Reply #59: I frequently sub at a middle school where the dean routinely

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ignores all sorts of abusive behavior. I once sent a kid out for flinging the "n" word at another kid and the offender was back in 5 minutes. No punishment whatsoever. The dean just told him not to do it again. When I expressed my disgust to another teacher, she just shrugged her shoulders and told me the administration considers that sort of "stuff" a routine part of middle school and nothing to get "worked up" over.

My own daughter had a falling out with a friend when she was in the 8th grade, Her former friend took to calling her all kinds of names at school and making her life miserable. I went to see the dean, and his suggestion was that I should arrange for the girls to get together and rekindle their friendship! What an ass.

The victims of taunting, bullying, and abuse deserve so much better. Too often the adults in a school situation, who have the power to stop it (in school), simply fail these kids.