While I may not not support homosexuality, I still see people who are gay as people. And as such, they should be treated like a person. This whole business would never have occurred if the school had stepped up to stop the bulling. I hate to say it, but the best thing for that young man would be expulsion. And that's simply because the school will not protect him. He also doesn't need to go to an alternative school, which is probably where he'll end up going, but to a school that will protect him.
Personally after reading the report the kids he reported were probably suspended. However, you can't get students not to speak in the hallways or at lunch or in whispers when an adult is not looking.
Yes students should feel safe no matter. However I see it as a problem with the parents that they don't teach their kids NOT to be bullies. If the parents are abusive to the children or drug addicts, prosistutes or just plain negligent, then is it any wonder if the kids have issues knowing how to socialize with others?
I'm subistute teaching at an alternative school and spoke with a 15 year old today who has a 2 year old daughter. there is more issues to the story and around each child then what can be read in a newspaper.
It was wrong and illegal for his mother to give him a stun gun. She should have taught him other ways to handle the situation.
I would have had his brother and a friend escort him from one class to another. IF anyone threatened him, he could send the friend or his brother to get an adult or the School Resource Officer.
Giving him a stun gun and encouraging he use it upon other students was not the answer no matter how threaten he felt.
what is he going to do when he gets a job and his co workers pick on him about being gay?
I'm not saying its right, I'm just being realistic. people are going to pick on you.
I get picked on because I'm Asian. I'm not going to bring a stun gun and threaten people because of it.
sometimes its jokingly. sometimes people are jerks. What I find most effective is to befriend as many people as I can and they chase off the mean people by just giving them a look.
I find that its better to teach kids to make friends and build positive relationships and avoid the people who are being negative as much as possible. Often when the bullies are not able to get a response from their comments and actions they lose interest and find another target.
what many people don't know or consider is the messed up lives the bullies are living as well.
perhaps I'm being idealistic but I don't think kids are born bullies. I think its a learned thing.
often when you feel hopeless and have no control over your life, you attempt to regain power and control over others through the methods that others have used upon you.
So when you contact the parents of bullies what do you think happens?
they have a calm reasonable discussion of what their child did wrong?
Or they yell and fly off the handle and shoot up laptops?