tango, you werent picked on were ya?
tw On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 16:28:19 -0500, Michael T. Tangorre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Dreamweaver with Homesite Plus from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=54 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:144177 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
