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Nebraska School’s ‘Ludicrous’ Advice for Bullying Victims Sparks Parent Outrage
Quote:Fifth grade students at Zeman Elementary School in Lincoln, Neb., were recently sent home with a “flyer” outlining how they should handle bullies. The instructions were apparently deemed so ridiculous by parents that the school district quickly issued an apology and the “inaccurate information” was pulled.
That was after the nine “rules” for dealing with bullies went viral, of course.
Here are some of the more questionable ones:
• Rule #3 Do not be afraid.
• Rule #4: Do not verbally defend yourself.
• Rule #7: Do not tell on bullies.
• Rule #8: Don’t be a sore loser
• Rule #9: Learn to laugh at yourself and not get “hooked” by put-downs.
You can read the full list, along with their descriptions in the photo below:
After seeing parents’ reaction to the flyer, Lincoln Public Schools issued an apology on its Facebook page.
As noted in the embedded Facebook post above, the school linked to another worksheet on bullying, which includes tips like “contact a school staff member” and “do not minimize or make excuses for bullying behaviors.”
Many Facebook users were still not completely satisfied after the apology.
“That list of 9 rules for dealing with bullies was hands down the worst advice any person could give to another,” one user wrote. “That it was an ‘educator’ giving it to elementary age children is just beyond the pale. ‘Don’t tell on bullies… would we keep our friends if we tattled on them?’ – Seriously?!”
“Sorry. This is not a learning opportunity. This is a show of complete incompetence. 1970 called, they want their flier back,” another commented.
Others wanted an explanation as to why the “ludicrous” flyer even made it home in the first place.
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Nebraska School’s ‘Ludicrous’ Advice for Bullying Victims Sparks Parent Outrage
"If you think I look like a nerd, you should see my dad"-WUT? If my son/daughter got such a pamphlet, I'd give the idiot who wrote it a black eye before tossing him out a window.
Brainiac's mental processing of the rules"
1-Refuse to get mad cause bully controls you. B:How about I get mad, and beat the crap out of you. Then we can decide who controls who.
2-Treat the person who is being mean as if they are trying to help you B:Of course they're helping me. They're helping me release my anger by becoming a punching bag for my fists of fury.
3-Do not be afraid B:The one thing they probably got right, since the bully should be shitting himself when he sees me.
4-Do not verbally defend yourself B:
5-Do not attack B: .....
6-If someone physically hurts you, just show you are hurt; do not get angry B: Do I look like some sissy coward to you? LOOK AT THIS BEARD YOU FOOL!
7-Do not tell on bullies B:Right, because first you must break their pathetic fingers. Then you can tell on them.
8-Don't be a sore loser B:Why must we lose? Kick the bastard in the crotch, then piss on him!
9-Learn to laugh at yourself and not get "hooked" by put-downs B:
Hidden stuff:
The person who wrote this is the world's dumbest most idiotic pathetically inferior stupidest son of a fucking slut bitch prickfaced cock sucking jerkhole piece of fucking shit. Also probably the most ugliest dog-fucking neckbeared penis nosed imbecile in existence. Now enjoy your laughs dipshit because I'm going to BASH YOUR SKULL IN
Nebraska School’s ‘Ludicrous’ Advice for Bullying Victims Sparks Parent Outrage
This, is without a doubt the most stupid flyer in the world. Just when I thought people couldn't become more stupid....
It's basically telling you to sit back and do nothing but show that you are hurt. Wow what a great defense against bullies... :/
If a Bully attacks you in ANY way, you SHOULD defend yourself, verbally or physically.
"Do not tell on the Bully" In fact, just LET yourself be bullied, telling on them won't help at all. Nope. Nothing good in sight after telling on them.
Idiots....
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(This post was last modified: 04-23-2014 05:11 AM by TheShadow.)
04-23-2014 05:07 AM
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Nebraska School’s ‘Ludicrous’ Advice for Bullying Victims Sparks Parent Outrage
The flyer should come with a smaller flyer that solves its problems in three easy steps:
Step #1: Disregard all information within previous flyer.
Step #2: Punch bullies through the face. Yes, through.
Step #3: Punch whoever wrote previous flyer through the face.
Public Service Announcement: First world problems are still problems.
(04-23-2014 09:56 AM)Chanku Wrote: Wow DoA advocating violence...
Naturally, something you don't see every day. When it comes to bullying, though, for me, all notions of "pacifism" are forgotten; what goes on between a bully and his would-be victim is between them, and zero-tolerance policies prevent the victim from fighting back. This makes the policymakers, and all who support them, bullies as well. Bullies are made to be punching bags; adversity of this variety in particular can only be met with a swift fist.
What happens when you don't fight bullies conventionally? They take even worse abuse from horrible institutions like the schools, the government, or worst of all, the media. Only by beating them up can you simultaneously spare them from this fate while at the same time teaching them a lesson in pain.
Public Service Announcement: First world problems are still problems.
Nebraska School’s ‘Ludicrous’ Advice for Bullying Victims Sparks Parent Outrage
In our current system, you wouldn't be able to, even if you knew how to fight. And what's bad about zero tolerance is that it makes bullies no less able to attack you; many are hurting already (but not in the way they need to, considering they think it's okay to prey on the "weak") and don't care what kind of trouble they get into.
Public Service Announcement: First world problems are still problems.
The one that breaks my heart a little is "Don't be a sore loser."
One piece of advice I might give which is a little unorthodox is that sometimes you have to have the courage to fight even when you know you're going to lose. Just make it hard work for someone to hurt you. If it gets physical try to bite, go for the testicles, poke at the eyes, and so on. And even if you lose bad, fight again every time it happens. I know this won't work in all situations but it will back off most people.
If you want to be a different fish, you've got to jump out of the school.
Nebraska School’s ‘Ludicrous’ Advice for Bullying Victims Sparks Parent Outrage
Quote:Yeah, however I'm kinda forced to be a pacifist. Mainly because I lack the ability to actually fight back(I'm 95 lbs....)
Look up some Bujinkan Ninjutsu moves... you can take down people much bigger than yourself without needing any force if you do it right. It's all about getting them off balance. I'm learning this stuff now... it's pretty awesome.
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Nebraska School’s ‘Ludicrous’ Advice for Bullying Victims Sparks Parent Outrage
Personally I prefer to use a mixture of boxing, wrestling, and grappling against a bully. It shows them I'm not to be fucked with since I'm a jack of all trades at various forms of self defense. But seriously what fucktard made these rules? It only encourages bullying and makes the victim defenseless and if the victim fights back they're given the role of the bully. Schools really need to put themselves in a child's or teen's or whatever shoes and see how corrupted this system is. What use is the 6th amendment if the student isn't given a fair trial in school?
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