tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7458892821938947907.post21492217064653965..comments2023-09-15T14:46:46.342-07:00Comments on Tales from the School Bus: Bullying - The AftermathThe Bus Driverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04259280794473075615noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7458892821938947907.post-62852870026299745472013-01-18T11:30:26.269-08:002013-01-18T11:30:26.269-08:00Bullying is one of lifes facts that people hava ha...Bullying is one of lifes facts that people hava had to deal with forever. It only stops when the bully becaomes fearful of what the bullys actions may bring to him/her and reasoning has nothing to do with it.E. K. Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15933081061161910155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7458892821938947907.post-56362764749288289752013-01-07T08:17:49.410-08:002013-01-07T08:17:49.410-08:00I sympathize with the bus monitor. However, she wa...I sympathize with the bus monitor. However, she was not being the monitor, she was allowing these kids to bully her. She should have taken control, which is her job, and told these kids to "stop". This job was obviously not for her. She looked like one of the passengers or one of the students. Not at all the adult you have to be to make these kids "knock it off". Poor lady she must have been bullied as a child. I agree the parents were sheltering the bad behavior. There again she should have told them she didn't want their apology, but one from the bullies. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7458892821938947907.post-38943442153027555772013-01-07T08:11:29.838-08:002013-01-07T08:11:29.838-08:00Why didn't the bus monitor do her job and stop...Why didn't the bus monitor do her job and stop the students with cleverness? The kids kept bullying her but she should have stood up and let them know she wasn't going to put up with it. Obviously this wasn't the job for her. She looked more like a passenger. This is how bullying stops, when people let these kids know it won't be tolerated by anyone. She must have been bullied in school herself. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00236143267372187316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7458892821938947907.post-53075062756125102622012-12-17T14:39:33.512-08:002012-12-17T14:39:33.512-08:00I have long sympathized with teachers who are not ...I have long sympathized with teachers who are not terminators by nature faced with a student that has the ability to terrorize them and they have no help. This sick business in Connecticut brought it back to mind and I do not understand in today’s huge technological world that each teacher does not have a panic button on their person that will summon help right from police dispatch and any police car within a quarter mile of the school. Long over due.E. K. Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15933081061161910155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7458892821938947907.post-82091709968768807832012-12-17T14:38:45.322-08:002012-12-17T14:38:45.322-08:00I have long sympathized with teachers who are not ...I have long sympathized with teachers who are not terminators by nature faced with a student that has the ability to terrorize them and they have no help. This sick business in Connecticut brought it back to mind and I do not understand in today’s huge technological world that each teacher does not have a panic button on their person that will summon help right from police dispatch and any police car within a quarter mile of the school. Long over due.E. K. Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15933081061161910155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7458892821938947907.post-34558688502015029822012-10-22T15:46:57.251-07:002012-10-22T15:46:57.251-07:00Hey, there, just checking in on you. Haven't ...Hey, there, just checking in on you. Haven't heard from you in quite some time, and just wanted to make sure you were ok.<br /><br />xoxoxChiTown Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09240876368610100419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7458892821938947907.post-87844663067357402782012-09-26T10:09:14.189-07:002012-09-26T10:09:14.189-07:00I hear you. Each of those students should have bee...I hear you. Each of those students should have been made to personally apologize to the school bus monitor. And the punishment should have fit the crime--bus suspension for a year. <br /><br />Like Meg, the Australian commenter, I also saw the heartbreaking documentary, "Bully," which showed many bullying incidents on the school bus. The parents of one bullied teen asked the obvious question: Why are bullies allowed to ride the bus? Why? Wouldn't suspension of bus privileges for repeated misbehavior empower the bus driver? Bullying and fighting on the bus are both moral and safety issues. Mizz Chttp://aplusguides.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7458892821938947907.post-87443306611000674352012-09-25T23:27:28.923-07:002012-09-25T23:27:28.923-07:00They should ALL go on Jerry Springer and endure pu...They should ALL go on Jerry Springer and endure public notoriety of being low class A$$holes KauaiMarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02581543514815246743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7458892821938947907.post-2198491751545135102012-09-13T17:53:37.131-07:002012-09-13T17:53:37.131-07:00This is terrible. The documentary 'Bully' ...This is terrible. The documentary 'Bully' recently came out in Australia, I watched it and I was just absolutley shocked to see what was going on in the American public education system. Of course I can not say that all this horrible bullying is allowed to take place in American schools but it seems pretty dam bad. Teachers, principals and parents all denying that there was a problem. Even when a boy had committed suicide, the superintendant still refused the school had a problem. When will school authorities take ownership and enforce punishment upon these students. Many children will experience some type of bullying or teasing and when it happens there needs to be appropriate measures in place by the school to show students this is unacceptable. A one year suspension is simply a cop out. They will move to another school and most likely bully again, they have simply gotten away with it. I feel like in Australia our schools are more responsibly in providing safe learning environments for their students. BTW I am a pre-service primary school teahcer. Students do slip under the radar and there are schools who do neglect their responsibility, however, overall, a majority of public school have a very good, sound bullying policy. This makes me really sad.Meghttp://inmegsclassroom.blogspot.com.au/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7458892821938947907.post-30544084756436603082012-08-18T08:34:41.633-07:002012-08-18T08:34:41.633-07:00I think the best thing for the kids is to get them...I think the best thing for the kids is to get them to sit down one-on-one with the bus monitor. That way, they will have to see that this is a real person with feelings and they will not have their friends behind them to support the abuse they were so willing to dole out when they were part of a group. The main thing for the kids to understand is that it is never too late to do the right thing. Facing the bus monitor would be a painful but meaningful lesson.Teaching Houstonhttp://englishlessons-houston.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7458892821938947907.post-56906873875111022612012-07-13T14:08:17.477-07:002012-07-13T14:08:17.477-07:00Yup, I am with you. WHEN do kids take personal re...Yup, I am with you. WHEN do kids take personal responsibility for their OWN actions? This is a bigger problem than people realize. This problem is definitely what I would call "an elephant in the room". Kids should NOT be sheltered from real consequences. Kids need to understand that the world DOES NOT: love them, think they should be first or believe that they are all geniuses.Janet https://www.blogger.com/profile/10783906007503561002noreply@blogger.com