tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640847503018468156.post4362244203907685086..comments2024-03-27T05:15:49.616-04:00Comments on Around Roanoke, VA (A Daily Photo Blog): Random 5 Friday - Love LocksTanya Breesehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01949602989774270159noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640847503018468156.post-91571410286816905592014-02-24T20:23:31.875-05:002014-02-24T20:23:31.875-05:00I'm so sorry to hear of these horrid situation...I'm so sorry to hear of these horrid situations. I'll never get it. Never. I was bullied in high school and it was a terrible feeling. I can't imagine the kids that have to deal with it daily. XOBusy Bee Suzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18115487928147732314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640847503018468156.post-82412122469415074632014-02-23T18:38:29.277-05:002014-02-23T18:38:29.277-05:00I know of what you speak- I'm watching it happ...I know of what you speak- I'm watching it happen to two that I love. Zero tolerance is a big crock. Coloring Outside the Lineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15289093479063221765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640847503018468156.post-79690923508326338222014-02-23T09:22:33.932-05:002014-02-23T09:22:33.932-05:00It is a real problem. Zero tolerance really is a ...It is a real problem. Zero tolerance really is a lie. Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10123691580195879542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640847503018468156.post-4896429068385935992014-02-23T08:52:04.945-05:002014-02-23T08:52:04.945-05:00That is so sad.That is so sad.Sarah Huizengahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07326211901751159368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640847503018468156.post-11331675539195799222014-02-23T08:50:04.134-05:002014-02-23T08:50:04.134-05:00I don't understand how this continues -- these...I don't understand how this continues -- these schools need to take this more seriously. Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06116903234641971344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640847503018468156.post-32938376389862254162014-02-22T19:54:15.116-05:002014-02-22T19:54:15.116-05:00Tragic. When I went to school, I had the preppy g...Tragic. When I went to school, I had the preppy girls make merciless fun of me. Then my kids each had a "bully" to face up to.....my daughter in the 80's, my sons in the 2000's....good support at home.....love at home....and at least one friend at school to turn to.....they need that. I'm certainly not implying that this child didn't have support at home....and I realize that the computer has made bullying much worse. But, if these kids can overcome the taunting and bullying, they grow up to be compassionate adults. I know my kids took up for other kids who were being bullied because of their own experience. It's so sad some kids fall through the cracks though and feel like they have no one to turn to. <br /><br />At a high school north of here, some kids have started an anti-bullying club. They even made the local news. I think we, as a nation, need to pray for our youth and then try to be there to support them as much as we can, whether as a parent, teacher, or neighbor. Leave It To Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10510401202733633537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640847503018468156.post-16465890045704482122014-02-22T06:08:50.036-05:002014-02-22T06:08:50.036-05:00It is so sad :(
It is so sad :( <br /><br />Deb @ Frugal Little Bungalowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13091419343402163298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640847503018468156.post-57802635806824422242014-02-21T23:34:06.062-05:002014-02-21T23:34:06.062-05:00Poor thing. There is not tolorence for it here. He...Poor thing. There is not tolorence for it here. Here we have parents who bully our teachers. And they wonder where their kids get it from.Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14324315351283229508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640847503018468156.post-2039970760544722022014-02-21T20:56:32.633-05:002014-02-21T20:56:32.633-05:00I don't want to jump to the bullying issue wit...I don't want to jump to the bullying issue without expressing my sympathy to the family of the young man who committed suicide. <br /><br />It seems that bullying gets more attention now. I wonder if there is more of it or more attention to it. Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03323811980627840654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640847503018468156.post-84494255666559429472014-02-21T20:26:36.789-05:002014-02-21T20:26:36.789-05:00I don't think "Bullying" is right at...I don't think "Bullying" is right at all and I do think that schools tend to ignore it. Coleen often comes home and says that she is being teased by kids in her class but the kids doing the teasing claim that she's lying so the teacher basically does nothing because she doesn't know who to really believe.<br />I do however think that kids need to let some things not upset them so much. I mean in High School I had guys "bark" at me as I walked by because they consider me a (dog) in the looks department. I certainly wouldn't have killed myself over that or shot them for saying it. I just learned to ignore it and eventually they stopped.Idahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14587867197850064349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640847503018468156.post-45931288269306488432014-02-21T19:31:38.922-05:002014-02-21T19:31:38.922-05:00Working in a middle / high school, I am aware how ...Working in a middle / high school, I am aware how bad bullying gets. I'm also aware that with social media, it is so much easier to get away with it. Your post came from the heart and is well appreciated. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11013919598339085102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640847503018468156.post-27033436811039606612014-02-21T19:14:52.198-05:002014-02-21T19:14:52.198-05:00I think the net's kind of amplified the proble...I think the net's kind of amplified the problem, but bullying has always been there.