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Originally posted by True_Moose:
I also agree with Bardan. IMO, bullying is treated as a nuisance, a problem for kids to deal with in order to mature. However, it's so much worse than that. I remember watching a TV special on bullying a few years back. The parents and kids reported it to the administrator who said, "You've got to learn to deal with people. It's a fact in the adult world." And I think my feelings were best summed up with the comment of one of the parents, "When was the last time I got body slammed standing in line at a grocery store?"
It's adults not being able to understand kids, quite honestly. And if they can't, what the hell are they doing in education?  [/QB]
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I think the teachers say this to save themselves. I mean what exactly can they do? Give out detention? Suspension? Expulsion? They need to have some proof of this in ordor to do this. If they have the proof they pretty much will do this with out the parents calling in.
I've know of two teachers who have tried to do something about a "bully" with out cacthing him in the act. One had his car trashed and had death threats sent to him until he finaly swichted schools. The other was sued and lost her job.
What I'm trying to say is maybe the administrator aren't making light of this but are just powerless to do anything about it. So they just try and make the problem not theirs.