- Dec 14, 2009
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Seeing as the Fierceboard is against bullying in a big way, I thought you all needed to see this. I don't know how many of you have seen this, but it's truly horrific. This happened Monday near Rochester, NY. I can't even watch the whole thing.
****WARNING: Very explicit language used.****
It's scary to think how children are doing this. They are 7th-9th graders. I don't think I ever used some of those words in my head when I was that young, let alone said them out loud. Kids are absolutely cruel and vicious, and I'm sure a good portion of the blame goes to the parents. I'm just appalled at the actions and words of some of these kids. The poor woman couldn't even fight back if she wanted to (which she has tremendous self restraint to sit there and take it) because she would've lost her job or faced harsh circumstances, even if those kids really deserved it. I hope those kids are punished severely, as bad as that sounds. But, just what would they even do to punish them? It's easy to punish someone for physical actions (hitting, fighting, etc.) but it's tricky when the pain you are causing is emotional and mental pain. An apology will never be enough to that woman. The children told her that her whole family should kill themselves because she's so ugly when her son actually took his own life 10 years ago. How do you punish someone who has caused that much pain? Especially if it is a child. The bullying epidemic is getting out of control. I wish there was something the government could do, but it's not something you can monitor and/or control.
On a brighter side, some guy decided that this woman needed a vacation, so he set up a little paypal account to try to raise $5,000 to send her somewhere nice. Last I heard, the count was now past $300,000 and they are trying to raise enough money for her to retire comfortably. At least one good thing came out of this.
****WARNING: Very explicit language used.****
It's scary to think how children are doing this. They are 7th-9th graders. I don't think I ever used some of those words in my head when I was that young, let alone said them out loud. Kids are absolutely cruel and vicious, and I'm sure a good portion of the blame goes to the parents. I'm just appalled at the actions and words of some of these kids. The poor woman couldn't even fight back if she wanted to (which she has tremendous self restraint to sit there and take it) because she would've lost her job or faced harsh circumstances, even if those kids really deserved it. I hope those kids are punished severely, as bad as that sounds. But, just what would they even do to punish them? It's easy to punish someone for physical actions (hitting, fighting, etc.) but it's tricky when the pain you are causing is emotional and mental pain. An apology will never be enough to that woman. The children told her that her whole family should kill themselves because she's so ugly when her son actually took his own life 10 years ago. How do you punish someone who has caused that much pain? Especially if it is a child. The bullying epidemic is getting out of control. I wish there was something the government could do, but it's not something you can monitor and/or control.
On a brighter side, some guy decided that this woman needed a vacation, so he set up a little paypal account to try to raise $5,000 to send her somewhere nice. Last I heard, the count was now past $300,000 and they are trying to raise enough money for her to retire comfortably. At least one good thing came out of this.
