12 Year Old Arrested













I'm somewhere in between the 2 of you but remember, this was at a private school. So if you're paying, you have increased expectations. I would have started with an appointment with school officials. If THAT didn't work.........
 




  • ~T~   Oct 07, 2013 at 06:15: PM
Walking Eagle said:
Good for them. No room for bullying at any age, especially in school and even more so when the bullying drives the victim to concider suicide (at age 12!!) to end the torture.
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Agreed. Kids can be vicious today...and sneaky. It may be reported in this article as happening in school only but that's a half truth. It happens in school and out of school via technology... texting, instagram, tweets and notoriously on FB.

The victims feel hopeless, helpless and basically they are. It's definitely something for the school AND the local police to handle. Parents can't handle this one on their own. It is so tragic to read about a kid who was bullied and then ended their own life as a result. Happening way too often these days. Senseless.
 








Several good points here. Why don't schools make this a project and even have some law enforcement come and speak the their new classes?
 




~T~ said:
This isn't 1970 bullying.
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No. It's much less violent. When I went to school it was 1st to 8th grade in the same school. Big kids would do things to you and you either chose to fight or run. If you fought you lost until one day you got a bullseye shot in and won.

Writing stuff on Facebook? Pu$$y shit. Big f'in deal.

The business world is full of bullies and you learn to survive or end up at the Circle C.
 








  • ~T~   Oct 07, 2013 at 08:09: PM
Pale Horse said:
No. It's much less violent. When I went to school it was 1st to 8th grade in the same school. Big kids would do things to you and you either chose to fight or run. If you fought you lost until one day you got a bullseye shot in and won.

Writing stuff on Facebook? Pu$$y shit. Big f'in deal.

The business world is full of bullies and you learn to survive or end up at the Circle C.
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In all its forms, cyberbullying combines the devastating effects of in-person bullying with several added issues unique to its technological format. These factors magnify the feelings of shame and helplessness that the victims experience as a result of any type of bullying.

Anonymity--You can be cyberbullied by a stranger or a close acquaintance without ever being able to tell who the culprit is. Bullies may feel empowered to say and do more destructive things than they would face-to-face when they are interacting with their victims screen-to-screen.

Permanence--It can be nearly impossible to rid the internet of offensive material that a cyberbully makes public; once a photo, rumor, or video has made it into a cyberspace, it may be there forever.

Publicity--Cyberbullying can escalate what might once have been schoolyard disputes into smear campaigns accessible to the whole world. All it takes is for a “friend” to forward an email to friends who forward it further or to re-post or re-tweet a bullying for the bullying to “go viral” and reach a large audience.

Omnipresence—Cyberbullying follows you home. A student being bullied at school may find refuge in other spaces, but a victim of cyberbullying is connected to his or her tormentors whenever he or she is connected to a cell phone or computer—which for many teens is all the time.

http://www.deletecyberbullying.org/what-makes-cyberbullying-dange/
 




~T~ said:
In all its forms, cyberbullying combines the devastating effects of in-person bullying with several added issues unique to its technological format. These factors magnify the feelings of shame and helplessness that the victims experience as a result of any type of bullying.

Anonymity--You can be cyberbullied by a stranger or a close acquaintance without ever being able to tell who the culprit is. Bullies may feel empowered to say and do more destructive things than they would face-to-face when they are interacting with their victims screen-to-screen.

Permanence--It can be nearly impossible to rid the internet of offensive material that a cyberbully makes public; once a photo, rumor, or video has made it into a cyberspace, it may be there forever.

Publicity--Cyberbullying can escalate what might once have been schoolyard disputes into smear campaigns accessible to the whole world. All it takes is for a “friend” to forward an email to friends who forward it further or to re-post or re-tweet a bullying for the bullying to “go viral” and reach a large audience.

Omnipresence—Cyberbullying follows you home. A student being bullied at school may find refuge in other spaces, but a victim of cyberbullying is connected to his or her tormentors whenever he or she is connected to a cell phone or computer—which for many teens is all the time.

http://www.deletecyberbullying.org/what-makes-cyberbullying-dange/
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But don't you have to friend someone on facebook for them to bully you.

