Mom Shares Story About How Her 9-Year-Old Got Sweet Revenge On Her Bully
Bullying is a serious problem that can cause tragic results if measures are not taken to fight against it. According to PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center, more than 1 out of 5 students report being bullied in the US, which is more than 20% of all students. And while there are plenty of prevention programs out there to help tackle the issue, it might give parents a false sense of security that whatever happens in school is ‘not their problem’ and that teachers and school staff will prevent any trouble. Well, turns out, that’s not enough and parents should always keep an eye out for signs of trouble.
One mother recently took to Reddit to share a story of her daughter’s personal victory against a bully. As the woman explained, her daughter was pressured and teased by a former friend who was manipulating other friends and causing her daughter distress. “She was changing and becoming withdrawn, listening to sad songs and telling me she had lost her ability to make friends,” the mother told Bored Panda. Turns out, the girl tried to hide away the situation and it only came to light when her friend’s mother informed the mom.
One mother recently shared her daughter’s ‘petty revenge’ story online
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Following an incident at school where she was summoned by a principal, the mom posted this story:
“Today I got a call from the school my 9 year old attends asking to please come up to the school because my daughter was in trouble for vandalising another child’s property. This surprised me because my daughter is a bit of a goody two shoes and never gets in trouble so I dropped what I was doing and swung by the school to find my daughter sitting in the Principal’s office grinning ear to ear. I was ushered in to take a seat.
The Principal immediately launched into a tirade about how my daughter had deliberately broken another girl’s necklace and how unacceptable it was. Once he was finished, I turned to my daughter to hear her side of the story.
Last year my daughter saved up her pocket money to buy best friend necklaces for her and this girl. I ordered them from Wish.com for her. This year the friendship went belly up when I discovered this girl was trying to extort her friends including my daughter into buying her expensive items on a kids game with threats, backstabbing my daughter and threatening anyone who dared play with her at lunch so she was completely isolated. My daughter cut off contact and has been rebuilding her friendship circle and all was going well until this little girl started repeatedly demanding that my daughter give her the other half of the friendship necklace so she could give it to someone else. The fact we were the ones that bought the necklaces to begin with was apparently a minor irrelevant detail.
My 18 year old niece and nephew are very protective of their young cousins and were quite upset for her so they decided to offer her the opportunity for therapeutic destruction. Last weekend they got out their tools and helped my daughter shatter the charm into 7 or 8 pieces with a hammer, some pliers and had a great time. My daughter put the pieces of the charm in her jewellery box as a reminder of what fake friends can do to you.
Anyway apparently this girl kept demanding the necklace every day hassling her so my daughter hatched a plan. She gathered up the pieces into a little bag, took them to school today to empty the bag in front of the girl and told her she was welcome to the necklace as long she likes jigsaw puzzles but she will probably need some glue. Apparently the girl went red and stormed off to the teacher to say that my daughter had destroyed her necklace and my daughter was sent to the office.
I couldn’t keep a straight face and burst out laughing. You could see the vein in the Principal’s forehead pop out as he looked at me laughing. I pulled out my phone, showed him my purchase history to confirm that we bought the necklaces and my daughter is perfectly within her rights to destroy her own property if she so wishes.
He finally dismissed us and my daughter skipped back to class laughing hysterically. My niece and nephew are quite proud and planning to take my daughter out for ice cream this weekend to celebrate her standing up for herself.”
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“My daughter would try and play with other girls only to be told she wasn’t allowed to. It turned out any girls she tried to play with were being threatened by her bully so she eventually started playing football with the boys instead at lunch and has been enjoying herself immensely” the mother explained how her daughter managed the situation. Luckily, it all ended well for the 9-year-old as she had excellent support around her, despite the way the school staff handled it. They apparently employ “the High 5” technique to fight bullying (which has steps – ignore, be friendly, put up your hand and say “Stop it! I don’t like it” firmly and then reporting to a teacher). The mother says that this method is ineffective and just grooms children to be future victims.
“The bully apologised last week and begged to be friends again” the mom reported. She also added that she’s proud of her daughter’s choice to forgive the bully, but distance herself from her as there is no longer trust between the two.
