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  hugefarterMar. 06, 2009 - 04:56AM JST

  bullying in school is so obvious thing. then teachers do nothing with it, it means that they took the side of bullies. really, teachers must be punished, not stupid young kids. if every teacher got understood, that in case of bullying he will be punished, he will loose his job immediately, all bullying disappears instantly.

  Yeah, that'll go over well, putting the teachers in a catch-22 position where they'll either get fired for not disciplining the kids, or get fired when they do and the kids' no-good parents show up to bitch that they were abusing their special little guy.

  Don't think that they won't blame the teacher for everything either. My wife teaches high school level English and you wouldn't believe some of these parents that show up after class. "My dumbass kid did bad on this homework, regrade it and give him a good score or I'll bitch to the boss that you're doing a bad job", "So what if my kid sits through class on her cell phone, she hasn't learned anything in your class so far and that's your fault, nevermind that everyone else is doing well." Just about any attempt at discipline, no matter how minor - asking the disruptive kid to either fall in or get out - guarantees a visit from an angry parent and occasionally a visit to the boss to have you done up. I realize this is only in reference to my wife's experiences, but I doubt these experiences are a rarity in Japan.

  The way I see it, the entire public school system needs to change. The schools need to grow some balls and start standing up to these dimwit parents that think their special little guy is somehow more entitled to a good life than other kids. That and the public school curriculum, which I feel is designed to stifle innovation and basically pump out corporate drones.. but that's for a different thread.

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