Bullying at Liston College
Story like bullying at Liston College really makes me wonder sometimes.
he has been shoved, choked, hit, punched, knocked over, kicked, had his pants pulled down and has been dragged across the concrete while a student filmed him on his cell phone. During class, he has had objects thrown at him, he has been hit, punched, kicked, he has been knocked out of his desk, has had people steal his belongings, call him names and taunt him about his condition. Frequently the response of the teachers in these classes to these incidents has not been adequate, often it has been him moved instead of the bully.
Not once, when staff were aware that he had been assaulted, were we ever informed by the school that he had been attacked; including the time he came home with a swollen, blackened, split lip and was crying so loudly the receptionist could hear him from the sickbay or the time he was dropped to the ground and kicked by a group of boys. Instead, each time he would be sent back to class (where sometimes he would be assaulted again) and the first we would hear about any attack on him would be when he got home; by then he would be in an extremely distressed state at, not just the assault, but at having had to come to terms with what had happened on his own, not being able to contact us, and at having to face his attackers before he was ready to.
Wow, I mean … wow!
I know that it can be awkward to be around someone with a special condition. Especially for teenager, when most often it’s about being cool. But something is really wrong when it leads to serious assault like that. And judging from the blog comments, there seems to be no remorse about the incident, the school doesn’t seem to care, no apology, no consequence for the bully(es), and few/some students seem to just accept it as norm (some even seem proud).
That’s truly disheartening …
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It’s pretty jaw dropping.
Some even seem to think a 9th ranking somehow means that all this is ok… actually I don’t get what point they try to make with that one.
Nice blog.