Teachers don't do jack shit about bullying.

Not true


I had a girl bullying others in my 6th period and you better believe I got that bitch good. She couldn't go anywhere in our school with out some adult or admin hounding her. I take personal pride in that.

The problem with that is she (like most bullies) was always sweet and kind in my presence. I only knew she was terrorizing other kids was because one one of my cross country kids (I coach too) let me know.

1. Bullies tend to wait til they are in a large group setting (the lunchroom or locker room) and out of the direct presence of adults to commit their crimes. They usually lack prosocial behaviors that most normal people (like us!) have and don't see any wrong-doing in their actions.

2. On the other hand, victims of bullying do not usually report that they're being bullied for fear of being labeled a snitch or worse. They don't want to be seen as weak. It's a hard thing to admit you're being bullied.

Because of these two items, it makes it almost impossible for teachers to catch all bullies. I have this one boy now who's the biggest douchebag ever. I've told him, to his face, that he's a jerk. (I think he thinks I'm joking...) But if I wrote him up for "being a jerk" or picking on kids, nothing really would be done. Our assistant principals are so overworked as it is, it's hard to catch everything

The math teacher in my program wrote one of our kids up for calling someone else "dumb". He didn't see what was so wrong with that. No lesson learned.


I always feel really sad when I read about suicides because of bullying. There has been a rash of gay teens who have killed themselves because of homophobic bullying.

Teachers don't do jack shit about bullying, and neither do parents. And on the off chance some kid does stand up for themselves, they get in trouble for it anyways.

I am at a loss of words with all this bullying and suicides that have happened over the years. It's just heartbreaking. I just hope kids can be brave enough to stand up for their peers when they see someone getting harassed by bullies.

This by far fly, is the best thoughts I've seen written on the subject. Kudos to you for being mature beyond your years.
Since most bullying takes place away from responsible adults, this is an outstanding look on the subject.

Its amazing of some of the teachers I work with that are too lazy to do anything. I'm all over bullyers when I see them. I told one kid to stand his ground, like whispered it to him because he was running away from a bully. The bully hesitated, but he still went after the kid and the kid kicked him a few times before I broke it up. Ha, then I sent the bully to the office...little prick

As a freshman in high school, I see this just about everyday in the halls. I get bullied on for my race but I just ignore it and pretend I didnt hear it. That seems to work most of the time.

this really made me especially sad.

while its not my race, rather my ethnicity.. i used to get that sort of stuff a lot. i went to a catholic school, and used to get asked, "are you a jew?" hatefully. or get made fun of in general based on my features, a lot. i'm full sicilian so i have naturally curly hair, and a bit of a bump on my nose. the sad part is, i went to school with a LOT of other italian kids. ignoring them didn't work for me, i was and still am, way too fucking sensitive.


but to my point, don't let them get away with it. don't let those kids think its ok to make fun of you.. especially for something like your race. in the real world that shit is not going to be just let go, and one day if they do it to the wrong person they'll really get their asses kicked. stand up for yourself, even if its as simple as saying, "dude,shut up." i know how hard that is, though. i never had the balls to, but wish i could have.