How to Support Bullied Daughter

engineer4life
Sun, 16 Oct 2011 10:07:38 +0000

Was she going to out the boys for being high? No, this would likely mean her low income African American friend would lose his scholarship and his future if he were suspended



Not to derail the thread, but this is not the attitude of a leader. I’m not saying that she should have said something, but a respected and effective leader would have managed the situation differently.

Coming to a school function high on drugs is not acceptable. And even more unacceptable if the boys drove themselves to the event.



This year, the election process was opened up again, and more people applied and followed through. DD and another officer interviewed a number of candidates but the teacher wants to throw those results out because an adult was not present. Too bad these rules are never conveyed until after they have spent hours on something.



Having an adult be present at interviews is reasonable to ensure the process is fair and to protect the school from lawsuits. It’s normal in the professional world. And, it would have been reasonable to talk with the teacher ahead of scheduling the interviews and asked her to find out what the requirements were for conducting the interviews. In real life, we have to go seek out answers to our questions rather than waiting for everyone to volunteer the information to us.



DD couldn’t get back to the boys because she was busy barking at freshman to keep them from flooding down the bleachers to participate in a game that needed only two volunteers.



Isn’t barking the exact thing that she doesn’t want her teacher doing to her?