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“How to ignore these bullies. How to throw food back at them, accurately. We are raising a generation of timid mamby pambies. Teach her how to kick boys in the balls and how to pull girls hair. Too harsh? promoting violence? How violent was the act of putting a noose around her neck and jumping out the window? I feel bad for this child that she didn’t have better parents. “

And yet is this what we do if badly treated at work?

Suppose someone threw food at you in the company lunchroom? They would be immediately dismissed. Her teasers should have been expelled.

Suppose someone called you a slut in the corporate halls? They would be fired, immediately. Yet kids are supposed to put up with this, or learn to hit and throw food themselves.

IF the administration won’t kick out the bullies, then the parents should withdraw their bullied kids.

You and I would not continue going to work while being assaulted. And we are adults. Our bosses should fire whoever throws food at us. But if they don’t we quit. And our kids should be allowed to quit, too, not forced into that hideous environment every day.

Pull hair? Why not teach her how to throw a good punch?
When my daughter was in middle school I received a call from school saying she was suspended for three days for fighting and banned from the school bus. I rode to the office and checked it out. I found out a boy had grabbed her crotch and she decked him – and gave him a good shiner. I was told that violence wasn’t allowed under any circumstances. I asked if sexual assault was allowed. Her suspension was lifted and she was allowed on the bus. She was never bothered again.

“You and I would not continue going to work while being assaulted. And we are adults. Our bosses should fire whoever throws food at us. But if they don’t we quit. And our kids should be allowed to quit, too, not forced into that hideous environment every day.”

We have a winner! That government schools tolerate behavior such as is found in prisons speaks volumes.