05-13-2016, 08:54 PM
(05-13-2016, 08:44 PM)Nately120 Wrote: Do you always see asking or expecting figures of authority to do their job and intervene as some sort of weak cop-out, or does that only count for children? If someone terrorizes you and/or your family would you consider calling the police and having him thrown in jail where he belongs as some sort of crybaby wuss move?
Some seniors were bullying me in a class where the teacher was a lazy ass drunk and I eventually got so sick of it that I went to my parents and the principal and we sent a simple message that certain people in that school need to start doing their damn jobs and be accountable for the environment they're providing students. I don't expect teachers to be prison wardens, but you have to hold them accountable for the environment they provide.
It's also interesting that you being one who thinks teachers are union-fed untouchables would be so against them being held accountable for allowing this crap to happen. In my experience, the worst stuff happens (be in bullying of the physical or sexual nature) when the teacher just lets everything go. Minors don't respond well to excessively unfocused and lax environments.
Actually kids do respond when you take the leash off and let them figure out for themselves. Sometimes they flourish and sometimes they don't.... But when they don't they get the chance to pick themselves up and try again.
It's hard to not want to take the hits for kids. But your hurting them by always protecting them.
