Thus, a father from Lanaudière showed up in the courtyard of a high school and physically attacked a 13-year-old who allegedly bullied his son.
The man was arrested by SQ police officers and appeared at the Joliette courthouse.
PUT ON YOUR PANTS!
I don’t know the details of this story.
How long has this man’s son been bullied? Had the school taken all necessary measures to protect this child? Had the young bully been warned? Encounter? Punished? Did the father who threatened the young person have a history of violence? Was he a particularly aggressive man?
Not knowing the answers to these questions, I will therefore refrain from commenting on this particular case.
But I can tell you one thing…
If my son was 11-12 years old and he was being bullied at school and the school did nothing to protect him, I would be upset too.
I’m not excusing the father in question. Grabbing a child by the collar and telling him that we would bury him alive is not the way to proceed, everyone agrees on that.
You don’t fight bullying by bullying.
The man will also answer for his actions.
But schools don’t want this kind of story to happen?
So take all necessary steps to combat bullying!
And it starts with the C-word.
Consequences.
There must be consequences when a young person bullies another young person.
Stop behaving like Caillou’s parents, put on your pants and act.
ABCD
As Benoît Dutrizac told me yesterday at QUB, teachers can no longer show authority in their classroom, because it is seen as a form of violence.
The only thing they can do is tilt their heads to the side and say, “Hey, that’s not a good idea, bullying our friends, Steve!”
That’s scary! That puts the young thugs back on the straight and narrow!
On the one hand, there are school principals who are afraid of their shadow and who fear lawsuits like the plague. On the other hand, there are aggressive parents who show up and yell at the teachers as soon as they dare to punish their little cherub.
And between the two, there is the teacher.
Who tries as best he can to maintain order, without alienating either the parents or their director.
And after that, we wonder why so many teachers leave the profession…
Duh!
The question is: how can we explain that so many teachers continue to teach in these conditions?
We should go back to some basic notions.
Authority. Blame. Consequences. Discipline.
ABCD.
Bullying is not just a “child fight.”
This is a serious crime.
Every day, children tremble with fear just at the thought of going back to class.
They don’t sleep. Vomit. It makes them physically and psychologically ill.
When will we finally take this crime seriously?
Or you crack down on the little criss who bring terror to your classes.
Or the parents will take matters into their own hands.