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[quote=Anonymous]Any child K-12 being bullied is being bullied because the teachers and principals are allowing and encouraging it. Teachers and principals know exactly what is happening in their classrooms and schoolyards.

Teachers still have their favorites and they have kids that they flat out do not like!

Through their actions and words they telegraph what students are untouchable and what students are fair game for bullying..  Plenty of teachers literally place targets on certain students backs to punish them for a variety of reasons.  They allow/encourage the other students to punish unpopular students in ways that would get them fired if they acted on them themselves.  This way they target certain students, punish certain students, all the while maintaining plausible deniability.

It wasn't me, it was the students who bullied the kid.

To stop bullying the only thing that needs to happen is for the teacher to  report it to the principal. The principal calls the bullies into their office and tells them "THIS STOPS NOW".  If need be the same message is said to the parents as well.  Remember popular kids do plenty of bullying and their teachers/principals will allow no retailliation against them.  Bullying is all about who has the POWER.

The way teachers target some students should be a CRIMINAL OFFENSE.  If a teacher is found guilty of targeting a student for bullying the teacher should be subject to jail time.

The offense would be difficult to prove and convict because the telegraphing of that message is subtle; but not always. Sometimes its spoken in plain language. Bullying is damaging on so many levels and can lead to suicide. There needs to be consequences in place for teachers and principals who fail to intervene and more serious consequences for those who encourage bullying.

Even if obtaining a criminal conviction would be difficult to obtain, having such laws on the books would be a SUPER deterrent to teachers who may use it as a classroom management technique and principals who deliberately turn a blind eye to the practice.

I apologize for cutting pasting it from a different threat, but it was too much to retype.[/quote]

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