My DD (14) is very quiet and timid. She finds it very difficult to make friends, therefore she sits on her own most of the time.
The school she is at has a terrible name and has recently been placed in special measures. The press caught on to it quickly and there have been loads of write-ups about the awful behaviour of the kids in the school. Teachers have walked out, other teachers are having to be paid extra just to go anywhere near the place.
I had a look on youtube and there are videos (taken by the kids) of big fights, bags of flour being thrown at "nerds" (stolen from the cooking classes), kids telling teachers to "fuck themselves" during class etc.
My DD is a nervous wreck. Since they went back after summer she has had a paper aeroplane thrown in her eye (teacher insisted it wasn't aimed for her, she was just unlucky) in the middle of an English class, 'spit balls' fired into her hair (again, apparantly not directed at her intentionally) and has been pushed into a wall by a group of rowdy lads which bruised all her side.
Today her classroom door burst open and two year 11 kids fell in fighting! the teacher apparantly said "what the hell are you doing? you're not even in this year, get out!" and the kids carried on fighting and one of them fell into DD and knocked her off her chair.
I have threatened to take her out of the school but I've been warned that they'll prosecute. There are no other schools around here.
If its not direct bullying but is stressing her out all the same, what is it???
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When it's not direct bullying...what is it?
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HarryPottersGlasses · 11/09/2008 16:47
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