The bullying that bus monitor Karen Klein endured on a ride home from an
upstate New York school was painful and egregious, but also shows how
student harassment of teachers and administrators has become more
spiteful and damaging in the online era.
Much attention has
been paid to students who bully students in class, after school and on
the Internet. Less has been given to equally disturbing behavior by
students who harass instructors, principals and other adults.
It's something that's long existed; think ganging up on the substitute
teacher. But it has become increasingly cruel and even dangerous as
students get access to advanced technology at earlier ages.
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When school officials allow teachers to fight back this crap will stop. Good teachers would take a stand and clear their classrooms of disruptive students if they had support of the administrators. Our son who played rugby for UMBC had his student teaching assignment in inter city Baltimore. He returned home one weekend and said "Dad, I can't teach kids who don't want to learn, and only want to be disruptive. And the next one that grabs me and get;s in my face is going down". He left the classroom forever and now manages the food service for The University of Western Illinois in Macomb.
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