Public school
By dreamertink
@dfollin (25351)
United States
April 15, 2009 6:02pm CST
I am watching on HLN now about an 11 year old sixth grader named Carl.He was a christian.He went to church every Sunday,he prayed before school everyday with his mom,he was in the boy scouts.He played sports even thou he was small.The mother called the school daily to check on her son because he was being bullied every day.The kids would tell him he was gay,he was threatened.He would eat lunch with the school counselor to avoid being around the bullys.The staff said they would handle it.This is how they handled it.They made one of the girls and him sit together all week,all day said that they had to resolve the situation.A lot of times when the kids would bother him he would act out and he would be the one sent in the hall or to the pricipals office.He was th one that got punished.This started at the begining of the school year in September and nothing was happening to make it better,it just got worse.
Then the other day his mother called him for dinner and he did not come.When she went to look for him she found her young sons body hanging from an extension cord outside of his bedroom door!
His mother said that they had been homeless and survived that,she was in an abusive relationship and they survived that,but they could not survive public school.
And people wonder why I homeschool my daughter.
Then the other day his mother called him for dinner and he did not come.When she went to look for him she found her young sons body hanging from an extension cord outside of his bedroom door!
His mother said that they had been homeless and survived that,she was in an abusive relationship and they survived that,but they could not survive public school.
And people wonder why I homeschool my daughter.2 people like this
5 responses
@ZephyrSun (7381)
• United States
16 Apr 09
That's really sad. My husband's mother's friends had a grandson that hung himself not long before Christmas. I am not sure if it had anything to do with school or not the family didn't tell anyone that he killed himself. We really only knew because of my husband's mother.
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@ZephyrSun (7381)
• United States
16 Apr 09
I believe that we had just turned 12
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@momtrying2makeit (3270)
• United States
16 Apr 09
This is a sad story I am sad to hear this kinda of stuff. Being in school kids always are making fun of kids and the teachers do nothing about it. I went to public school as well and I wish that I would have been homeschooled the whole time. I did get homeschooled when I was in highschool. Now my girls are in public school but I am not sure how long that is gonna last. I think I am gonna let them go back next year but I think I want to find an alertinative to the public school system, thanks for sharing this story and happy mylotting to you.
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@dfollin (25351)
• United States
18 Apr 09
I went to public school also.I was teased and bullied as well.But,my mom was always at the school and fussing with the authorities till something was done.The same thing was going on with my boys in public schools.When my oldest son was 10 a school board represenative told me that I should home school my son.So,I spent my last $60 on a curriculum (litteraly,my only money) and then the school board denied me to homeschool him.Neither of my boys completed school.When I had my daughter I said to my husband that she would never go to public school.We found that both christian and private schools were too expensive.I found out from a friend about homeschool.The school board had no right to tell me that I could not homeschool him.I tell them that I am as long as I follow the state laws which can be found at www.hslda.org
It does not cost as much to homeschool as much as it does for public school.
@captainmorgan (773)
• Canada
16 Apr 09
Alot of people survive public school, but not homelessness and abusive relationships. People just react to different things in different ways. Public school happened to bug him more than the 2 other things. Just because something bad happens to someone's kid, doesn't mean all kids need to be sheltered from the thing that caused it. Not that I think there is anything wrong with homeschooling, it's totally fine. But making choices based on other people's lives doesn't make sense in my opinion. No one really wants to be sheltered from the general public.
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@dfollin (25351)
• United States
16 Apr 09
I know people that have graduated from public school.I didn't because they messed up my records.My oldest son was not treated well in public schools by the teachers and my youngest son could not take classes that he was able to start a career in because of the dumb rules they had.And I also know a lot of other people who have taken their kids out of public schools.Homeschooling is not being sheltered from the general public.My daughter has many friends that also homeschool,from church,from sports and more. But,being in public school they handled the situation by making the boy be with the bullies everyday and telling them that they have to work it out! That's uncalled for in any situation,be it public,private,homeschool,recreation,church wherever.Plus he would get punished when he defended himself! I remember when my oldest son was in public school and he defended himself he was removed from the school and taken to a mental hospital.And this was the first time he had even been in an altercation at that school.The boy that started picking on him had a record and was left in the classroom.
@syankee525 (6261)
• United States
16 Apr 09
not all schools are this bad, i would had a feild day with this school. i grew up being bullied as well. i was often told by my dad to ignore them, but no matter how much i tried to ignored them it was hard to ignore getting hit.
but my mom used to tell me, i need to do what i got to do, fight back if i had too. well i ened getting mixed up with the wrong people, but the bullies became the one who got bullied by me.
my daughter was well was bullied in school, and i would take off work to go to the school if i had too. i made it known if i had to go to her school because of the issues of bullies i wouldnt be really nice about it. one thing i did was teach her to fight, had her out boxing with the boys.
to me, we're often face with fight back, or take it. i often told her if you have no choice to fight you do it, and do it fast and dirty. she had gotten jumped by five boys, and she ended up punching one in the jaw and the school was going to punished her. and all hell broke loose when i went to the school. we gotten the police department involved and they charged the five boys.
parnets need to do more and see praying dont work all the time, just like ignoring them
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@AshleyNicole82 (35)
• United States
16 Apr 09
That is just awful. I can not believe that the school never did anything about the bullies. People fail to realize the severity of those situations and whats worse is that the poor child was obviously calling out for help by confiding in his mother and counselor. I wouldnt blame this entirely on public schools though. I know children that were made fun of for being home schooled and whenever they would play with any of the other neighborhood kids they were picked on. Bullies will find a target no matter where they are, not just public school. The truth is though that those bullies will have to live with that guilty conscience for the rest of their lives, whether they realize it now or not.
