of behavior. I'll leave it up to the authorities to do that. However, the punishment should be swift enough to get the rest of the country talking. It should be severe enough to make people question whether it is too much. What happened here was nothing short of an assault. Thank God for the video. Had it not been taped and the woman hit one of the precious little snowflakes, their parents would be suing her and she would probably have been fired. The community is rightly outraged and expecting some serious consequences for this criminal behavior. These little scumbags and their parents should have some serious comeuppance coming their way...





















Wednesday, September 28, 2011

New claim in bullying case

In this interview, the parents of deceased Williamsville North student Jamie Rodemeyer say students chanted "you're better off dead!" recently at a school dance after his death. If this is true, those students chanting should be punished accordingly. Were there any adults present at the dance? Did any of them hear this?

I'm skeptical of this latest allegation. Who are these bullies the parents are referring to? Teen suicide is a very sad subject. However, this latest claim (in front of a national audience) seems a bit over the top to me. If it's true, someone should be held accountable...

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Thursday, September 22, 2011

High School bullying

I thought this was a good message on high school from channel 4's Melissa Holmes...


A lot of people are talking about the events that preceded the death of Williamsville North student Jamey Rodemeyer. I feel bad for his family and the whole Williamsville North community. Teen bullying, especially cyber-bullying has gotten way out of hand in this culture. Adolescence is such a tough time already. There is no need for it to be made worse. I would encourage parents and teens to speak out against this behavior and bullying in general and really monitor what their kids are posting online.

Having said that, I disagree with the popular opinion that the online posts exclusively led to Rodemeyer's death. I'm sure they didn't help, however, it appeared that he was a very troubled and confused teenager. I'm not condoning the actions of those who bullied him. Unfortunately, it seems common for high school students in this country to pick on those they perceive as weak. High School can be such a difficult time for many. We should work on changing this to make the transition from childhood to adulthood easier for all teenagers.

We also need to tell teenagers to stand up for those being bullied (as apparently many of Rodemeyer's friends did do.) This story reminded me of an old episode of Cheers from the 1980's. (Of course, everything in this world reminds me of old episodes of Cheers from the 1980's.) One of Sam's ex Red Sox teammates writes a book where he comes out of the closet. The local press publishes a picture of the two of them at the bar. The regulars fear that the bar will become a magnet for gay customers. They try to convince Sam to discourage gays for coming to the bar. It's a very funny episode about standing up for your beliefs and accepting everyone and (like everything else) it happened to be on YouTube...




Monday, August 22, 2011

Photographer Says 'No' To Senior Pictures For Bullying Students - Pittsburgh News Story - WTAE Pittsburgh

We need more people like this Pennsylvania school photographer Jennifer McKendrick. On a Facebook page, she noticed a group of HS seniors bullying other students. When it came time to take their individual pictures, she sent a note to their parents and refunded their money.

She said she couldn't take their pictures knowing how mean they had been to other people. According to the photographer, some of the girls' parents thanked her for bringing the problem to their attention. Good for her and good for the parents who sided with her...


Photographer Says 'No' To Senior Pictures For Bullying Students - Pittsburgh News Story - WTAE Pittsburgh