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11 year old boy bullied by teacher

by Greg124
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In Ohio an 11 year old boy who had long hair, had his hair tied into pigtails and was made to stand in front of kids in at least two classrooms by the teacher, who also encouraged the other kids to mock him
This makes me very angry. I feel sorry for what that boy has been made to go through. That teacher is not fit to be in the teaching profession. I don't know what action the school will take against her, but in the UK she would be almost certain to loose her job.
It is bad enough when kids are bullied by other kids, but when it's the teacher who does the bullying the situation is totally outrageous.
Here is the article...

Mom sues; says teacher a bully | cincinnati.com | Cincinnati.Com
  • Profile picture of the author Sevenhills
    Only in america...
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  • Profile picture of the author CDarklock
    Originally Posted by Greg124 View Post

    In Ohio an 11 year old boy who had long hair, had his hair tied into pigtails and was made to stand in front of kids in at least two classrooms by the teacher, who also encouraged the other kids to mock him
    And in other news, things like this happen all the damn time.

    I wonder about some of you people. Have you forgotten what it was like to be a kid? Have you completely lost touch with who you were back then, with what you saw and never told, what you experienced and never said, and what you felt every damn minute of every day?

    Children are to be seen and not heard. Preferably, not even seen.

    You might tell a parent or teacher something you just saw, and they say something like "Oh, I'm sure that isn't what happened."

    You might tell the principal what heinous thing a teacher just did to another student, and he says "Oh, I'm sure there was a good reason."

    You might sit in a parent/teacher conference, tell everyone there what your teacher said to you, and have that same teacher sit there with a poker face and glibly say "Why, I have no idea where this came from. I would never do such a thing."

    In any of these situations, you might end up punished yourself for "lying" to an adult. Believe a child? Never. Not for any reason. If you don't want to hear what a child just told you, the child is lying.

    Even the dimmest children rapidly figure out the code of the schoolyard: don't narc. Ever. The adults won't believe you anyway, you'll probably get in trouble for lying, and the other kids will find out and make you suffer later.

    And teachers, like cops, are not all altruistic servants of the community. Many of them are sadistic sociopaths who want control over other people's lives. The altruistic servants have been in the minority all along.
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  • Profile picture of the author Denise Ashurst
    Bullying is endemic to the human race. Teachers can be the worst 'cause they humiliate kids... (remember Pink Floyd's ' We Don't Need No Education'?). But sadly it just is one of the failings of humans with insecurity issues...

    I've had some horrible teachers who have humiliated myself and other kids ... I suspect it's common... This could turn into a litany of horror stories!
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  • Profile picture of the author mwashington
    If the story is true here is probably what will happen. The teacher will get written up and reprimanded for the situation. Or the teacher could be dismissed. The teacher would be suspended for the recommended amount of days by school policy.Having been a teacher/coach/administrator I would recommend the teacher to be dismissed. However I would definitely find out the total situation from everyone involved.
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  • Profile picture of the author tomcam
    I went through similar stuff in junior high. Was also beaten a lot in those years. Not being protected at home or at school leaves you kind of frantic. Went away in my head while it happened, imagining that someday I'd be rich. Tried not to think too much about killing myself. Now that I'm rich, life is way less than perfect, but I can tell you that living well is a good revenge. Not attached to the houses, guitars, and sports cars, not at all. I do take frequent if quiet satisfaction in knowing that the people who did those things to me didn't have what it took to get here. Some of them are dead. I'm fine with that.
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael Motley
    I dont see the issue people currently have with bullying. I know that bullying is bad and it does happen, but its happened since there were kids smaller than other kids and for centuries children have grown up just fine even after being builied. There is many a child that has become a playground hero by standing up to the local bully. Many a kid has found bravery they didnt know they had by standing up to a bully..I'm one of those kids.

    Now we're about 2 steps from making bullying a felony and children being jailed because they pushed a kid off the merry go round.

    Since when did we start teaching our kids not to stand up to bullies? We wonder why we have an entire generation of candy-assed children who are so fat they cant see their feet and think that playing xbox or wii fit is the same thing as taking their lazy ever growing asses outside and actually getting a skinned knee playing.

    There will always be bullies. Either teach your children to stand up to them or get ready to have a 40 year old living in your basement because they never grew a spine.
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    • Profile picture of the author Venturetothetop
      Originally Posted by Michael Motley View Post

      I dont see the issue people currently have with bullying. I know that bullying is bad and it does happen, but its happened since there were kids smaller than other kids and for centuries children have grown up just fine even after being builied. There is many a child that has become a playground hero by standing up to the local bully. Many a kid has found bravery they didnt know they had by standing up to a bully..I'm one of those kids.

      Now we're about 2 steps from making bullying a felony and children being jailed because they pushed a kid off the merry go round.

      Since when did we start teaching our kids not to stand up to bullies? We wonder why we have an entire generation of candy-assed children who are so fat they cant see their feet and think that playing xbox or wii fit is the same thing as taking their lazy ever growing asses outside and actually getting a skinned knee playing.

      There will always be bullies. Either teach your children to stand up to them or get ready to have a 40 year old living in your basement because they never grew a spine.
      And how exactly do you suppose this kid stands up to their teacher?? It's a little different then someone your age, who you have a chance of smacking and winning without many consequences?

      Yes of course, learning to stand up for yourself can be character building but it can also be severly damaging to the child.

      When we were younger, this kind of story would have stayed within the school, in this case, the whole internet world knows about.... there are probably even video's of it from people's camera phones,

      a little different from when 'we' were growing up.

      Spend a week working with the Samaritans and see what exactly a bully can do to someone. Overcoming a bully takes good family support, good friends and some inspiration. Have none of those and your doomed..
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      • Profile picture of the author Michael Motley
        Originally Posted by Venturetothetop View Post


        Spend a week working with the Samaritans and see what exactly a bully can do to someone. Overcoming a bully takes good family support, good friends and some inspiration. Have none of those and your doomed..
        overcoming a bully takes a spine. not 'support from family and friends'. They arent rape victims, they aren't dying of cancer, they are learning interaction with peers, that doesnt require mommy and daddy to hold them tenderly when they get their lunch money taken.

        That being said, of course when there is an adult involved thats a different story, thats when th PARENT needs some backbone and they should be kicking off in that teacher's a$$
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