Here’s what people had to day in response to the story
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Share on FacebookWell done mum. I am not allowed to put on here what I think of people like the principal. It shouldn't have got that far
Misguided. The principal was misguided and ashamed of it when he realised so, but didn't know how to handle the situation. Brain went panic mode, but had to keep his posture. Ended up looking like a fool and is probably aware of it and deeply regrets. *shrug*
Load More Replies...This may be unpopular, but I am a mom who has kids who are "different" ( the younger one ASD, one ADHD) and have many, many times been into the school to talk about bullying of my kids. It's to the point with the older one that you kind of just want to tell him to fight back and hit those jerks. The younger one has become the defender of justice and if he sees other kids getting bullied he interjects himself to stand up for them. 2 very different issues with the same root cause - little kids can be jerks sometimes. It has been my experience, however, that the school staff have their hearts in the right place and really do try to help - but again, kids can be jerks and still have free will and their efforts don't always pan out. I don't know what the answer is (I would be a millionaire and talk show guru if so!) but I think that we just need to be there for our little guys and know that home is a safe place where they can chillax, be themselves, and know they are loved.
Thank you for your very realistic insight, Stephanie. Yours are words of wisdom (may sound exaggerated to you if I express myself this way, but I mean it). Sending my best wishes to you and your little boys. Keep standing by them, and hopefully they grow into strong people capable of empathy and with good sense of ethics. It's tough, but eventually school ends, and they will find their place once they graduate. (Speaking from experience as a bullied kid)
Load More Replies...My daughter was accused by another girl of stealing her makeup bag, one of those ones you get free when you buy makeup. The first I heard of it was the school cop calling to ask me where I bought her makeup bag. I couldn't remember. Luckily, the other girl made an honest mistake. The cop let her go through my daughter's makeup bag & the girl verified that it was not hers. I couldn't believe he gave her my daughter's bag! If it was a bullying issue, the girl could just have claimed it was hers & my daughter would have been arrested. At least he could have had the girl name some items in her bag & he could have made a determination.
I was called an ugly s**t for most of fourth grade. The school did nothing about it. I had to file a formal complaint to the principal before anything happened, and then I started being touched inappropriately. Our bullying system was a piece of s**t, except for one counselor, who was the only one who listened, but could not really do anything about it.
And then they wonder why the responsible parents prefer to homeschool their kids....
Load More Replies...When I was a little girl 80 odd years ago and was being bullied my mum took me to the girl, held her still while I hit her. Couldn't get away with that these days but it worked well.
When I was in middle school, we had a bully that would terrorize the other boys and harass the girls. One day, a kid stood up to the bully and said.."one of these days, you're going to get your a*s kicked." The bully responded with "By who..by you? I don't think so." The kid responded with "..in the woods..after school..." We all ran to the woods after school knowing there would be a fight. Turned out the brave kid snuck off the property at lunch and went to the nearby high school to tell his brother what was going on. When the bully arrived, the older brother told him to bring it on. The bully rushed him, got punched square in the face and went down. The brother leaned over the bully and said "Every time you pick on someone..I want you to remember this moment. I am just a phone call away and I will not hesitate to put you in your place again. Is that understood?" The bully nodded. We all left and the bully was out for a few days. When he returned, the bullying stopped.
My autistic son had a history of anger towards being bullied. Usually it involved yelling and throwing things when someone was teasing him. We'd taught him to distance himself from teasing and bullying and it seemed to work at keeping his physical reaction under control. That is until one day he started throwing things in a classroom. Turned out it was his teacher that was bullying and mocking him. She was fully aware of his history, but engaged in it anyway. She went to the principal to ask for my son's expulsion. I brought my son's therapist who had sent letters to all his teachers explaining how to approach my son when he was being difficult. He turned to her and said "What did you expect when you engaged in childish behavior? You were told not to bully him. You'll be lucky if the mother doesn't sue." On that note, the principal ended the meeting and had my son moved to another classroom. Glad to say he made it through the rest of school without incident.
The reason for these sort of reactions from school administrators comes down to school district policies enacted to keep lawsuit-happy "bad" (my kid can do no wrong) parents from suing schools into oblivion. Taking a Neville Chamberlain-like, better-safe-than-sorry approach, they treat bullying victims as equal participants in rowdy behavior. This won't change until "good" parents start suing (or threaten to) to get school boards to implement more rational policies... and/or take control of school districts.
To add to the bad principle stories, I became friends with a girl in middle school who I quickly realized was someone I shouldn’t be hanging out with when I learned she was selling other kids her prescription drugs from a car accident she was in. I reported it to someone at the school and was called to the principals office to discuss the issue, I walked into her office and there was my “friend” who was being questioned by the principle. The principle asked me in front of my “friend” if I knew anything about her selling pills. I had to deny I knew anything.
