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Originally Posted by Regulator75
An interview with Casey.
I can't believe how well spoken Casey is. He handled that interview quite well and gave an excellent account of what was happening to him. At the same time i'm not surprised his father didn't know the full extent of the bullying his son had to endure.
His video should be shown to every student in every school around the world. Kids of all ages need to hear the damaging effects bullying can have on others.
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Yeah. Channel 9 is claiming exclusive rights, and taking the video down everywhere it can. It's a good watch, though. He's got a pretty good head on his shoulders for his age.
I found the vid by going to the 'private' one, and doing some linkfollowing. One of them will likely work.
There's definitely posters in this thread that don't understand the dynamics of bullying. Like many other posters, I support Casey.
SK got what he deserved...but he is not the only perpetrator of bullying in the video. What about the big kid that (although poorly) has SK's back? What about the d-bag narrator and videographer? Heck, even the two girls that are standing idly by, watching what is going on, are to some extent guilty of bullying...imho.
That's the thing about bullying, there is rarely just one bully...there are also those that back-up the bully...or at the very least, provide an audience for the bullying.
Here's how I would address this problem if I were the principal of the school (yeah, I know it wouldn't work in real life):
1. Casey should get an apology from the school and SK & pals. Casey should also get free counseling to address his past victimization. He should also get an "atta boy" for finally standing up for himself, when apparently no one else would.
2. SK should also get counseling but his parents should have to pay for it. He should also get suspended for the rest of the school year, and be forced to make up his school credits in summer school. A public paddling should be administered in front the whole student body...and posted on the internet.
3. SK's bully buddy (the big kid at the end of the video) should get the same treatment as SK.
4. Videographer kid should get the same treatment as SK and his camera should be busted...this should also be posted on the internet.
5. The two looky-lou girls should also be paddled in front of the student body...not so fun when it's you on display.
6. The older girl at the end, that stopped SK's buddy, should automatically be promoted to student body president and receive a "Humanitarian Award".
7. Casey's parents should get bumper stickers for their cars that read "My kid kicked a bully's arse at such and such school"
8. The other kid's parents should have to put bumper stickers on their cars that say "My kid is a bully at such and such school"
9. The principal needs to get teachers or other staff....most importantly, his own fat-arse outside and monitoring student movement before and after school...and in between classes. School, should at the very least, be the one place that students are safe from physical and emotional harm. Shame on the school.
I was a bully for a couple of years in school as a self-defense mechanism.
On occasion I still feel really bad about it.
I like to think other bullies also feel this way later in life.
I hope bullies do feel bad about it, because it is no where near what they made other people feel like when growing up.
I for one will never forget, or forgive any of the people that bullied me growing up. Call it vindictive, but if I have a choice where I can positively affect the life of one of people that bullied me, or look the other way, I will look the other way with a smile every time. Every single time.
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His video should be shown to every student in every school around the world. Kids of all ages need to hear the damaging effects bullying can have on others.
They realistically can't show it because schools can't condone violence. While I think Casey did the right thing given his own scenario, there are too many shades of gray that kids/teenagers aren't mature enough to discern, not to mention the raging hormones would greatly favor the violent options. A school's default setting is thus no violence, ever.
With respect to bullying, one of the most poignant lessons I recall from school was when our English teacher had us study the lyrics of Pearl Jam's "Jeremy" for the poetry unit. A powerful song that delivers some pretty good insight into bullying and it's effects.
I hope bullies do feel bad about it, because it is no where near what they made other people feel like when growing up.
I for one will never forget, or forgive any of the people that bullied me growing up. Call it vindictive, but if I have a choice where I can positively affect the life of one of people that bullied me, or look the other way, I will look the other way with a smile every time. Every single time.
Unfortunately, some poor kid is going to look at that video and attempt to emulate Casey's retaliatory action, and end up severely beaten. Underdogs rarely win.
Of course he's going to say that, its called saving face because I'm the victim here. But nothing in that video to me states that SK was being bulllied, the body language in the approach right to the little Ali shuffle tells me that he was a ######bag accident waiting to happen.
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Really, everyone's been through grade school, they know the demeanor of a bully vs. a non bully. Looking at that video, you can tell right away who was the agressor and who wasn't. The skinny kid should really just shut up and admit he did it out of poor judgement. It's really just making him look even worse.
