tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703041055710028684.post1718458311820558591..comments2023-07-04T10:53:30.740-04:00Comments on Confessions from a Rambling Mind: this time i'll be bullet-points (i amuse me...)The Rambling Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00779086817491517409noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4703041055710028684.post-55932640793227895022010-10-19T10:51:53.153-04:002010-10-19T10:51:53.153-04:00i just want to chime in on bullying. JB was suspe...i just want to chime in on bullying. JB was suspended last Wednesday for "bullying."<br /><br />Bullying can be an issue in every life situation you could ever find yourself. <b>However</b>, in this litigious society and with the current media-target on "bullying," school systems are looking to make an example at every turn (and their legal counsels are telling them to CYA at every incident.)<br /><br />I'm not saying bullying is right, I just think there's a line at which parents/administrators/etc should have to get involved and the media is pushing that line to an unreasonable place. So much so that EVERYTHING becomes bullying (telling a 9th grader that "Freshmen Suck," in JB's case) and when there is a real problem (where bullying surpasses into hate crime/etc) - the resources are exhausted to the point that a real tragedy occurs.<br /><br />I worry that we (collective we) have raised a generation of children who can't cope with minor teasing. (Obviously, teasing is a behavior that should be corrected by adults, but we should be teaching the teasee how to handle it better.) Many of the parents in the "hover" generation now have children who cannot stand up for themeselves for minor incidents. <br /><br />I'm rambling too, huh.Lauren Starkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459810974120871466noreply@blogger.com