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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 12:35 AM Original message |
South Hadley Schools chief: We're unfairly blamed in bullying-related suicide |
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strategery blunder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
1. Hey School: Maybe you should have done something about it! |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 12:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. They probably secretly think that being bullied 'builds character" |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 09:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
34. They'd sooner rely on Damage Control afterward |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 12:38 AM Response to Original message |
2. The school district is playing "CYA". What a surprise. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
3. So it's not as bad to let a teenager be driven to suicide by classmate abuse |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 12:46 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Did you read the original story? |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 01:11 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I don't remember if I read it, but I'm sure it was horrific. |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 02:09 AM Response to Reply #8 |
18. I'll repost it |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 02:17 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. I did read this. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
6. This Sayer Fella, Ma'am, Needs To Find Another Line Of Work |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 01:51 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Hanged? Damn!..That's hard core. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 03:01 AM Response to Reply #13 |
24. Serious As A Heart Attack, Sir.... |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 01:52 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. hangin's too good for 'em. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 03:02 AM Response to Reply #15 |
25. A Sound Point, Sir.... |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 02:15 AM Response to Reply #6 |
21. Good to see you here Sir |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 03:03 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Indeed, Ma'am: An Awful Thing |
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Ex Lurker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
7. the superintendent is being disengenuous in the extreme. The reason they don't like to expel |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 01:15 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Well, remember, NCLB was designed by a bully. |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 01:36 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Ted Kennedy was also a heavy supporter of NCLB |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 01:51 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. It wasn't his idea though. |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 02:06 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. There is no "if". He was a strong advocate for it and it was not a quid pro quo of some sort |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 02:01 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. And schools would rather be rid of the victims than the bullies in general. (nt) |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 02:13 AM Response to Reply #7 |
20. Not NCLB much more likely |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 01:12 AM Response to Original message |
9. This just proves that the school doesn't take bullying seriously. |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 07:37 AM Response to Reply #9 |
29. It seems very few schools do. |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 01:42 AM Response to Original message |
12. Public school administrator bureaucrats |
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Suji to Seoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 02:10 AM Response to Original message |
19. That one quote about being a "private person" would spur me to vocally demand his |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 07:32 AM Response to Reply #19 |
28. You missed out on crucial graduate courses! |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 02:54 AM Response to Original message |
23. Nice to know the administration at my old high school found work |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 05:15 AM Response to Original message |
27. This is a stupid move by the superintendant, the mean girls will MOST LIKELY say that officials were |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 09:31 AM Response to Reply #27 |
36. The mean girls are going to tell on each other? |
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piratefish08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 07:37 AM Response to Original message |
30. yeah right. a few weeks expulsion might have ruined the lives of the bullies. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 07:39 AM Response to Original message |
31. Help me understand something here |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 09:18 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. The Bullying Was Witnessed On At Least One Occasion By Teachers |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 09:28 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. The situation the supt described on the news - was that the one time? |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 09:38 AM Response to Reply #33 |
37. I completely agree with you. |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 10:16 AM Response to Reply #31 |
39. Exactly. When in the hell are the kids going to take responsibility |
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Robyn66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
32. BULLSHIT BULLSHIT BULLSHIT!!!!!! |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
38. You didn't get indicted, chief, so maybe you should STFU while you're ahead. |
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Golden Raisin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-02-10 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
40. "It's [expulsion] a terrible |
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