(and by the way, it's just words. Remember the old "sticks and stones" rhyme?)
 




Pale Horse said:
No. It's much less violent. When I went to school it was 1st to 8th grade in the same school. Big kids would do things to you and you either chose to fight or run. If you fought you lost until one day you got a bullseye shot in and won.

Writing stuff on Facebook? Pu$$y shit. Big f'in deal.

The business world is full of bullies and you learn to survive or end up at the Circle C.
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So everyone is going into the business world?

Hmmmm, interesting....
 




Pale Horse said:
But don't you have to friend someone on facebook for them to bully you.

(and by the way, it's just words. Remember the old "sticks and stones" rhyme?)
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You sound like you WERE the bully. I had friends in grade school, Jr Hi, and one in HS who were bullied. I was the one who stood up to them. Promised to give them twice the torture for what they did to my buddies combined. And I did it a few times when the threats didn't work. Made believers out of several. It is not that I was a big bad ass, just hated seeing friends harassed.
 




Walking Eagle said:
You sound like you WERE the bully. I had friends in grade school, Jr Hi, and one in HS who were bullied. I was the one who stood up to them. Promised to give them twice the torture for what they did to my buddies combined. And I did it a few times when the threats didn't work. Made believers out of several. It is not that I was a big bad ass, just hated seeing friends harassed.
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WE, I never bullied anyone in my life. I went thru life only wanting to hunt, fish, chase girls and play ball. I just think that some sensitive people blow things out of proportion.
 




Pale Horse said:
WE, I never bullied anyone in my life. I went thru life only wanting to hunt, fish, chase girls and play ball. I just think that some sensitive people blow things out of proportion.
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It sounds like you had a great childhood, however, times have changed since then and bullying has become a serious issue these days. You could not be more wrong about 'sensitive people blowing things out of proportion'. It is insensitive people, like yourself, who are part of the problem, not the solution in this case. I am certain, that if one of your children or grandkids was bullied in a similar fashion, you would have a much different opinion.
 




Walking Eagle said:
You sound like you WERE the bully. I had friends in grade school, Jr Hi, and one in HS who were bullied. I was the one who stood up to them. Promised to give them twice the torture for what they did to my buddies combined. And I did it a few times when the threats didn't work. Made believers out of several. It is not that I was a big bad ass, just hated seeing friends harassed.
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My son is one of the bigger boys in his 6th grade class and has stood up more than once for classmates who have been picked on - It's the way I have taught him. He is not a 'bad ass', just a good kid who stands up for what is right. He has a quiet demeanor, yet no bullies ever want to mess with him. He also hits the shit out of a curve ball.
 




Breakingnews said:
It sounds like you had a great childhood, however, times have changed since then and bullying has become a serious issue these days. You could not be more wrong about 'sensitive people blowing things out of proportion'. It is insensitive people, like yourself, who are part of the problem, not the solution in this case. I am certain, that if one of your children or grandkids was bullied in a similar fashion, you would have a much different opinion.
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I'm not part of the problem. I'm saying that if someone bullies you then you get even.
 












  • ~T~   Oct 12, 2013 at 09:25: AM
Pale Horse said:
I'm saying that if someone bullies you then you get even.
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I agree to an extent. But like always..you tend to oversimplify things..on purpose.

Not everyone has the personality and emotional make-up of a young P Ho. There are some school age kids out there who will go out of their way to avoid conflict at all costs...to the point of self-destructive behaviors or self-destruction period.

They lack coping skills. They may have few friends or no friends. Little support at home..emotional, financially and otherwise. They're ill-equipped to deal with problems, in other words. They simply don't know how to handle conflict. So, they take it out on themselves.

So, say someone like this finds themselves a victim or target of a bully and they find the strength to fight back or 'get even' as you say? In today's society, they may then find themselves a target of retaliation, if they go it alone. A smear campaign on social media, in school disrespect, out of school harassment or physical confrontation, by more kids than the original bully! Kids thrive on gossip and rumor as always but it spreads like wildfire because of technology.

Bullying is a complicated problem with no simple solution. Situations should be handled individually with parents, school administrators and community police working together. That's the best way to *get even* imho.
 




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