http://kosu.org/2012/09/114179/ The State's Public Radio Mon, 13 May 2013 04:05:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://kosu.org/2012/09/114179/comment-page-1/#comment-122803 Dr. T. L. Miller Fri, 28 Sep 2012 15:42:39 +0000 http://kosu.org/?p=114179#comment-122803 Teachers need to be vigilent, especially during passing period. I am a retired high school and middle school administrator and there is a reason why we always asked teachers to stand at their doors during passing period so they could intervene if something began to happen. Unfortunately too many teachers see actual acts of bully as "kids being kids." To the bullies and to the child being bullied, those teachers are giving tacit approval of what is going on. Can you imagine how the kid who is being bullied feels when he or she knows an adult is watching it happening to him or her? Teachers need to be vigilent, especially during passing period. I am a retired high school and middle school administrator and there is a reason why we always asked teachers to stand at their doors during passing period so they could intervene if something began to happen. Unfortunately too many teachers see actual acts of bully as "kids being kids." To the bullies and to the child being bullied, those teachers are giving tacit approval of what is going on. Can you imagine how the kid who is being bullied feels when he or she knows an adult is watching it happening to him or her?

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