Where was I? Oh, yes, I remember.
The rest of my time in high school was a breeze. I wasn't popular but I was comfortable with my friends and with who I was. All in all it was a nice way to end my time in the education system. That doesn't mean I didn't have problems, but I at least was comfortable where I was.
Back to the point, though, is that my attitude with Phoebe Prince was wrong. ullying does happen to everyone at some point but the problem is that attitudes like mine keep it from being stopped. For this, I was wrong and I have since changed my mind.
We as parents and adults have gotten comfortable with violence. We as a society have become comfortable with a blase attitude toward children that do wrong and toward the suffering of the children they do harm against. We've forgotten what it's like to be there ourselves.
There should never be a point where we turn our backs on children suffering. There should never be a time when we think to ourselves that violence, hatred, and intolerance is ok. These are the things we should be teaching children to avoid. These are the things we should be teaching children to be against! How is it we have become ok with the idea of no accountability?
I started a group on Facebook as a support group for kids going through abuse and bullying. It's got 134 members in three days. It's nice to see some people want to do good. (Here linked: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/group.php?gid=113555045371384 )
Hopefully with time and effort we can make this astonishing trend a thing of the past.
Day 43 - 322 Days to go
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