As the recent, shameful incident involving the 68-year-old school bus monitor proves, the bullying "epidemic" just keeps getting worse and worse. But thank god Karen Klein's horrible encounter was caught on tape! Because as difficult as that video is to watch, it's also the reason why those bullies will most likely never push anybody around ever again. (The death threats were a bit much, but still.) Hopefully what happened to those mean, nasty kids will make other potential bullies think before they act. And they weren't even the first bullies to be snagged on video!
Do you remember any of these crazy moments?!
1. Bully Gets Bullied! 16-year-old Casey Heynes of Austraila hit virtual hero status when a video of the boy turning the table on his bully (in a BIG way) went viral. Unfortunately Heynes got suspended for the fight, but his bully will never bully anybody again -- not after Heynes broke his shin and smashed his nose.
2. Horrible Teachers Caught Bullying Special Needs Kid Okay, these bullies were actually caught on audio tape, not video, but that was enough: Stuart Chaifetz suspected something wasn't right when his autistic son, 10-year-old Akian, started acting out. So he sent Akian to school wearing a wire, and boy, were his suspicions confirmed! In the worst way: Hours and hours of verbal humiliation. Ugh.
3. 13-Year-Old Boy Attacked by 7 Bullies And to think, somebody caught it all on a cell phone camera: A young teen kicked, dragged through the snow, thrown into a tree and worse by 7 classmates. 7!! (6 of whom were arrested, thank god.)
4. Gay student viciously attacked in classroom I still can't believe this bully actually had the audacity to commit his crime IN the classroom. And he only got a 3 day suspension for breaking the kid's teeth.
Yikes. Hopefully we won't be adding too many more of these bullying-on-video incidents to the list!
Do you think fear of being filmed will stop potential bullies?
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Not unless the bullies face REAL consequences for their actions. Otherwise they will just get a kick out of being "famous."
it hasn't so far. I agree with Todd... they are just getting a kick out of being "famous" with out any real concequences... except that Austrailian kid...I doubt he's going to bully anyone ever again.
Most bullies do their bullying in public to begin with, usually with plenty of other people around to hear and see whats happening. I dont see why also being on film would stop anyone from this vicious behavior.
The only thing that will stop bullies is the knowledge that someone else WILL kick their ass for it. In my son's HS, no one bullies the special needs kids. NO ONE. When someone does get brave/stupid enough to do it, justice is meted out after school by SEVERAL classmates. Is it an ideal situation? Nope. Does it work? Yep. One particularly stupid kid who persisted AFTER getting an ass whipping and warning ended up in the ER. No permanent damage, but he finally learned. If someone bullies a student that is not special needs, they are fair game to be shunned and bullied verbally. It's a pretty calm school.
Prplecat's right... the only way bullies will be stopped is if people start speaking their language. They don't understand anything else. "Talk it out" with a bully? HAH!! They are so filled with contempt that this is just a game to them.
If a bully hits you, you hit him back harder. If a bully verbally abuses you, you stand up to him, look him inthe eye, and don't worry about hurting feelings. Give it back with both barrels.
We are so busy trying to teach kids that their feelings matter above everything else, we've created an entire generation of narcissistic little bastards (and bitches, this is gender-neutral) who think that THEY matter more than everybody else.
So, yeah, they're totally going to get off on the fame that videoing gets them. Even if it's notoriety.
I was bullied in high school and even had things thrown at me for being smart. I eventually started emotional eating and slipped into a dark depression. Then, this made them call me smart AND fat. I ALWAYS replied back to when they made rude comment to me, and even insulted them right back; however, my smart ass comments weren't good enough.