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Trump Appointee Sues South Carolina School District Over Alleged Bullying
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I wish the Gilchrists well and good luck in their endeavors to deal with this problem. I have observed schools and their failure to deal with bullies and bullying since well over fifty years ago. In all that time, the only thing that seems to have changed is the level of punishment the bullied student faces if he or she does the only thing that a bully will heed, and physically retaliates. Nowadays, the consequences for a bullied student who dares to physically retaliate are greater. Is it any wonder that when a student reaches his or her breaking point, that the result is too often a mass shooting or suicide?
I have long observed that some of the most gutless creatures on the planet were principals, administrators, and teachers. The level of gutlessness increases through middle and high school. They seem to fear not only the bully parents, but the bullies, more than anything. Oddly enough, where parents of a bullied student could once get in the face of a principal, get loud, and demand that the problem be fixed, the presence of SRO’s (aka school’s hired guns) and laws like “Disturbing Schools” protect these gutless, nutless, wonders from the parents of generally good and rule-abiding, bullied students who expect that their child not be treated this way.
Just as oddly, the aforementioned principals, administrators, and teachers, remain in fear of the bullies and their parents, despite the presence of their hired guns.
I really hope the Gilchrist family obtains results. This is an old problem that has only grown worse over the decades. There is no excuse for it to be that way.
We need competent administrators who are not afraid to enforce the rules for disciplining bullies and other disruptive students. The rules for student behavior should be sent to every student’s parent/guardian at the time the student is enrolled and at the beginning of every school year. Teachers should be reminded frequently of their duty to strictly enforce the stated rules in their classroom to the fullest extent or be subject to disciplinary action for failure to do so. Two violations for any student during a school year should result in immediate full suspension. When administrators fail to enforce the rules for student misconduct, they should be terminated after two such occurrences in any school year.
Good for both sets of parents. We have allowed woke administrators to rule for far too long.
Parents matter and their desires AND responsibilities should always be more important than the petty political and cultural concerns of administrators.