<br /><br />I remember one bully who tormented me in grade seven. The last day of school, I'd had enough, and knocked him unconcious. The principal saw it... but simply told me he'd had it coming.William Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00331324250821836822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640847503018468156.post-39272029904383476942014-02-21T18:07:32.681-05:002014-02-21T18:07:32.681-05:00Now that bullies are using FB, it's a lot hard...Now that bullies are using FB, it's a lot harder to hold schools solely responsible. Blaming schools is easy. They are easy targets.Birdmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16634185585147630883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640847503018468156.post-2725553146066445172014-02-21T16:32:38.421-05:002014-02-21T16:32:38.421-05:00Great post, Tanya. Don't these lessons need to...Great post, Tanya. Don't these lessons need to be taught at home, too, though? Bullying is prevalent in our society, from Wall Street bullies down to puffed up managers at McDonalds. When you live in a macho society, macho is all that counts. We need to be a nicer nation on all levels.CountryDewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03243893531509380824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640847503018468156.post-49889876023821889062014-02-21T16:16:31.868-05:002014-02-21T16:16:31.868-05:00Bullying sucks and should not be tolerated...ever....Bullying sucks and should not be tolerated...ever. It is so sad when it come to such a terrible end. I wish kids could see that suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. But I know they deal with so much.barbara l. halehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15251598050638810751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640847503018468156.post-19213242118065998742014-02-21T16:15:36.581-05:002014-02-21T16:15:36.581-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.barbara l. halehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15251598050638810751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640847503018468156.post-37173599106012708212014-02-21T14:40:42.984-05:002014-02-21T14:40:42.984-05:00Oh that is so horrible. Such a sad, sad situation....Oh that is so horrible. Such a sad, sad situation. Bullying definitely is such a huge problem, especially now with all the online bullying. I don't know how kids today make it through school unscathed. Apparently many of them do not.Our Neck of the Woodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00796487269192271170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640847503018468156.post-69933693375182433742014-02-21T13:11:52.690-05:002014-02-21T13:11:52.690-05:00Very interesting statistics! And the story about y...Very interesting statistics! And the story about your friends daughter sounds all too familiar. I don't know when schools will figure out how important this problem is and do something effective to help. It seems as though it's only going to get worse with the addition of social media.Karen Lakishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14493883087361055962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640847503018468156.post-72440954253433050372014-02-21T12:34:09.880-05:002014-02-21T12:34:09.880-05:00Thanks for this post, Tanya. It's an important...Thanks for this post, Tanya. It's an important issue that a lot of schools give lip service to but don't do anything about. That's sad about the young person who committed suicide and about your friend's daughter. I know what it's like to be "picked on" (that's what people used to call it) and it's devastating. Tina Fariss Barbourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15659018994558471570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640847503018468156.post-80432108921269738132014-02-21T12:02:30.924-05:002014-02-21T12:02:30.924-05:00Serious conversation going on here, but let me fir...Serious conversation going on here, but let me first say how much I like your photo. I love those converging lines going off into the distance.<br />I don't know if bullying is worse than when I grew up, but it does seem to me that the internet has permitted it to be easily amplified... and lasting. I wish I knew what the answer to it is. I would like to think if I were a parent in this situation, I would confront the parents of the bullies. Easy to say.Stuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06513394224102833095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640847503018468156.post-35651840048400554582014-02-21T11:01:06.359-05:002014-02-21T11:01:06.359-05:00So sad about your friends daughter. I don't u...So sad about your friends daughter. I don't understand why schools don't get involved when they know bullying is going on.Grandma Barb's This and Thathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06639649601385700411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640847503018468156.post-29342076963387858192014-02-21T10:39:24.714-05:002014-02-21T10:39:24.714-05:00social media makes it impossible to escape torment...social media makes it impossible to escape tormenters. TexWisGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13641962051044162710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640847503018468156.post-46705570748319368202014-02-21T10:10:02.889-05:002014-02-21T10:10:02.889-05:00been there as a mom and people don't realize t...been there as a mom and people don't realize that it affects the whole family...community even. so sad for kids who cannot get help from adults.Party of 5https://www.blogger.com/profile/13372480335787520223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640847503018468156.post-37455511889978029852014-02-21T09:31:28.739-05:002014-02-21T09:31:28.739-05:00How sad for your girlfriends daughter, the victim ...How sad for your girlfriends daughter, the victim is punished much as they can be in the courts. Why is bullying so rampant and why is it that so many school officials refuse to get involved? A while ago we watched a documentary on high school bullying. The TV crew was even able to film the unsupportable behaviour, still the school was reticent to do anything about it, the airing of the documentary changed that still the young girl and her family felt forced to move to another village, drastic solution. Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17458351240865452950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6640847503018468156.post-9479501261552249292014-02-21T09:28:55.003-05:002014-02-21T09:28:55.003-05:00I remember very well being bullied in elementary s...I remember very well being bullied in elementary school. Only we didn't call it that then. In fact, we didn't call it anything. The school administration pretty much ignored any behavior that happened after official school hours even if it was on school property.Revrunnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01906290746860646907noreply@blogger.com