This is what can happen when those with some form of authority have a knee jerk reaction to things instead of just taking time to find out what actually happened in the first place.
If the school won’t support the no bullying actions they themselves advocate, or realize they don’t work, then report it to the school board. If they don’t care, take it to the press, make it public knowledge and info for other parents.
Bullies are total jerks. I have zero respect or sympathy for them, and am always glad to see those creeps get their comeuppance.
All children should be taught constructive ways of defending & standing up for themselves. "Revenge" doesn't have to be really harsh, cruel, or even physical. Sometimes, mind-games are the best. Very appropriate way to handle the situation, imo!
Yet some times it takes that the Revenge must be served cold.
Load More Replies...Judging by my own personal experiences at school and those of my children it is pretty obvious to me that the vast majority of teachers work on the principle of guilty until proven innocent and still guilty if they say so.
Never, ever, trust the teachers, principal, or other staff will look after you child at school. Some are Ok, but most of them either think it "children's stuff", or just couldn't care less. Always pay attention to your kids, if they change their behaviour or they start to look sad or anxious, something bad is happening. Both bullying and abuse cause personality changes, and can affect the child for life. Keep your eyes open and always listen to your child. Congratulations to this family for supporting the girl and helping her to solve the situation. Also, I love the mother, because she laughed in the Principal's face. Clearly, he doesn't know how to handle this kind of conflicts.
OMG! I cringe for the kids in school who have these clueless administrators, teachers, etc., that are "teaching" our children.
The issue I have is that there seemed to be absolutely no effort on behalf of the teachers to hear both sides of the story. The bully complained, and the teachers call in the victim's parents. Maybe if the schools made an effort to get the full picture, we could start handling the bullying properly.
My son had an important appointment after school but he wasn't at our meeting place. I finally located him in the principal s office. I have no words for the revulsion I still feel at the sight of the 'principal' reclined in his chair, pretty much lying down, with his legs spread wide apart all over his desk. That clod had no place in society, much less in a school. I grabbed my son and we left, now late for the appointment and I don't give a damn what that creep had to say.
If I were the mom I'd have really, really lost my s**t at the principals head. What an incompetent a*****e!!!!!!!!!!!
Open Letter to Parents: Bullying is real. I need you to understand that your child can be a jerk just as much as someone less perfect than him/her. You may have given little FruitOfYourWomb all the things you'd ever wanted as a child, but trust me, it won't make things perfect. Every time you shrill, 'FruitOfMyWomb would NEVER do that', you're enabling his/her behavior. Are you waiting for the incident where s/he injures someone and the police arrest him/her for assault, or the cheating scandal that gets him/her expelled? Or just for him/her to turn 18 so they can go to Big People's jail? PS: And if Boys Will Be Boys, you'd damn well better do something about it before he has to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life!
I was bullied from pre-K through the end of high school. Until parents and teachers stop believing that certain kids, whether because of money or athletic prowess or Mommy's (or Daddy's) influence on the school board/wherever, can do no wrong, we're going to HAVE bullying. The teachers are over-worked enough without having to deal with personal protection, too.
I had a situation occur with one of the neighborhood bullys and my younger brother, by about 3 years, when my brother was trying to learn how to ride a bike. This bully had pushed him down and tried to take the bike. He made the mistake of cutting through some of the back yards to get to the street he lived on. I caught him before he got to the next street with a "clothes line" right arm. It took six of my friends to get me off his chest where I sat while beating his face to near pulp. He never bothered any of the smaller kids in the neighborhood again and we became best of friends through high school. BTW, his dad found out what he had done when he got home from work and was going to whip him with his belt in their front yard. I saw what was happening and got his dad's attention as I was next door at another friends house. I convinced his dad to not do anything to him as I had already dealt with it and he had suffered enough. His dad relented when he got a closer look at his face.
In middle school, we had a book fair. At the time, the people that sat at our lunch table was my friend group and a couple other..."acquaintances". One of them, lets call her Aubrey, sat across from me. I was showing my friends my Mauruders Map notebook that i got. All goes well, etc. So lunch, Aubrey goes up to me and asks if she can see my notebook. Now, i had gained a reputation of "rub me the wrong way and I'll break your f*****g neck" in 6th grade, so i figured she wouldnt try anything. As soon as her greedy little hands touched it, she shoved it into her backpack. No lie, i stuck my hand in that bag, yanked out my notebook, and proceeded to bash her face in with it. Suspension was deserved and i took pride in that reputation. My mom was proud that i stood up for myself. Whereas Aubrey ended up with a f****d up nose. :)
Great story. Don't overlook the first problem. The bully is addicted to a game. MANY children are lured into playing these addictive games. She probably got in trouble for spending too much money in it. Then she resorted to threatening other kids to "feed her habit". It's a real addiction and has severe consequences for some people. Monitor and limit kids' screen time!!
