The answer of course is they are both equally important. Why then, when the bully is getting a second chance is there so little effort to cater for the needs of his victim?
He’s been pushed down a ski hill, jumped, beaten and pounded so hard that he’s suffered three concussions.
He’s been bullied so badly over the years that he’s twice threatened suicide.
Yet the expelled teen who’s made Fraser Sutherland’s life a living hell is being allowed back into his high school next year. And administrators have told the 15-year-old victim to suck it up and forgive his “reformed” tormentor – or find somewhere else to go in September.
“I shouldn’t have to leave the school when I didn’t do anything wrong. I believe the person that is doing the harm should leave,” said Fraser, who’s just finished Grade 10 at St. Brother Andre Catholic School in Markham, Ont.
“What we’re fearing is this individual is going to come back to finish the job,” his angry dad, Kirk, said. “What’s it going to take? Does he have to be left lying in a puddle of blood in the school bathroom?”
“Suck it up … or find somewhere else to go?” I hope that line isn’t accurate.
You are talking to a child that had to endure terrible hardships at your school due to one of your students – show some respect!
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September 14, 2012 at 10:45 am |
The VICTIM is more important than the bully as the Universe expects us to defend those who can’t defend themselves. It’s good karma to defend those who are defenseless.
But a certain news channel doesn’t seem to think so. San DIego News Channel 10 September 13th, 2012, 5pm news, just aired a PATHETIC story about a mom who killed her 5 yr old autistic son and the news casters seem sympathetic! And the news reporter even interviews another mom of autistic teen who is in Autism Society Groups, and who ALSO seems sympathetic! As if not disgusting enough, the friend of the mom who killed her autistic kid, is then interviewed, and you guessed it…she’s sympathetic. Stop and think. The kid was 5 years old. There are thousands of parents living with severely-autistic children and adults who are in there 30’s and 40’s and you don’t see these parents kill their kids. SHAME on San Diego news channel 10 for MINIMIZING the seriousness of killing or abusing autistic people. What a disgrace. What is this teaching public? That the autistic person isn’t worthy of living? Way to go San Diego Channel News 10. Way to advocate for autistic population.
September 14, 2012 at 11:13 am |
Thanks Pete and Teddy. I was unaware of this story. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.