What has not yet been written about the issue
of bullies concerns teachers and school administrators who
bully children.
A child's misbehavior in the class is usually
due to frustration with his or her inability to learn and
understand what is being taught. Yet to get any special help
for students with disabilities is next to impossible. This then
leads to the child acting out in the class.
Putting more than 30 students in one
classroom, some with exceptions, and expecting one teacher to
be able to focus and help each individual is ridiculous.
So the child who has problems becomes
frustrated and acts out. The teacher becomes frustrated. The
child is unfairly targetted by the adults as a
problem and dealt with inappropriately.
It's not reasonable to believe children
may be learning bullying behavior from the teachers and staff
of the school. I have witnessed this first hand.
Catholic school board official Zandra Zubac
talks about trying to solve the problem, yet with the board's
unwillingness to offer support for children with disabilities,
or the teachers (do provide this help), this is never going to
happen.
Sue Tompkins
, Garson