my·op·ic
[mahy-op-ik, -oh-pik]
adjective
2. unable or unwilling to act prudently; shortsighted.
3. lacking tolerance or understanding; narrow-minded.
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So, here we were driving home from filling our WMD with lead-free gasoline when we see this enormous billboard with an anti-bullying message.... which made us then wonder, "When does the enforcement of a No Bullying campaign become a form of bullying itself?
Walking the fine lines of political correctness. It's a tightrope kind of world out there.
Furthermore, I wonder if bullies honestly care that they aren't being "PC"?
The whole way we are handling the bullying issue is driving me bats. First we tell bullies...don't bully. Yea, that's really going to stop a bully. Second, we don't teach kids to stand up for themselves which I believe to be the only real way to stop a bully.
ReplyDeleteI was bullied in middle school relentlessly by the captain of the basketball team. I was one of the shortest kids in my class (call me, Leo the Late Bloomer). Bullying is hard to prove to anybody..teachers, parents, and besides I was afraid it would have made it worse to tell them. Bullies don't bully in front of authority figures.
One day at lunch I ordered the hot lunch of beanie weanies with apple sauce. I went over and sat beside my bully. Then I dumped my tray right on his lap...all. of. it! I told him to leave me alone. Period. I got up and marched out of the cafeteria (shaking on the inside).
The lead football coach stopped me on the way out. He said, "Hey, little lady, I noticed you dropped your lunch." (Think panic!!) Then he goes on and pulls money out of his pocket, "You might be hungry." Little did I know that he couldn't stand that basketball player either.
He didn't bother me anymore.