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Recently we did an annual conferrence in Hyannis Mass. hosting the Massachusetts Association of Student Councils.
The kids come from all over the state for this event and it is filled with guest speakers, activities and breakout sessions that help students overcome the problems in school with the objective that they will return and spread this influence to other classmates.
Anyway, in the course of the 4 days and many guest speakers, one such speaker was Craig Scott, the brother of Rachael Scott who was the first person shot to death at Colombine HS.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AITlyeUoQ5E
Rachaels challenge is a road show done by her family in her name to spread this word and request commitment in high schools all over the country to stop this treatment of people.
http://www.rachelschallenge.com
Its just amazing how deep this goes with Rachael and the detail the media failed to tell us about her personally.
The presentation had me in tears as I video taped this event smack dab in the middle of the audience.
We relived the day on huge video screens with graphic footage I was hoping to forget.
Then it goes up a level when her brother speaks.
I remember how I was bullied in school and as a parent of 2 teens really get wrapped up in what goes on in the schools.
BTW Rachaels brother, who passed her body on the way out of the library during his own escape, never even knew it was her laying there.
He takes to his grave the fact that he himself was a jock assed bully type and at one time or other had probably provoked those who killed his sister that day. He's pretty damn humble now I can tell you, i've never been so rocked by anything in my life (beside child birth)
Its hard to realize its been 10 years and the graphic video playback sent the same chills up my spine as it did that day.
As we continue to co exist with these crazy assed people, its important to realize how they got to the point they did, from being bullied.
Now I'm going to take this in a different direction here with respect to how we treat people in our forum, specifically NLU users.
IMO, its clean cut bullying when people reply to these folks at times and it needs to stop.
Judging by the posts some NLU users write its clear many of them are pretty sharp and frankly sharper than many who frequent this forum.
My point is that we are the ones who stand to lose when bashing intelligent people who just happen to be NLU status.
Sure we get many clueless nlu users, but just as many fit the demo I described.
If we didn't host levels on this forum, nobody would ever know who was who licensed or not.
Just imagine what things would be like in that situation.
I would suggest that if that was the case, it would be a whole lot more constructive MOST of the time rather than putting on a scene that keeps other nlu's from posting at all, net gain zero for us, and some of them have helped us figure some things out.
Bullying people is never constructive, and as we witnesses this it just builds to the point of a crisis like Columbine eventually.
Aggression is the problem followed by defensive posture and that lights the fuse of conflict right there.
Its the source of all world wars and conflicts.
And our country (USA) is as guilty as the rest of them because we let the wrong people hold the joy stick and we allow it to happen or we ignore it.
So lets all try to be more kind to people we don't know very well, its a bad way to operate.
Remember the victims of Columbine the next time you feel aggressive towards someone else you don't know very well.
If you are unable to interact without this kind of behavoir, please just ignore the thread and move to the next thread.
Peace out
r
The kids come from all over the state for this event and it is filled with guest speakers, activities and breakout sessions that help students overcome the problems in school with the objective that they will return and spread this influence to other classmates.
Anyway, in the course of the 4 days and many guest speakers, one such speaker was Craig Scott, the brother of Rachael Scott who was the first person shot to death at Colombine HS.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AITlyeUoQ5E
Rachaels challenge is a road show done by her family in her name to spread this word and request commitment in high schools all over the country to stop this treatment of people.
http://www.rachelschallenge.com
Its just amazing how deep this goes with Rachael and the detail the media failed to tell us about her personally.
The presentation had me in tears as I video taped this event smack dab in the middle of the audience.
We relived the day on huge video screens with graphic footage I was hoping to forget.
Then it goes up a level when her brother speaks.
I remember how I was bullied in school and as a parent of 2 teens really get wrapped up in what goes on in the schools.
BTW Rachaels brother, who passed her body on the way out of the library during his own escape, never even knew it was her laying there.
He takes to his grave the fact that he himself was a jock assed bully type and at one time or other had probably provoked those who killed his sister that day. He's pretty damn humble now I can tell you, i've never been so rocked by anything in my life (beside child birth)
Its hard to realize its been 10 years and the graphic video playback sent the same chills up my spine as it did that day.
As we continue to co exist with these crazy assed people, its important to realize how they got to the point they did, from being bullied.
Now I'm going to take this in a different direction here with respect to how we treat people in our forum, specifically NLU users.
IMO, its clean cut bullying when people reply to these folks at times and it needs to stop.
Judging by the posts some NLU users write its clear many of them are pretty sharp and frankly sharper than many who frequent this forum.
My point is that we are the ones who stand to lose when bashing intelligent people who just happen to be NLU status.
Sure we get many clueless nlu users, but just as many fit the demo I described.
If we didn't host levels on this forum, nobody would ever know who was who licensed or not.
Just imagine what things would be like in that situation.
I would suggest that if that was the case, it would be a whole lot more constructive MOST of the time rather than putting on a scene that keeps other nlu's from posting at all, net gain zero for us, and some of them have helped us figure some things out.
Bullying people is never constructive, and as we witnesses this it just builds to the point of a crisis like Columbine eventually.
Aggression is the problem followed by defensive posture and that lights the fuse of conflict right there.
Its the source of all world wars and conflicts.
And our country (USA) is as guilty as the rest of them because we let the wrong people hold the joy stick and we allow it to happen or we ignore it.
So lets all try to be more kind to people we don't know very well, its a bad way to operate.
Remember the victims of Columbine the next time you feel aggressive towards someone else you don't know very well.
If you are unable to interact without this kind of behavoir, please just ignore the thread and move to the next thread.
Peace out
r
Inviato Mon 20 Apr 09 @ 6:07 am
djrenee
Lots of TV news coverage this morning, hard to belive it was 10 years ago...
still very sad. :^(
still very sad. :^(
Inviato Mon 20 Apr 09 @ 8:17 am
DJRudeDoGG
Very well put!! I went through the whole bully thing too, it was always a group of kids, never just one or I woulda...never mind!! When I got to high school my parents moved to a different city so I made sure that I changed my ways (things that attract bullies) and never had an issue in high school ‘cause no one knew the dork I must have been in the other town. Anyway I made sure my own boys didn't go through this, by number 1, having 3 of them! You know, power in numbers! Lol! and instilling a sense of pride and respect in themselves and others. Parents are the ultimate influence on their progeny. It depends on how you treat them, how they see you treat your spouse, other siblings and other people, period. If they are within earshot when you go off on a rant about someone you don’t like or even hear you discuss issues of hate such as racism, you are instilling fear and disrespect in your child, even if you don’t realize it and it will begin to show in their personalities. It really pays to adhere to these simple rules. If you don't make them feel like they are an important part of your life then they won’t feel important and these insecurities always attract bullies, who are usually in the same boat, but instead of cowering away like the so called "dork" or "nerd" the bully uses his insecurities to lash out at people to make himself feel important, by capitalizing on other's fears.
All three of my sons had a blast in school were popular and treated everyone fairly, even if that other kid wasn’t. They are all in college now and I’m pretty sure they will raise their kids the same. I have daughters too and of course I used the same philosophy.
DJ RuDeDoGG from SoCaLi!!!
All three of my sons had a blast in school were popular and treated everyone fairly, even if that other kid wasn’t. They are all in college now and I’m pretty sure they will raise their kids the same. I have daughters too and of course I used the same philosophy.
DJ RuDeDoGG from SoCaLi!!!
Inviato Mon 20 Apr 09 @ 1:06 pm