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Family Forum / Parenting / Parenting / March 2008bullying (NYT stories)
The NYT recently had a horrific story about a high school boy being bullied: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/24/us/24land.html A Boy the Bullies Love to Beat Up, Repeatedly By Dan Barry, March 24, 2008 He has been beat up repeatedly, and it sounds like the school district and/or the perpetrators ought to be sued for big bucks. Today the NYT had a story on workplace "bullying": http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/25/health/25well.html When the Bully Sits in the Next Cubicle By Tara Parker-Pope, March 25, 2008 'An eye roll, a glare, a dismissive snort -- these are the tactics of the workplace bully. They don't sound like much, but that's why they are so insidious. How do you complain to human resources that your boss is picking on you? Who cares that a co-worker won't return your phone calls?' Ooh, a "glare" can be bullying. I wonder if part of the bullying problem is the failure to distinguish between serious transgressions that ought to get the perpetrators expelled from school and/or put in juvenile detention and run-of-the- mill rudeness that will end only when people become angels. >The NYT recently had a horrific story about a high school boy being >bullied: [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] >expelled from school and/or put in juvenile detention and run-of-the- >mill rudeness that will end only when people become angels. I've read both these articles already, and you're mixing these articles up, apparently trying to stretch for your point. The bullying at work, between adults, described the subtle below-the-radar but continuous denigration which occurs between adults, which is where the description of glares came up. The discussions were quite different regarding these two types of bullying, as to their descriptions, impact, and recourse. The bullying at school that was described, consisted of instances of pretty much run of the mill assault, and I wonder why the parents of this boys aren't pursuing criminal charges. Banty > The bullying at school that was described, consisted of instances of pretty much > run of the mill assault, and I wonder why the parents of this boys aren't > pursuing criminal charges. > > Banty I do, too. Why on earth would you leave it up to a school to decide whether to call police? Now, maybe the parents did, and the police paid no attention - but if that's the case, it looks like the article would say so. (And it sounds like there's plenty of evidence of assault - not just a he said/he said kind of thing. Clisby |
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