Internet raises $150K for bullied bus monitor in one day
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#3This video was clearly taken by some of the kids involved. I'll bet they really regret posting it on the internet now. I guess they're young, but I'm often shocked with how little people think about the negative consequences to allowing a video you post to become publicly available on youtube.
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#4This is amazing. I remember being horrified after seeing this on reddit a few days ago. Glad there's somethiing we can all do -- this campaign really shows internet support and kindness in a great light.
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#5This video was clearly taken by some of the kids involved. I'll bet they really regret posting it on the internet now. I guess they're young, but I'm often shocked with how little people think about the negative consequences to allowing a video you post to become publicly available on youtube.
I find it interesting that this is what you took out of the story. I'm not suggesting it's wrong. My immediate reaction was:
1) These kids are evil. 2) Are they spoiled rich kids? 3) How do I reduce the odds of my kid behaving like that in 10 years.
btw - I'd like to hope the kid who video-taped it knew exactly what he /she was doing. Maybe a silver lining in an otherwise depressing bus ride (that and the 100k).
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Re: Internet raises $150K for bullied bus monitor in one day
#7This video was clearly taken by some of the kids involved. I'll bet they really regret posting it on the internet now. I guess they're young, but I'm often shocked with how little people think about the negative consequences to allowing a video you post to become publicly available on youtube.
I find it interesting that this is what you took out of the story. I'm not suggesting it's wrong. My immediate reaction was: 1) These kids are evil. 2) Are they spoiled rich kids? 3) How do I reduce the odds of my kid behaving like that in 10 years. btw - I'd like to hope the kid who video-taped it knew exactly what he /she was doing. Maybe a silver lining in an otherwise depressing bus ride (that and the 100k).
That is the immediate reaction of most decent people that read the story or watch the video. The problem with commenting about how horrifying it is is that it's not a unique observation and therefore not that interesting.
I am really interested in your third point about preventing this sort of behavior. Contrary to what most parents will say, almost all teenagers are capable of this sort of behavior given the right (or wrong) sequence of events paired with peer pressure. The job for us as parents is to teach our children to be aware of negative influences from peers so that they can either avoid or stand out against things like this.
How do we do teach them? Not sure. But we MUST figure it out before they find themselves in situations like this.
Re: Internet raises $150K for bullied bus monitor in one day
#8Excuse my ignorance, but what's a bus monitor?
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#9This video was clearly taken by some of the kids involved. I'll bet they really regret posting it on the internet now. I guess they're young, but I'm often shocked with how little people think about the negative consequences to allowing a video you post to become publicly available on youtube.
I find it interesting that this is what you took out of the story. I'm not suggesting it's wrong. My immediate reaction was: 1) These kids are evil. 2) Are they spoiled rich kids? 3) How do I reduce the odds of my kid behaving like that in 10 years. btw - I'd like to hope the kid who video-taped it knew exactly what he /she was doing. Maybe a silver lining in an otherwise depressing bus ride (that and the 100k).
The kids are probably in even greater need of compassion than the lady they were harassing is, because they probably learned this attitude at the core of this behavior from their parents.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
I find it interesting that this is what you took out of the story. I'm not suggesting it's wrong. My immediate reaction was: 1) These kids are evil. 2) Are they spoiled rich kids? 3) How do I reduce the odds of my kid behaving like that in 10 years. btw - I'd like to hope the kid who video-taped it knew exactly what he /she was doing. Maybe a silver lining in an otherwise depressing bus ride (that and the 100k).
That is the immediate reaction of most decent people that read the story or watch the video. The problem with commenting about how horrifying it is is that it's not a unique observation and therefore not that interesting. I am really interested in your third point about preventing this sort of behavior. Contrary to what most parents will say, almost all teenagers are capable of this sort of behavior given the right (…
> The problem with commenting about how horrifying it is is that it's not a unique observation and therefore not that interesting.
Fair enough. But again - this wasn't a judgement. Maybe I expected a quick vague reference to one of these obvious points.
> How do we do teach them? Not sure.
On one side kids will be kids. On the other hand, adults fail in similar ways, sometimes spectacularly - and then millions of people are allowed to die (Sorry for the dramatic delivery).
These situations have a certain 'smell' to them, which I think kids can identify. Maybe it's not as stinky as stealing, but there's definitely a fragrance.
It'll be great if we can have a red light blink in their heads at the point - an inner voice saying:
"I know what's going on. It's just as wrong as stealing. Option 1: stay away from the situation. Option 2 (better): fine a way to stop it."
How do we teach our kids that it's wrong to steal and lie? I'm guessing here: Train them to defer instant gratification in favor of a higher ground.
I hope I don't sound silly. I'm a young parent and Bob Dylan is playing in the background.