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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 504870" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Seriously... while I don't AGREE with it, I can definitely see the teacher not seeing it. Some of these bullies are REALLY good. Even had one principal admit that to me in so many words... the bullies are smarter than the teachers. The bullies know EXACTLY when the teacher isn't looking, and how long that is likely to last. They know what their window of opportunity is. Short of having a video cameral installed, there's no way the teacher can see everything... and then, who has time to go back and watch it all?</p><p></p><p>Any time you have kids in the class who is even the tiniest bit different from the others... from "brainiac" to "dodo" to physically slow, to minor LDs... whatever the difference, THOSE are the kids who are targets, all day long. Teachers do NOT believe this, partly because most teachers went through school oblivious to bullying - it didn't affect them or anybody they knew. They expect kids to want to be in class, to be ready to learn, to be kind, and so on. Even when that flies in the face of reality.</p><p></p><p>To make things even more complex, often the bully is a kid with a whole pile of unmet needs, too - and often, with parents who will not or cannot step in and get the help this kid needs. The math-class-bully just might be a kid who is struggling badly with math himself, and is trying to deflect attention and/or pull others down, because... for years nobody has heard HIS cry for help. We've been on both sides of this one, multiple times.</p><p></p><p>Bullying is behavior that has to stop.</p><p>However... until we can come up with the money and the political will to really address the serious unmet needs in the student population... it isn't going away.</p><p>All we can do is try to protect our own kids.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 504870, member: 11791"] Seriously... while I don't AGREE with it, I can definitely see the teacher not seeing it. Some of these bullies are REALLY good. Even had one principal admit that to me in so many words... the bullies are smarter than the teachers. The bullies know EXACTLY when the teacher isn't looking, and how long that is likely to last. They know what their window of opportunity is. Short of having a video cameral installed, there's no way the teacher can see everything... and then, who has time to go back and watch it all? Any time you have kids in the class who is even the tiniest bit different from the others... from "brainiac" to "dodo" to physically slow, to minor LDs... whatever the difference, THOSE are the kids who are targets, all day long. Teachers do NOT believe this, partly because most teachers went through school oblivious to bullying - it didn't affect them or anybody they knew. They expect kids to want to be in class, to be ready to learn, to be kind, and so on. Even when that flies in the face of reality. To make things even more complex, often the bully is a kid with a whole pile of unmet needs, too - and often, with parents who will not or cannot step in and get the help this kid needs. The math-class-bully just might be a kid who is struggling badly with math himself, and is trying to deflect attention and/or pull others down, because... for years nobody has heard HIS cry for help. We've been on both sides of this one, multiple times. Bullying is behavior that has to stop. However... until we can come up with the money and the political will to really address the serious unmet needs in the student population... it isn't going away. All we can do is try to protect our own kids. [/QUOTE]
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