I saw that video of the student attacked on the Belleville school bus and it made me sick to my stomach. If you don’t think that was a racist attack then you are blind! My 2 boys were on a similar bus and because of all the problems they were having on it we simply started driving them to school.
My youngest boy 13 years of age is becoming more racist himself due to all the %&^#@ he goes through every day at middle school. We have tried to change his attitude, but I’m afraid no matter what we say to him he won’t change his mind. The other day at school his teacher held a small memorial/tribute to those who perished during 911 and he said all the white children were very well behaved, but the black children were snickering and being disrespectful. So how do you explain why they acted like that to him? He sees one common denominator.
The boy on the bus also reminded me of my son. The boy was said to be a “nerd” “quiet” and he was “white”. Those qualities defined my son as well and thank God we had the sense to put him in Karate when he was 6 years old. A young black tormentor of his finally got his comeuppance when he tried to trip him in the hallway at school. My son the “quiet” one beat the living $%#@ out of him. It took about 5 people to pull him off of him. The kid never knew what hit him. The attack was so fast and violent that he was suspended for 5 days and we had to take him to the county courthouse on a Saturday for a mandatory anger management class. Now the “quiet one” who gets A’s and B’s has a whole new level of respect at his school and nobody messes with him. It is sad that it had to come down to fighting to get this respect at such a young age.
My wife volunteers at both my kids schools and the level of disrespect shown by young black students to teachers is awful. Even the so-called “rednecks” at least she says have some manners. Since we moved to the south (NC) we have all come to see racism, but mostly on the black side.
I don’t think things will ever change here in the south as long as children are brought up to disrespect their teachers and act like thugs.
My youngest boy 13 years of age is becoming more racist himself due to all the %&^#@ he goes through every day at middle school.
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Is there any possible way to remove your child? Is homeschooling and private schooling absolutely impossible.
Also...There are schools that are so morally, spiritually, and physically toxic that it would be better for a child never to attend. No, formal education would be better than to endure what many children suffer every day in their schools. ( I **seriously** mean it.)
It would be safer for many children ( and they would likely learn more) if they merely took books out from the library and read them. If there are any deficiencies they can be addressed with remedial courses at a community college.
Finally,...You know that your child is suffering every day. He knows that you know it. Surely he must feel utterly abandoned.
Your child can’t become a racist unless he gets reinforcement for that at home. It is our jobs as parents to teach our children to be respectful of all people, no matter their race. My children, who are biracial, are not without conflict, but we constantly reinforce that they should be respectful of all, especially their elders. My kids are very excellent students and I always get raves about their manners and behavior, where ever I go.