Bullying

[Inimicus]

Point of clarification-

I'm not advocating kids beat each other up or that fighting is the best way to solve anything.

However in the specific case of bullying, I in fact believe that proportional violence is the only solution. It’s the only thing the pack of jackals will respond to.

[NCstoner420]

Bullies will never "get it". They won’t wake up one morning and think "wow my actions might have very serious long term effects".

This is exactly what happened with me.

[Doyle]

The kids need to learn to deal with it. It doesn't magically stop once you turn 18.

[Hawk]

Epi....nowadays...they are looking at the verbal more than the physical

so your mercilessly teasing kids would probably get you in more trouble these days than the fight behind the school did those days!

[Zod]

Kids should be able to attend school without fear. I support a zero tolerance mindset. Because it happens doesn't make it right. Kids need to learn that as members of society they are expected to act within a civil framework.

[Zod]

Also, ever notice bullies always have moron parents?

I'm guessing Atlanta is crawling with them.

[Hawk]

that's a huge point right there...and I've never been to Atlanta, thank god...but the parents have lots to do with this!

[Dpantherman]

I over compensated for my short, awkward and fat ass through jokes and poo all throughout high school. I never got bullied, but I also picked some good friends.

[Epistaxis]

So you can't make fun of people anymore.

Too bad, though I guess it doesn't matter, since stupid people seem to stay stupid no matter how much you point out the stupidity.

[CatofWar]

I've told mine in the event they get hit or struck by someone to punch em back as hard as they can in the nose and then go get a teacher. I'm sure that's frowned upon by some.

[Dpantherman]

I think there is a line between making fun and bullying. My friends and I made fun of each other all the time. But you can cross certain lines with (some) friends. And then again, there are lines you don't cross even when its your friend. We always considered it nothing is off limits, but that was never REALLY true.

[sunbunny]

We've been through bullying. For my son, it was physical. My daughter, it was words; spreading lies, being made fun of, setting her up to be humiliated, etc.

Tyler solved his by finally going batshit crazy on the guy and getting suspended for 3 days.

With Casey, OMG, let me just say middle school girls are the devil. It basically revolved around one certain girl. We've spent many an afternoon and night consoling my daughter. This girl really did a number on her. I had to hear my daughter say she just wanted to die several times. The mom was as bad as the daughter so no help there. We were to the point of putting Case in counseling. It stopped when Case finally started standing up for herself and developing more self esteem. But, that didn't happen until she hit a growth spurt, lost a bunch of weight, and ummm...developed.

[Ja Rhule]

I moved to US when I just turned 14. I came to class (9th grade) and the bullying started almost immediately. "You fuging commie", "Go back to you fuging country", "your mom is a bitch", "speak english" and much more in just my first 3 days of high school!!! I was boxing since I was 6 so yeah... On my 3rd day of school, I waited until the hallways were full of students. I beat the fug out that one cool kid that kept bullying me since day one. I almost broke my fist with his face. I got suspended for 10 days. When I came back, everyone wanted to be my friend and tho I was so cool... fuging high schoolers... I got suspended 7 times for fighting in high school (7 times I got caught). Almost got expelled from CMS. And I was the nice guy.

[CRA]

It sucks that public schools are like prison.....you have to beat the piss out of someone right off da bus to not get fuged with