So, has this principal since been replaced for encouraging bullying, extortion, terrorism, and hate? I remember bullies like that girl. Some of the saddest adults I know now because they worked their whole lives to be feared rather than loved or respected. That's the part no one ever seems to hear about in these cases.
The principal in Ducknapkins story just makes my blood boil. Some people are so poor towards other people, I really wonder how some people are still employed.
What a f*****g c**t. Getting in trouble for being bullied is the most r******d s**t ever. If they prevented the bullying in the first no issues would be had. In my youth I had a more extreme example though and was never bullied again (at that school at least) after I beat the bigger stronger faster bully with a chair
And if you think this stops when graduating, just know, that pretty much the same thing is happening to me at University................
Unfortunately this bullying is not new, I clearly recall age five or six, a neighbor girl frightened me, I was shy and told no body about it !!!
This behavior by children is not natural. It is also not natural for kids to be left to fend for themselves in school as if it's the Lord of the Flies. The teachers need to consider that their first job is to care for and raise the children, before teaching them ABCs. It can't be done just in the evening. Children need CONSTANT care up to a certain age (which is definitely older than 9).
Wonder if Bullymama has some kind of prestige in the community. As an 18 year school employee, I've noted the "important" parents are treated with kid gloves.
whenever I click on a post that turns out to be a big block of text, I'm outta there faster than the flash. whos with me?
I've been bullied since the very first day I entered university. The teachers knew and done nothing about it. My parents have always just encouraged me to look the other way, to not allow it to get in my way of studying. After 3 years of merciless harassment, and racially aggravated bullying, one of my tormentors decided to file a disciplinary complaint against me. While it's been dropped, it took weeks of endless hearings and anguish. And that absolute nobody got away scot-free, just because she has revoked her complaint.
Load More Replies...Well done mum. I am not allowed to put on here what I think of people like the principal. It shouldn't have got that far
Misguided. The principal was misguided and ashamed of it when he realised so, but didn't know how to handle the situation. Brain went panic mode, but had to keep his posture. Ended up looking like a fool and is probably aware of it and deeply regrets. *shrug*
Load More Replies...This may be unpopular, but I am a mom who has kids who are "different" ( the younger one ASD, one ADHD) and have many, many times been into the school to talk about bullying of my kids. It's to the point with the older one that you kind of just want to tell him to fight back and hit those jerks. The younger one has become the defender of justice and if he sees other kids getting bullied he interjects himself to stand up for them. 2 very different issues with the same root cause - little kids can be jerks sometimes. It has been my experience, however, that the school staff have their hearts in the right place and really do try to help - but again, kids can be jerks and still have free will and their efforts don't always pan out. I don't know what the answer is (I would be a millionaire and talk show guru if so!) but I think that we just need to be there for our little guys and know that home is a safe place where they can chillax, be themselves, and know they are loved.
Thank you for your very realistic insight, Stephanie. Yours are words of wisdom (may sound exaggerated to you if I express myself this way, but I mean it). Sending my best wishes to you and your little boys. Keep standing by them, and hopefully they grow into strong people capable of empathy and with good sense of ethics. It's tough, but eventually school ends, and they will find their place once they graduate. (Speaking from experience as a bullied kid)
Load More Replies...My daughter was accused by another girl of stealing her makeup bag, one of those ones you get free when you buy makeup. The first I heard of it was the school cop calling to ask me where I bought her makeup bag. I couldn't remember. Luckily, the other girl made an honest mistake. The cop let her go through my daughter's makeup bag & the girl verified that it was not hers. I couldn't believe he gave her my daughter's bag! If it was a bullying issue, the girl could just have claimed it was hers & my daughter would have been arrested. At least he could have had the girl name some items in her bag & he could have made a determination.
I was called an ugly s**t for most of fourth grade. The school did nothing about it. I had to file a formal complaint to the principal before anything happened, and then I started being touched inappropriately. Our bullying system was a piece of s**t, except for one counselor, who was the only one who listened, but could not really do anything about it.
And then they wonder why the responsible parents prefer to homeschool their kids....
Load More Replies...When I was a little girl 80 odd years ago and was being bullied my mum took me to the girl, held her still while I hit her. Couldn't get away with that these days but it worked well.
