Posted on 04/17/2014 7:18:11 AM PDT by heartwood
LINCOLN, Neb. —Parents from a Lincoln elementary school were astounded when their children came home with a flyer about how to handle bullies.
The flyer had the following rules:
Treat the person who is being mean as if they are trying to help you
Do not be afraid
Do not verbally defend yourself
Do not attack
If someone physically hurts you, just show you are hurt; do not get angry
Do not tell on bullies
Don’t be a sore loser
Learn to laugh at yourself and not get “hooked” by put-downs
Lincoln Public Schools addressed the flyer on its Facebook page Wednesday night.
“Our educators at Zeman Elementary School work hard to provide accurate and appropriate lessons and education for our students in how to handle bullying situations. The flyer was sent home with good intentions, unfortunately, it contained advice that did not accurately reflect LPS best practices regarding response to bullying incidents.”
(Excerpt) Read more at ketv.com ...
Teachers - excuse me, Educators - put out “I’ve know that for a long time?” Toward the end. What a mess from A to Z.
Local parents, voters and school board have all been put on alert and are dealing with the situation. Local news carried the story; the principal and whoever put out the flyer have already been called out and embarrassed. For all you know, the principal was appalled as the rest of us, and is guilty of failing to vet the flyer, not of espousing the advice in it.
National forums posting this story, from the leftwing Jezebel to the rightwing FR, serve to alert parents and voters in other places to watch out for this insane philosophy in their own districts.
That’s what we have to watch out for. Lincoln, Nebraska is taking care of Lincoln, Nebraska.
Yeah, something like that (wink).
On the Lincoln School Facebook page, Brooks Gibbs’ curriculum is being credited for this fiasco. They are calling him a conservative christian. I found some evidence of him being a christian but no evidence of him being a conservative.
http://hsesd.org/alumni/
Also some were crediting this curriculum.
Does anyone have any info about where this flyer came from?
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