60 Minutes: School Daze

12 Apr 2011 08:47p.m.

Anonymous wrote:

Knock em out, show no mercy, these girls know the difference from right and wrong, when they actually feel the pain that they cause then they will realize their mistake, don't muck around, just give them full punishment! normally i wouldn't condone violence, but this is just sick, i can't believe how some still insist we let them be in school, i say lock em up, i went to high school, i know what these kids are like, they won't change, punishment must be dealt. It's not revenge, it's the best and most affective way to make them learn. Just see how more and more relaxed we've become, we took away the cane, punishment has become less severe, your punishment is days off school, or time out of class, where u don't have to do anything, it's pathetic, we won't even give the victims the right to fight back, this is appalling!! If i were the victim, i don't give a shit what the teachers do about it, if i'm being violently attacked i'm gonna fight back, it's my right. Be blunt, i'd tell em straight, you do this you're getting locked up.

04 Apr 2011 12:04p.m.

Shane wrote:

This behaviour is disgusting, but not uncommon. When I was in high school over 20 years ago, I suffered almost daily beatings for 5 years straight. Telling teachers resulted in a bigger beating, telling parents achieved nothing, there were only 2 ways to react - take it, or fight back, and I don't believe either worked in my case. My heart goes out to Mikayla and her family, and every other victim of bullying out there. You are not alone!
Something needs to change in the way the schools handle bullies, and I agree with Nigel - the bullies need to be removed from the schools!

01 Apr 2011 09:17a.m.

Anoymous wrote:

This is disgusting to watch. A friend of mine had to leave a high school because of girl bullies, and the teachers didnt even do anything about it when she went to the principle to complain. After so many attempts of telling the school what was happening, she finally got pulled out of the school by her parents because people were threatening to give her the bash. Another friend of mine was gang bashed by two girls while a teacher walked past, looked and walked off into her classroom as though she hadnt seen a thing. The two girls wern't suspended or expelled. They barely even had a warning. Its disgusting to see so many teenage girls getting a bash from other girls for stupid reasons that do not concern them. Something seriously needs to happen to these bullies because it is unfair for the victim to have to leave the school due to other teens behaviours.