When I was in middle school, we had a bully that would terrorize the other boys and harass the girls. One day, a kid stood up to the bully and said.."one of these days, you're going to get your a*s kicked." The bully responded with "By who..by you? I don't think so." The kid responded with "..in the woods..after school..." We all ran to the woods after school knowing there would be a fight. Turned out the brave kid snuck off the property at lunch and went to the nearby high school to tell his brother what was going on. When the bully arrived, the older brother told him to bring it on. The bully rushed him, got punched square in the face and went down. The brother leaned over the bully and said "Every time you pick on someone..I want you to remember this moment. I am just a phone call away and I will not hesitate to put you in your place again. Is that understood?" The bully nodded. We all left and the bully was out for a few days. When he returned, the bullying stopped.
My autistic son had a history of anger towards being bullied. Usually it involved yelling and throwing things when someone was teasing him. We'd taught him to distance himself from teasing and bullying and it seemed to work at keeping his physical reaction under control. That is until one day he started throwing things in a classroom. Turned out it was his teacher that was bullying and mocking him. She was fully aware of his history, but engaged in it anyway. She went to the principal to ask for my son's expulsion. I brought my son's therapist who had sent letters to all his teachers explaining how to approach my son when he was being difficult. He turned to her and said "What did you expect when you engaged in childish behavior? You were told not to bully him. You'll be lucky if the mother doesn't sue." On that note, the principal ended the meeting and had my son moved to another classroom. Glad to say he made it through the rest of school without incident.
The reason for these sort of reactions from school administrators comes down to school district policies enacted to keep lawsuit-happy "bad" (my kid can do no wrong) parents from suing schools into oblivion. Taking a Neville Chamberlain-like, better-safe-than-sorry approach, they treat bullying victims as equal participants in rowdy behavior. This won't change until "good" parents start suing (or threaten to) to get school boards to implement more rational policies... and/or take control of school districts.
To add to the bad principle stories, I became friends with a girl in middle school who I quickly realized was someone I shouldn’t be hanging out with when I learned she was selling other kids her prescription drugs from a car accident she was in. I reported it to someone at the school and was called to the principals office to discuss the issue, I walked into her office and there was my “friend” who was being questioned by the principle. The principle asked me in front of my “friend” if I knew anything about her selling pills. I had to deny I knew anything.
This is what can happen when those with some form of authority have a knee jerk reaction to things instead of just taking time to find out what actually happened in the first place.
If the school won’t support the no bullying actions they themselves advocate, or realize they don’t work, then report it to the school board. If they don’t care, take it to the press, make it public knowledge and info for other parents.
Bullies are total jerks. I have zero respect or sympathy for them, and am always glad to see those creeps get their comeuppance.
All children should be taught constructive ways of defending & standing up for themselves. "Revenge" doesn't have to be really harsh, cruel, or even physical. Sometimes, mind-games are the best. Very appropriate way to handle the situation, imo!
Yet some times it takes that the Revenge must be served cold.
Load More Replies...Judging by my own personal experiences at school and those of my children it is pretty obvious to me that the vast majority of teachers work on the principle of guilty until proven innocent and still guilty if they say so.
Never, ever, trust the teachers, principal, or other staff will look after you child at school. Some are Ok, but most of them either think it "children's stuff", or just couldn't care less. Always pay attention to your kids, if they change their behaviour or they start to look sad or anxious, something bad is happening. Both bullying and abuse cause personality changes, and can affect the child for life. Keep your eyes open and always listen to your child. Congratulations to this family for supporting the girl and helping her to solve the situation. Also, I love the mother, because she laughed in the Principal's face. Clearly, he doesn't know how to handle this kind of conflicts.
OMG! I cringe for the kids in school who have these clueless administrators, teachers, etc., that are "teaching" our children.
The issue I have is that there seemed to be absolutely no effort on behalf of the teachers to hear both sides of the story. The bully complained, and the teachers call in the victim's parents. Maybe if the schools made an effort to get the full picture, we could start handling the bullying properly.
My son had an important appointment after school but he wasn't at our meeting place. I finally located him in the principal s office. I have no words for the revulsion I still feel at the sight of the 'principal' reclined in his chair, pretty much lying down, with his legs spread wide apart all over his desk. That clod had no place in society, much less in a school. I grabbed my son and we left, now late for the appointment and I don't give a damn what that creep had to say.
If I were the mom I'd have really, really lost my s**t at the principals head. What an incompetent a*****e!!!!!!!!!!!
