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39. _Lord of the Flies_. nt

Reply to Jean V. Dubois (Reply #14)

Sun Jan 8, 2012, 04:05 AM

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Seven middle schoolers accused of beating girl unconscious on school bus [View all] The Straight Story Jan 2012 OP

sick kids Angry Dragon Jan 2012 #1

Damn stuff like this is pathetic and sad, what's worse, it's getting to RKP5637 Jan 2012 #2

This kind of thing really creeps me out. It seems we are hearing about more Mojorabbit Jan 2012 #3

Where was the bus driver? Why didn't they stop the bus? This is why I don't put my grandkids on southernyankeebelle Jan 2012 #7

He did what he could csziggy Jan 2012 #26

You would think they had some kind of system to call back at the school shack. Maybe they should southernyankeebelle Jan 2012 #28

I do think you are right - there needs to be another adult on the bus csziggy Jan 2012 #38

I hope some parent makes that suggestion. southernyankeebelle Jan 2012 #41

Why should the school be responsible? Eddie Haskell Jan 2012 #42

Agreed obamanut2012 Jan 2012 #43

The bus driver should have called the police. MH1 Jan 2012 #46

Yes your right. Feel the same way when the school monitors what kids say on their home southernyankeebelle Jan 2012 #50

That's what I want to know.... Ecumenist Jan 2012 #30

The driver noticed. It's in the article. MH1 Jan 2012 #47

On a related note - DURHAM D Jan 2012 #4

the environments that allow abstinence are also conducive to gender roles. gender roles is the issue seabeyond Jan 2012 #6

Feels like you are lecturing me. DURHAM D Jan 2012 #13

i live in a fundamentalist area that teaches abstinence. i think it is a silly, shallow, weak seabeyond Jan 2012 #15

Your attitude is offensive. DURHAM D Jan 2012 #16

because i do not agree with you? beat a pillow? nt seabeyond Jan 2012 #19

I made no comment. DURHAM D Jan 2012 #21

you posted an article i disagreed with. i stated i disagreed with it. i clarified further how i seabeyond Jan 2012 #25

There are those idahoblue Jan 2012 #27

is no one allow to address the article being posted? really? i say i disagree. tongue lashing? nt seabeyond Jan 2012 #34

I agree with what you're saying Ecumenist Jan 2012 #32

i read that article in the original OP and thought it silly at the least seabeyond Jan 2012 #35

I was a female targeted by female bullies long before ANY of us had our periods. moriah Jan 2012 #9

OMG, I'm so sorry, Moriah. Ecumenist Jan 2012 #33

omg RainDog Jan 2012 #36

I just shared this on facebook duhneece Jan 2012 #29

WTF. A sick society we live in which shit like this happens. Initech Jan 2012 #5

Your right. Something has to be done. This behavior is unexceptable. I want to know what is wrong southernyankeebelle Jan 2012 #8

the nation. and imo, it is parents not parenting. that simple. nt seabeyond Jan 2012 #10

I can't disagree with you. southernyankeebelle Jan 2012 #18

Totally unacceptable. But it's not just Florida. Initech Jan 2012 #11

Your right but lately it seem everything bad that is happening to children is in FL. southernyankeebelle Jan 2012 #17

True. Initech Jan 2012 #24

It's not only Florida, it can happen anywhere in this country. I blame the permisiveness of demosincebirth Jan 2012 #23

I hope the parents of that child sue the pants off the school, bus company and bullies parents!... Little Star Jan 2012 #12

What's the school have to do with it? Eddie Haskell Jan 2012 #45

For those lamenting what a sick society we now live in... Jean V. Dubois Jan 2012 #14

I rode the bus to school for seven straight years ornotna Jan 2012 #20

I was speaking of an historical context of *thousands* of years, not dozens. Jean V. Dubois Jan 2012 #22

Salem witch trials are a good examples of bullying by a pack of teen girls. REP Jan 2012 #40

_Lord of the Flies_. nt tblue37 Jan 2012 #39

Heinlein's "Tunnel in the Sky" is something of a refutation of "Lord of the Flies". Jean V. Dubois Jan 2012 #48

Why do you put up these ugly stories? getdown Jan 2012 #31

What's wrong with this story? obamanut2012 Jan 2012 #44

Oh dear, a friend of mine used to teach in an Ocala middle school! Odin2005 Jan 2012 #37

there is a lot of hate in that area of Fl. and religious insanity ensho Jan 2012 #49