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Originally posted by sixate
How the hell can you expect a school to control a kid when the parents have never even tried to do it? It just doesn't happen. The problem is at home, and brought to school. To stop the problem you must stop it's point of origin......
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I was reading back through this thread once again. You've hit it right on the head here.
When I was teaching school I can recall one particularly problematic bully. We tried our utmost to monitor him constantly. Still he would try stuff. At least we were able to catch it and no one was seriously hurt - just slightly intimidated.
I called the parents on more than one occaision and the Dad only made excuses for the boy. I saw the family in church as well (parochial, church affiliated school) and was able to observe interactions. Dad pretty much didn't care one wit for the kids. He had 4 of them too. His eldest was the bully and was so very far behind in his education. They had put him in our school because he couldnt' make it in public school. The boy was 13 and had the reading level of a 3rd grader.
The atmostphere at home sets everything up for how the kids handle stress and bullying at school.
One comment this woman had made - the government requires he go to this school - there is such a thing as parochial schools or homeschool. It all depends on your level of motivation to do what needs to be done.