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**YabbaIn** · 04-22-2009, 04:49 PM

Gay had nothing to do with it other than calling someone gay in todays society is still seen, in MANY areas, as an insult.

Hell, it rarely means that you are homosexual anymore. It is more along the line of something that is seen as different or unapproved.

When someone says "I went to this, but it was gay". Does that mean that there were male-male or female-female couples hanging out? No. It just means they did not like it.

Is this a good thing? No. It means that "gay" can mean a general negative connotation, even amongst children who do not know their weiner can be used for more than pissing.

The kid was also called out as "playing like a girl" and other typical insults.

This is typical.

The one thing my mother told me when I was having problems in 4th grade (trust me, it was hell), was that if it EVER got bad enough that I could not stand it, to just come home. I had permission to walk out of class and go to the principal or come home and we would deal with it later.

I never did, but having that option just made me try harder and stick it out. It never made it easier.

It felt like I was fighting to keep going, and thankfully I had enough strength to keep doing that all through my life (although, ironically, I find it harder as I get older sometimes, even though it is MUCH easier than when I was a kid......).

These kids need an anchor. They will get teased and beat up. Humans do that, and they will never stop no matter how much you try and regulate them. I am not saying schools should stop trying to intervene, but thinking they can stop it is not realistic.

One thing though, they need to have the power to act. In our society if a teacher yells at a student they can be brought up on criminal charges. How are they going to get a kid to stop bullying if "telling your parents" has absolutely no sway over them (mostly due to the fact that the parents either do nothing about it OR they blindly support their pugalistic peon).

I am not asking for the yardstick to be brought back, but it might be a good idea to change the way we go about these things to help prevent these kids from quitting life.

04-22-2009, 04:49 PM	#3
YabbaIn Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 416 Senior Member	Gay had nothing to do with it other than calling someone gay in todays society is still seen, in MANY areas, as an insult. Hell, it rarely means that you are homosexual anymore. It is more along the line of something that is seen as different or unapproved. When someone says "I went to this, but it was gay". Does that mean that there were male-male or female-female couples hanging out? No. It just means they did not like it. Is this a good thing? No. It means that "gay" can mean a general negative connotation, even amongst children who do not know their weiner can be used for more than pissing. The kid was also called out as "playing like a girl" and other typical insults. This is typical. The one thing my mother told me when I was having problems in 4th grade (trust me, it was hell), was that if it EVER got bad enough that I could not stand it, to just come home. I had permission to walk out of class and go to the principal or come home and we would deal with it later. I never did, but having that option just made me try harder and stick it out. It never made it easier. It felt like I was fighting to keep going, and thankfully I had enough strength to keep doing that all through my life (although, ironically, I find it harder as I get older sometimes, even though it is MUCH easier than when I was a kid......). These kids need an anchor. They will get teased and beat up. Humans do that, and they will never stop no matter how much you try and regulate them. I am not saying schools should stop trying to intervene, but thinking they can stop it is not realistic. One thing though, they need to have the power to act. In our society if a teacher yells at a student they can be brought up on criminal charges. How are they going to get a kid to stop bullying if "telling your parents" has absolutely no sway over them (mostly due to the fact that the parents either do nothing about it OR they blindly support their pugalistic peon). I am not asking for the yardstick to be brought back, but it might be a good idea to change the way we go about these things to help prevent these kids from quitting life.
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