> From: William Bowen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > One thing that really bothers me about bullies/name calling and > > schools.... if one of the purpose of schools is to prepare kids for > > their adult life - why is that so many schools ignore name > calling and > > verbal abuse? > > That's just the thing though, the schools aren't supposed to > be ignoring the problem. They *are* supposed to be stepping > in and taking action. But they don't. Not unless one > literally threatens legal action, which is what it came down > to in our case. > > I had had enough of teachers saying, "I don't see it in my > classroom, so it's not my problem" and playground monitors > saying "We have so much to do that we can't see everything" I > gave them a choice, comply with district policy and put a > stop to it (as provided in state law) or face a lawsuit. > > Since then they've been very responsive.
Funny how people will do shit when faced with a lawsuit... I had AT&T trying to tell me I owed them $980.00 for an account that was not mine. I had enough harrassment one day and called a lawyer who called AT&T who called me .... To apologize. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:144174 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
