Post by misty on Jan 6, 2007 16:24:45 GMT -5
Thread Started on Jan 11, 2006, 9:35pm »
It really stinks but it seems my daughter is encountering somebullying at school. The last few weeks shes been playing sick on & off. I say playing sick because although shes having headaches, stomach aches, etc, shes fine once its too late to get her to school. Well, today she finally gave in & told us that 3 larger girls have been threatening to beat her up. Luckily only one rides her bus. If they all did, it probably would have happened already. It seems thatthey don't like her simply because shes friends with another girl they are mad at. They've made it into a race issue because they are a different race as is the girl Shannon is best friends with. These girls think the other girl should not be friends with my daughter because my child is white & they are not. To give Shannon & her friend credit, they are NOT giving into these bullies!
After I heard the entire story I called the school guidance counseller & found out these girls have been in trouble alot recently & are under a sort of "probation". My hubby is driving Shannon & her friend to school tomorrow to talk to the counseller & try to resolve this. The counsellor told me on the phone that if the names Shannon gives are the same ones he thinks they are, there will be serious consequences for the bullies.
Good! I can't believe there are even issues like this in the schools anymore! Who cares what color a person is, what size they are, how they wear their hair, etc?? My daughter was raised to look deeper than that & she should not be afraid to go to school & have to worry about petty things instead of getting her education!
Its times like these I wish she had remained in the private school, where they stressed a "christian attitude" at all times! I feel I had to give up a more moral environment in order to get the services shes entitled to & its just not RIGHT!
Ok, vent over...I feel a BIT better!
Charlie Girl
Tell Shannon I am very proud of her for standing firm in her resolve to be friends with this girl in the face of threats from ignorant people![image]
I hope they can find a way to help those girls learn some valuable life lessons. Its a shame that they are in trouble for holding views they probably learned from their parents.
You would think by now that people in this country would have learned that its the color of a person's character that makes them who they are, not the color of their skin or where their ancestors came from..
cynthiatweedle
Sorry your daughter had to go through that and I hope everything works out.
My granddaughter ran into a similar problem, but the friend gave into the pressure. My granddaughter kept trying and trying, but finally gave up. She is in third grade.
It seems a shame that children should have these issues to worry about.
The bullying only gets worse as they get older, I am afraid.
I glad in this case the school has identified the problem and is going to do something about it. That's not always the case.
Again, I hope this works out and they can remain friends.
It really stinks but it seems my daughter is encountering somebullying at school. The last few weeks shes been playing sick on & off. I say playing sick because although shes having headaches, stomach aches, etc, shes fine once its too late to get her to school. Well, today she finally gave in & told us that 3 larger girls have been threatening to beat her up. Luckily only one rides her bus. If they all did, it probably would have happened already. It seems thatthey don't like her simply because shes friends with another girl they are mad at. They've made it into a race issue because they are a different race as is the girl Shannon is best friends with. These girls think the other girl should not be friends with my daughter because my child is white & they are not. To give Shannon & her friend credit, they are NOT giving into these bullies!
After I heard the entire story I called the school guidance counseller & found out these girls have been in trouble alot recently & are under a sort of "probation". My hubby is driving Shannon & her friend to school tomorrow to talk to the counseller & try to resolve this. The counsellor told me on the phone that if the names Shannon gives are the same ones he thinks they are, there will be serious consequences for the bullies.
Good! I can't believe there are even issues like this in the schools anymore! Who cares what color a person is, what size they are, how they wear their hair, etc?? My daughter was raised to look deeper than that & she should not be afraid to go to school & have to worry about petty things instead of getting her education!
Its times like these I wish she had remained in the private school, where they stressed a "christian attitude" at all times! I feel I had to give up a more moral environment in order to get the services shes entitled to & its just not RIGHT!
Ok, vent over...I feel a BIT better!
Charlie Girl
Tell Shannon I am very proud of her for standing firm in her resolve to be friends with this girl in the face of threats from ignorant people![image]
I hope they can find a way to help those girls learn some valuable life lessons. Its a shame that they are in trouble for holding views they probably learned from their parents.
You would think by now that people in this country would have learned that its the color of a person's character that makes them who they are, not the color of their skin or where their ancestors came from..
cynthiatweedle
Sorry your daughter had to go through that and I hope everything works out.
My granddaughter ran into a similar problem, but the friend gave into the pressure. My granddaughter kept trying and trying, but finally gave up. She is in third grade.
It seems a shame that children should have these issues to worry about.
The bullying only gets worse as they get older, I am afraid.
I glad in this case the school has identified the problem and is going to do something about it. That's not always the case.
Again, I hope this works out and they can remain friends.
I was about to conquer the world but then I got distracted by something shiny.
