Reshaping the anti-bullying law in Minn.
July 19, 2012 at 4:14 pm in Grand Forks Herald
Minnesota needs an anti-bullying law that supports victims, calls for constructive discipline and teaches children and adults alike to recognize and stop the behavior, according to a preliminary report by a gubernatorial committee. Last fall, national watchdog group Bully Police USA gave the state a C-minus, the lowest grade of the 47 states that have anti-such laws. Continue Reading
ANY program or policy where bullying is “handled” by the school system is DOOMED TO FAILURE. If the school system pretends to address the issue “internally” there is NO HOPE of meaningful change.
Bullying is ASSAULT. The only way it will be properly addressed is by calling 911, pressing charges, and forcing the bully to explain his/her actions to a judge; complete with sentencing as the judge deems appropriate.
School systems have pretended to address bullying for generations; and yet the problem continues or even intensifies. They are NOT CAPABLE of appropriately dealing with the issue. They’d much rather look the other way. In fact, they’re so good at ignoring the problem that it’s resulted in the legislature getting involved. If school systems had the stones to take care of business, they’d have done it decades ago, and today it’d be a non-issue.
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