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My elementary school bully killed himself with shrapnel from blowing up a GI Joe. I felt really guilty about it because I kept wishing he would just disappear a
by foxyv 10mo ago
My elementary school bully killed himself with shrapnel from blowing up a GI Joe. I felt really guilty about it because I kept wishing he would just disappear and then bam, he was gone. Reading Ender's Game gave me way too much sympathy for Ender.
Adult cruelty towards children seems to be a thread running through my life.
- PaulHoule 10mo agoThe funny thing is that I know my bully in college (another comment in this post) did time but if he got out and managed to go ‘straight’ I would celebrate him because I know just how hard it is. The person I want an apology from that he won’t give is the dean of students who told me ‘his hands are tied’ who is treated as a hero because he did a lot of great stuff for my school. I want to ask him “what would you have done if your daughter was the victim?”
- foxyv 10mo agoIMO, it's never the fault of the kids. It's the fault of the parents, the teachers, and the administrators. They are all too lazy, evil, entitled, or stupid to do the things that are necessary to help kids feel safe at school. Half of them don't even really see it as a problem. When I look back on my bullies in school I just see a bunch of messed up kids that were given too much leeway to hurt other kids because adults didn't want to take the time or effort to actually raise and supervise them.