Open Letter to Parents: Bullying is real. I need you to understand that your child can be a jerk just as much as someone less perfect than him/her. You may have given little FruitOfYourWomb all the things you'd ever wanted as a child, but trust me, it won't make things perfect. Every time you shrill, 'FruitOfMyWomb would NEVER do that', you're enabling his/her behavior. Are you waiting for the incident where s/he injures someone and the police arrest him/her for assault, or the cheating scandal that gets him/her expelled? Or just for him/her to turn 18 so they can go to Big People's jail? PS: And if Boys Will Be Boys, you'd damn well better do something about it before he has to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life!
I was bullied from pre-K through the end of high school. Until parents and teachers stop believing that certain kids, whether because of money or athletic prowess or Mommy's (or Daddy's) influence on the school board/wherever, can do no wrong, we're going to HAVE bullying. The teachers are over-worked enough without having to deal with personal protection, too.
I had a situation occur with one of the neighborhood bullys and my younger brother, by about 3 years, when my brother was trying to learn how to ride a bike. This bully had pushed him down and tried to take the bike. He made the mistake of cutting through some of the back yards to get to the street he lived on. I caught him before he got to the next street with a "clothes line" right arm. It took six of my friends to get me off his chest where I sat while beating his face to near pulp. He never bothered any of the smaller kids in the neighborhood again and we became best of friends through high school. BTW, his dad found out what he had done when he got home from work and was going to whip him with his belt in their front yard. I saw what was happening and got his dad's attention as I was next door at another friends house. I convinced his dad to not do anything to him as I had already dealt with it and he had suffered enough. His dad relented when he got a closer look at his face.
In middle school, we had a book fair. At the time, the people that sat at our lunch table was my friend group and a couple other..."acquaintances". One of them, lets call her Aubrey, sat across from me. I was showing my friends my Mauruders Map notebook that i got. All goes well, etc. So lunch, Aubrey goes up to me and asks if she can see my notebook. Now, i had gained a reputation of "rub me the wrong way and I'll break your f*****g neck" in 6th grade, so i figured she wouldnt try anything. As soon as her greedy little hands touched it, she shoved it into her backpack. No lie, i stuck my hand in that bag, yanked out my notebook, and proceeded to bash her face in with it. Suspension was deserved and i took pride in that reputation. My mom was proud that i stood up for myself. Whereas Aubrey ended up with a f****d up nose. :)
Great story. Don't overlook the first problem. The bully is addicted to a game. MANY children are lured into playing these addictive games. She probably got in trouble for spending too much money in it. Then she resorted to threatening other kids to "feed her habit". It's a real addiction and has severe consequences for some people. Monitor and limit kids' screen time!!
So, has this principal since been replaced for encouraging bullying, extortion, terrorism, and hate? I remember bullies like that girl. Some of the saddest adults I know now because they worked their whole lives to be feared rather than loved or respected. That's the part no one ever seems to hear about in these cases.
The principal in Ducknapkins story just makes my blood boil. Some people are so poor towards other people, I really wonder how some people are still employed.
What a f*****g c**t. Getting in trouble for being bullied is the most r******d s**t ever. If they prevented the bullying in the first no issues would be had. In my youth I had a more extreme example though and was never bullied again (at that school at least) after I beat the bigger stronger faster bully with a chair
And if you think this stops when graduating, just know, that pretty much the same thing is happening to me at University................
Unfortunately this bullying is not new, I clearly recall age five or six, a neighbor girl frightened me, I was shy and told no body about it !!!
This behavior by children is not natural. It is also not natural for kids to be left to fend for themselves in school as if it's the Lord of the Flies. The teachers need to consider that their first job is to care for and raise the children, before teaching them ABCs. It can't be done just in the evening. Children need CONSTANT care up to a certain age (which is definitely older than 9).
Wonder if Bullymama has some kind of prestige in the community. As an 18 year school employee, I've noted the "important" parents are treated with kid gloves.
whenever I click on a post that turns out to be a big block of text, I'm outta there faster than the flash. whos with me?
I've been bullied since the very first day I entered university. The teachers knew and done nothing about it. My parents have always just encouraged me to look the other way, to not allow it to get in my way of studying. After 3 years of merciless harassment, and racially aggravated bullying, one of my tormentors decided to file a disciplinary complaint against me. While it's been dropped, it took weeks of endless hearings and anguish. And that absolute nobody got away scot-free, just because she has revoked her complaint.
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