I agree that there is a serious parenting problem here with the kids who are bullies. My guess is that the parents of these kids are bullies themselves, so their kids model that behavior.
However, in my own experience at high school, many of the teachers turned a blind eye to the bullying. I saw many kids get their heads slammed into lockers and get hit and the teachers would be standing right there and they would say nothing.
In my school, the bullies tended to be the ‘popular’ kids and they were friends with the teachers, who in turn wanted to be friends with the popular kids. So, they’d remain silent. I even confronted a teacher about the fact that they were standing there while it happened, and the teacher unemotionally and coldly claimed that they “did not see anything”. To me, the teachers end up being the enablers of the bad behavior.
My friends and I got tired of seeing kids get bullied and decided to become the people that “bullied the bullies”. If the parents and teachers weren’t going to do anything, we felt someone needed to.
I just feel sorry that these kids had to go through this and no one had their back. What a sad commentary on today’s youth.
Good for you! I went through hell growing up and wished there were kids around like you who would have stood up for me (of course most of the teachers wouldn't, and my parents were too perfect to believe that these awful things could happen to their child). Luckily I turned out ok (took a while, ha ha) and married a man who is 6'4" tall...My daughter's in the 97th percentile for height and my son feels like he's made out of solid lead when you lift him up, and they're both as good as gold. I plan on raising them to be like you, defenders of the bullied. :)