Right pic also applies to when they hear a student say “Jesus Christ”

@Background Pony #3364  
Sounds way too relatable. My theory is that they’ve resigned to bullies being bullies, so when one of the good kids starts acting the same they’re goddamn sure to cut that rebellion to the bud.
 
And then school shootings happen, and everyone blames rock music or videogames or whatever.

This is so true. I remember getting pushed to a wall by a bully while the teacher was watching, and she did nothing. Then I pushed him back to the ground, and I got detention. So unfair.

@redweasel  
“to be fair, bullies work very hard to make sure they remain unaccountable”
 
Hmmm, they do sounds like a mystery game villain.

@WatermelonRat  
Good, comrade, you do live with honor, I salute you.

@dsagent  
Capitalism is to blame, comrade.
 
@Communist Starlight  
Those teachers whom siding with the bullies are capitalist pigs who needs to retain their status.

@GrimDarkSurvivor  
Absolutely. And when teachers see bullying, they need to stop it instead of doing nothing.

This is why bullies don’t really deserve sympathy, because 100% of the time. Their the one’s who cause their victims to snap and attack them.

Teachers when the bullied kid comes back packing heat  

@Communist Starlight  
Thanks, I’m looking forward to it.

@WatermelonRat  
Nice! Hope you enjoy.

@Communist Starlight  
West Michigan.

@WatermelonRat  
Good luck! Where at?

True in America.

@WatermelonRat  
Then I hope you’ll keep your pledge. It could save lifes one day.

I’m going to begin my first teaching job soon, and one of the biggest pledges I’m making to myself is that I won’t be this kind of teacher.

@Iron_Shield
 
if only there was a school shooter when that psychiatrist was a kid.

@redweasel  
truth is all i said to the teacher was something along the lines of “ xxxx is being a bully, could you pls make em stop?” i never harmed anyone or got mean, because i knew i could get into trouble for that. teacher was just a lazy xxxx, end of story and the psychiatrist himself was actively pushing me into saying things that could be understood the wrong way, so that he could label me into the next potential school shooter (i was 13 years old and the hope for any help made it easy to manipulate me). He asked me over and over again if i want to make the bullies pay, after 2 hours it got just too much and i may have said something rather edgy (i may have been a peaceful guy but i was still just 13!! kids tend to be edgy)and thats when he had what he wanted to hear, he let me go after that, 2 days later i got told what he thought about me and i was devastated let me tell ya.

to be fair, bullies work very hard to make sure they remain unaccountable, and teachers can be both intimidated and fooled. bullies will do whatever it takes to get away with it, confusing the truth as much as possible.
 
and to be fair, when two people are fighting it’s much more serious than one person, though the teacher letting it escalate to that point is about as sensible as someone trying to put out a fire, who was just ignoring the smoke beforehand.
 
and tbf, body language is important. if you wring your hands together and stare fixedly forward while you tell the psych, “they think they can bully me now, they think they’re untouchable, but they’ll regret it. I’ll show them. I’ll show them all compassion and reason with them that bullying is wrong,” you might just get pegged as potentially dangerous.
 
that said, adults are the biggest bullies. find the most effective ways defend yourself, no matter who tells you to let it happen for the greater good. you can judge whether your actions will make things worse, even if people think you’re just a kid.

@Setsugekka  
Teacher: (I don’t want to deal with this. Slap some mentally deranged symptom on him and let’s call it a day.)

@Iron_Shield  
Damn that’s horrible. Sometimes I wonder what’s going on in the heads of teachers like this.

I was bullied in school aswell, but just let it happen for a while (didnt use force or anything to fight even back), until i reached out to my class teacher and asked her in a friendly manner to make them stop, meaning i tried out the most peaceful solution there is. What i got is a psychiatrist , because the teacher thought i was nutty and seeing things. The psychiatrist later on classified me as potentially dangerous (i never spoke even once of getting revenge!!). End of the story was from now on i was actively Forbidden from fighting back or saying anything in return or else i would have to leave school, im not joking, thats what i got, so this post hits home.

@Communist Starlight  
Oh and the bullying didn’t stop afterwards. But I’m sure you guessed that already.

@Setsugekka  
That’s some bull right there.

Thanks again to my teacher for siding with my bully, while I got suspended for 1 whole week.  
Taught me to not trust my teachers anymore. Even worse, I had to apologize to my bully for fighting back.