When my daughter was in jr. high school she was bullied by a female classmate. I told her to suck it up. “Don’t take any crap from anyone” was my message and instruction. She dealt with her antagonist.
When she was in high school she was bullied by a boy. She did her best to deal with him, but he wasn’t dissuaded. When he ultimately assaulted her I was working in another nearby city. I called the school to find out what was being done about this. Unfortunately (for them) the administrative staff blew me off. I walked off the job and drove home. I stormed into the school and demanded to see the Principal. Again I was given the brush instead of a response. So I gave her five minutes to call the police. She wanted to sweep it under the rug so I called the cops myself and demanded that the boy be arrested for sexual battery (he tried to feel her up). They walked the boy out of the school in handcuffs.
I succeeded in getting the boy arrested and expelled from school (he was able to avoid prosecution - another story), and the Principal and her teacher suspended for failing to supervise and protect.
They despised me for the rest of the time my daughter was enrolled there, but she never had to endure another incident. They were also too scared of me to take it out on her. In that scenario, was I the bully?
There is EXPONENTIALLY more being done about bullying now than at any time in memory. There has NEVER been a time when there weren’t school bully’s (or bully’s in life). So why are there more (and more severe) problems now than ever before?
In my mind there is a failure to use common sense. The feminization of public school systems have substituted policies, regulations, and “zero tolerance” for common sense. Liberals invoke moral relativism instead of moral strength. But the first casualty of liberalism is personal responsibility. The local news just featured another story about the Virginia Tech shooting incident. The theme of this one (like so many others) was “What is it going to take to keep us safe?”.
The answer is beyond liberals’ comprehension. The answer is, Nothing can “keep you safe”. The best that you can hope for is to “keep yourself safe”. When we depend on others for our protection, we choose subjugation. I don’t know about you, but I refuse to be herded like sheep!
I think what you did for your daughter was wonderful. I think a lot of the teachers, being liberal types, show their true colors in these situations.
Heck if it was up to the liberal types, and they’re trying to make it that way, America would disarm and the bullies of the world would get alll the sympathy, until I guess the sympathizers head was cut off, or blown off or...
NO. And you were actually pretty lucky. They could have got you arrested on some bogus charge, called social services on you, or figured out a way to railroad your daughter out because you stood up for her rights. It happens to parents in Delaware, all the time.
As long as school administrators believe themselves to be above the law and abuse their power on parents and their children, school shootings will continue.