[jack_napier]

"We must confront the fact that LGBT [lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender] students are much more likely to be threatened with a weapon and much more likely to feel unsafe at school than other students," Jennings said.

More than overweight students? I seem to remember the 'fat' kids getting picked on quite a bit. And you can't be 'in the closet' or be secretive about being overweight. Basic reality: Kids are cruel to any other child that deviates from the boilerplate, be it weight, nerdiness or the fact that they're a frigging cross dresser. The idea that they would somehow insinuate that gay kids are more worthy of bullying protection than other bullied kids is infuriating. They might say "we're not insinuating that!" and my response is simply they did the moment they made this about orientation instead of 'bullying' in general. I see the word "agenda" written all over this: because they don't care about kids getting bullied, they care about THEIR kids getting bullied. And when you advocate for a slice of people that identify with you rather than addressing the larger problem, that's an agenda.

[wintertime]

Basic reality: Kids are cruel to any other child that deviates from the boilerplate, be it weight, nerdiness or the fact that they’re a frigging cross dresser.

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Government schools resemble, in many ways, prisons. Is it any wonder that we see prison social pathology (bullying) emerge within these students? I don’t think so.

Solution: Do not institutionalize your child. Homeschool if you possibly can. If you must use institutionalized education, look for a **small** private school.