sarah's Arty Dreams

Sarah,

I'm glad to see you fight for your children.
I was, as I child, a victim of bullying and, of course I was ashamed of telling my parents about that.

I just got rid of it when I had to move out of the city, and as a result, I had to leave that school. Oh wow, I suffered.

Yes, go for it! Let these bullies' parents know what they do, 'cause I'm sure they're gonna make their kids right.

Love,
Dan

How I can relate to this! My eldest daughter & 2 eldest boys were bullied on the bus!!(There needs to be a better monitoring system on the buses)...it started with my daughter a few years back. Last year was the peak of the bullying phase...and we went through HELL. These boys on the bus were relentless. My husband and myself actually went to the parents (our next door neighbours) who didn't react well. They infact turned it around and said that it was my kids who started the bullying . This coming from parents of kids who flipped the bird at family members driving to our house as they passed by their house. NICE kids!
Anyhow...We then learned that it is POINTLESS to deal with the parents here...we now go directly to the school, and if that doesn't work...to the school board. This has to STOP!! Why should our children be tormented by these snot nosed children whose parents let them run wild.
Yes, darn right! I blame the parents! I have seen it all too many times now. Sorry about this Sarah...but you hit a very sore spot here with me...and I am really glad to see that you feel the same way.
Hope this stops for you & for the world...really, life is hard enough without this crap!

btw I love ur new CSS design

Hi Sarah, The bus driver committed petty theft and you can file a criminal complaint. You can sue the school district for negligence. Go get 'em girl!

Awww Sarah, there is NO excuse for that! I would be beyond livid if that were my child.

I am happy to report that as a mom of four sons...not all teen boys are bad. My boys know they better respect young ladies or they have to deal with me!

Yup Sarah, I agree...we need to stand together. And this will always be a passionate topic for me.
Ya know, I was always the kid at school who stood up for the underdog.
I hung out with kids that didn't have friends. Oh boy, did I suffer teasing for that. But I never lacked in friends.
Anyhow I find that the buses are really a cess pool these days. The principal from my children's school was made well aware of the issues last year. This year, he seems to be on top of it, and we haven't had any problems.
But also, those nasty boys are off to highschool now...so they are someone else's problem.
Momma Ducky doesn't like anyone messing with her ducklings...this duck has teeth!!

Hey Sarah-

It most districts the use of bus monitors are strictly enforced so incidents such as this dont happen - atleast not as often.....

Have you tried having her seat on the bus changed? Maybe that would alleviate some of the problems.....You could go talk to her teacher-however, since technically it's really not her responsiblity once she puts her students on the bus-there's probably not a lot she could do.

Keep us informed.

Jen

My God ... international news.

Since it's your blog space, I won't write the words that come to mind to describe the ... 'people' that attacked that girl in (unfortunately) Australia.

Saw on the news tonight that police have raided homes and are looking to file rape charges. Many 'parents' of the attackers have already identified their sons.

Good.

And I hope that once the little ____ get to prison (or juvie) they'll get an even harsher lesson that'll give them some idea of what their victim felt (and from what I've heard, it's lilkely).

What on Earth was wrong with your girls' bus driver? In my day (yeah ... way back then), the driver would stop the bus and turn around and tell everyone the bus wasn't going anywhere unless people sat down and behaved.

Of course, other times (other drivers) were a lot different.

I hope things work out better for your 6 year old. 3 older boys, you said? Well, your 6 year old has 3 older sisters (and a mother simmering away ... soon to be on the boil?) They'd better watch out. They're outnumbered!

I guess we've all been there. But we also know that things settle down. Could be that next year they'll all be good friends. It could even be next week!

You're absolutely right about letting people know. The school should be notified any and every time something happens. Same for the boys' parents. The driver should be ... I guess these days they call it 'counselled' (told how to do her job properly, more like). There should be some sort of helper on the bus, too!

I wonder ... could some of the parents in the area volunteer for this, sort of like teacher's aides? It would take some organization, but - between principals, the bus company, perhaps even local authorities - I'm sure something could be arranged. And, of course, parents who'd meet and organize times and such.

Anyway ...

(What was with that bus driver? Taking your daughter's candy? Meanie! Tell her that her perfidy has gone international! It's reached Australia! Let her know I thought that she was mean ... fancy taking candy from a six year old! Mean, I say! Mean!)

Police have - so far - 'interviewed' 9 of the 12 who appeared in the video. Just FYI.

We can only hope. As Jaisen mentioned, there's film of some of them putting together a chlorine bomb. That alone should get them put away under the new anti-terrorism laws.