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Not to say much good about the school district's actions here - but schools are facing de facto impossible situations on stuff like this. If I was a superinten
by bell-cot 11mo ago
Not to say much good about the school district's actions here - but schools are facing de facto impossible situations on stuff like this.
If I was a superintendent, I'd try to ban all student smart phones & such from school property and events - just on the basis that I had nothing remotely resembling the staffing, skill set, or jurisdiction to possibly deal with such things.
- pfdietz 11mo agoIt was impossible for them to not expel her? They could have just... not done that.
- bell-cot 11mo agoThe phrase "not to say much good about X's actions" is a polite euphemism for "X's actions generally sucked".
- wmf 11mo agoThe impossible situation was that the school had no evidence of bullying but they did have evidence of the girl fighting back. This kind of asymmetric situation interacts poorly with zero-tolerance policies that many schools have.
- watwut 11mo agoThe school did not even tried. They just assumed the girl lied. When they found out the bullying was true and that girl tried to report it ... they still expelled the girl and let boys be. The school had better options available. I will go out and say that the school simply played out traditional believes. First, punishing victim to striking back or defending himself/herself is easier, victim should not make noise. And second, boys matter more, it is normal boyhood for them to bully girls who are reaching above their station if they defend themselves. The first belief is non gendered, applies to any victim.