Bully Sets Girl's Hair on Fire in School

[jaguar]

As an aside, and off the subject for a minute, am I the only one in the world who thinks that professional sports players shouldn't get paid millions for PLAYING a GAME? That just irks me. They PLAY for a living.

Welcome to the free market. THe interesting thing is that the money is killing competition, the best teams with the most money poach all the best players for millions thus retaining their positions. There was a study done on the permier league in Europe showing how the teams positions are getting sticker and sticker, all very interesting if you ask me.

I'n no big sports fan and most of the sports I play involve weaponary (target shooting, archery) but I can understand the appeal of watching the worlds best soccer players, it really can be very impressive.

[xoxoxoBruce]

They PLAY for a living.

That's a figure of speech, most of the pros work very, very hard. But yeah, many are overpaid.

[ladysycamore]

Dear lord. That poor girl. I wanted to hear the report on the site, but I got an error. Just seeing the girl's crying face is enough.

"I just wanted to go to a school that doesn't make fun of me. I wanted to be treated with respect," Glowczewski said, crying.

Jesus effing Christ already, when does shit like this stop?

[Lady Sidhe]

What I find strange is this:

If you're constantly truant, they expell you, but if you're a bully, they don't. Kinda like, "well, if you won't go to school, then by golly, we won't LET you, but if you want to make other people miserable, then step right up."

Originally posted by ladysycamore
Dear lord. That poor girl. I wanted to hear the report on the site, but I got an error. Just seeing the girl's crying face is enough.

"I just wanted to go to a school that doesn't make fun of me. I wanted to be treated with respect," Glowczewski said, crying.

Jesus effing Christ already, when does shit like this stop?

Yeah, I know and the idiot school "acting administration" didn't even see fit to discipline this kid until the media shamed the school district as a whole into doing something. And these are the sort of people who teach in our schools? Christ! Couldn't agree with you more, Ladysycamore! (HEY! that rhymes - sort of)

[ladysycamore]

Originally posted by Lady Sidhe
Oh, I dunno....no friends, no phone, no computer...nothing but your four walls? That would have driven me batshit.

Worked for me. I was probably the last kid to get a house key (age 13), have a phone and TV in my room (age 18), and computer...what computer? LOL.

Thank goodness for books and that I was an avid reader.

[ladysycamore]

Originally posted by jinx
Lemme just get this straight... you say "You will act civilized and have manners or I will take you outside and beat the shit out of you!!" and then the kid behaves? What happens when the kid gets bigger than you? They get to teach you some manners?

Nope, that's the beauty of the parent putting the fear of God in the kid. I knew plenty of kids who grew bigger than their parents, but wouldn't DARE talk back or misbehave in school, in public, etc....why? Because the parent was still the parent! Especially the mothers. There were plenty of times I'd hear a mom say, "You may be bigger than me, but I'm STILL you MOTHER!" (this was mostly a mom/son thing).