I think the anti-bullying campaigns in schools was a good thing...heartfelt and well-intended. The upshot, though? The lines got so blurred as to what is and what isn't bullying, that everything became offensive.
So now you're left with an intolerant generation seeing ghosts around every corner. It really is a lousy way to live.
LORD KNOWS I do enjoy slapping at teachers for being greedy, lazy selfish civil service union HOGS who are engaged in a HUGE conflict of interest by selling their votes to our grossly irresponsible LIE-beral overlords!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But I do not blame teachers for the bullying and socially unacceptable behaviour so many kids are displaying these days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The alleged "anti bullying campaign" in schools is on a par with the alleged efforts of LIE-berals to "make Canada better"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It is just fuzzy feel good CRAP- designed to cover major faults and flaws!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The need for school bullying campaigns is a direct result of LESS adult supervision!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In "olden days" kids walked to school- with other kids whose company THEY CHOSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The kids often walked in company with or near to older siblings and etc............
In a society where most mothers were at home- a kid with troubles could count on swift help either from older siblings or adults!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Compare that to the current deal where most houses are EMPTY through the day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Or if the house is not empty - then it is occupied by a snoring shift worker who will not hear kids fighting on the street!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In olden days- a kid on a school yard could count on back up from older relatives or a teacher!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In these modern times- teachers regard playground supervision as an IMPOSITION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In olden times neither teachers nor parents were so militant about "civil rights" and thus teachers were EXPECTED to intervene and administer discipline as needed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Teachers were seen as SURROGATE PARENTS- with all the rights and obligations of parents!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now of course teachers have shied away from administering ANY DISCIPLINE AT ALL due to militant parents and social jjstice warriors!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The one single traditional discipline tool has BEEN TAKEN FROM THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Teachers can NO LONGER tell a mis-behaving kid: "you will be staying after class for a detention"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kids ride the bus now and if the kid is in detention then SOMEBODY has to pay for the cab ride that will take the kid home after missing the bus!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Here is how bad the social justice warrior crap has become:
Some years back a kid from a visible minority was walking down a high school hallway, finished up his can of pop and dumped the empty can in a corner.................................
Unfortunately his principle spotted his act and ordered him to pick up the can and dispose of it properly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Defiant kid- who knows the "modern" rules of evidence- denies the can is his!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The discussion continues in principles office with kid continuing his defiance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Eventually principle threatens a 3 day suspension for the kied unless he cooperates!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No deal- so kid is suspended!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And next morning the kid is back at principles office- accompanied by both parents AND THEIR LAWYER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And principle is on his own!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NO BACK UP FROM CRAVEN COWARD SCHOOL BOARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So principle gets to eat CROW and the smug kid goes back to class!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So what social message did either the kid or principle learn about tossing TRASH????????????????????????????
And kids simply do NOT know how to cooperate in games any more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In those olden times- kids LEARNED standardized rules from older siblings so they could fit smoothly into the usual school yard games!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But those days are GONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kids fight now because they lack the social experience and training to AGREE on rules for games!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Too many kids are isolated and not getting any help or advice from older siblings because they often do not have such an advisor and instructor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And kids have become all to familiar with the LIMITATIONS of adult authority thanks to day care and those daily bus rides!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In olden times the kids would visit each other in their houses...........if a kid acted like a dork the kid would be ejected!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
An ejected kid would then have time to consider how and why other kids are being invited in while he IS NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In such a situation there is incentive to consider altering social behaviour to win acceptance and inclusion!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There is pressure to conform to standard acceptable behaviour!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The kid in daycare HAS NO such pressure to be socially acceptable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Daycare kids are prisoners of their setting- they are thrown together for a set period of time regardless of preferences!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The kid in daycare who finds himself dealing with somebody he does not like CANNOT simply send the offending kid away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nor can the offended kid chose to LEAVE in order to escape unpleasantness!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And of course the adults at daycare are tending to multiple kids- the daycare worker CANNOT do as a frustrated mother at home would do and simply send some rude kids HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And of course the daycare worker has no more ability to discipline a kid than a typical teacher!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And once kids start riding those school buses- they enter the Wild West!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There IS NO LAW ON A SCHOOL BUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The kids are TOTALLY ON THEIR OWN ON A BUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The driver is paid to DRIVE- NOTHING MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The driver who stops the bus in order to deal with a problem HAD BETTER HAVE A DAMNED GOOD REASON for doing so!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A school bus halted in a non scheduled stop is a big deal for time strapped parents!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Delays in getting the kids home cause trouble and worry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And of course the driver MAY make a report to school authorities or his boss- and so what!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The driver is concentrating on the road- or ought to be- and will often MISS the first minutes of a problem that is beginning to fester!!!!!!!!!!
So in the event that any adult attempts to unravel fights or trouble on a school bus - it quickly degenerates into he said/she said etc- with NO RESOLUTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And God help the teacher who calls in parents to discuss their child`s antics on a bus or school yard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Time strapped parents BLAME TEACHERS for not maintaining control and discipline!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Our school boards manage our kids in the same way our LIE-beral overlords manage our economy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They want to PAPER OVER THE CRACKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
School boards are focused on SHRINKING problems and hiding them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
School boards lack EITHER THE RESOURCES OR DESIRE to resolve social problems!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And of course school boards have that HUGE DILEMMA- the problems are being CREATED BY LIE-berals!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So if LIE-berals are voted out- then teachers get LESS GRAVY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rank and file teachers have largely thrown up their hands in despair of ever solving any school problem and are resigned to simply putting in their time till they can collect the solid gold pension!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I know of one former teacher who swore she would rather serve coffee at Tim`s than go back to another classroom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There are about 15,000 graduates of Ontari-owe teacher college every year...............but there are omly about 5,000 new hires!!!!!!!!!!!!
What it comes down to is that the teacher who too often sends miss-behaving kids out of class so they cannot disrupt the learning opportunities of other kids- will be CONDEMNED as not being able to control the class!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
With that phrase "control the class" being a euphemism meaning PAPER OVER THE CRACKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LIE-beral policy has decreed that peace in the society is more valuable then real education or the solution of social problems since real action on education or social problems MIGHT entail LOSS OF LIE-beral votes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Teachers must ride along........or seek other work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And senior educators are merely slaves to LIE-beral policy that DEMANDS that all problems be HIDDEN AT ANY COST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Too many of our kids would be better off being raised by WOLVES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NOBODY is in charge any more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nobody is setting standards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anarchy RULES while LIE-beral overlords rave on about our "booming" economy that is setting record debt levels!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And LIE-berals wonder why our kids are so cynical and convinced that our society is full of SH+T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!