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[curgoth]

I'm worried. I'm starting to have respect for some of my government. I hadn't realised how many Catholics there were in the upper echelons of Canadian politics.
Does this seem like a bad idea do anyone else?

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[neeuqdrazil.livejournal.com]

No, I agree, likely the school didn't ask for the publicity.

That some schools don't do anything about the bullies is precisely my point - they should. While they don't, yes, remove the victim. But at the same time, enforce (at the school board level, at the very least) policies to punish bullying and the like, so that it doesn't remain an accepted behaviour.

What this says to me is that there is a systemic problem that just removing the kids from the system isn't going to help.

[eternaleponine.livejournal.com]

What this says to me is that there is a systemic problem that just removing the kids from the system isn't going to help.

To be blunt, "No shit, Sherlock."

And of course they should do something about the bullies, and most schools probably are. However, nothing is foolproof, and nothing is immediate. So while other groups, GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network), for example, work for systemic change, Hetrick-Martin saves the kids who are falling through the cracks of the systems in flux.

One cannot look at one article and judge the problem/solution from there. Nothing occurs in a vacuum.