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In reply to the discussion: What does a bus monitor do? I rode buses as a child, but we never had anyone but the driver. [View all]HiPointDem
(20,729 posts)68. fox & friends? really?
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What does a bus monitor do? I rode buses as a child, but we never had anyone but the driver. [View all]
skip fox
Jun 2012
OP
This lovely lady wasn't doing her job. All the abuse that was going on should have been reported
southernyankeebelle
Jun 2012
#8
I did wonder. If she's a monitor, I figured, she must have some authority to report
skip fox
Jun 2012
#11
Oh so do I. But think if she had done so from the beginning I don't think it would have gotten
southernyankeebelle
Jun 2012
#29
Baloney. Plenty of times the transporation dept. responds to non violent situations
MichiganVote
Jun 2012
#16
You know what? It doesn't matter whether these youth were Special needs or not.
MichiganVote
Jun 2012
#48
Yeah? So when junior turned on his video cam to please himself and his friends,
MichiganVote
Jun 2012
#56
I agree and am taking a lot of crap because of thinking she wasn't doing her job,
Lionessa
Jun 2012
#17
I couldn't agree more. I actually pulle dmy kids and homeschooled through Jr High/Middle School.
Lionessa
Jun 2012
#23
When the school district decides that these adults were in error--let us all know. Until then...
MichiganVote
Jun 2012
#49
What I know is that school districts are partially responsible for the state of kids these days.
Lionessa
Jun 2012
#53
I don't recall calling kids "horrendous", nor do I recall offering an opinion on school districts.
MichiganVote
Jun 2012
#55
You're as old as you feel. I expect parents AND districts to try to figure out what is wrong w/kids.
MichiganVote
Jun 2012
#63
No, you don't read, I blame the company that hired and didn't train her properly.
Lionessa
Jun 2012
#59
I totally agree with you. She did every wrong. I feel the same way about it. Really she was
southernyankeebelle
Jun 2012
#31
How do you know she didn't report them OR how do you know that she wouldn't have?
MichiganVote
Jun 2012
#15
Chill please. She said it herself. I read it before it hit this blog. She said she didn't want to
southernyankeebelle
Jun 2012
#25
Exactly what would you suggest she should have done to control these shameful kids?
MichiganVote
Jun 2012
#47
I am not blaming the victim. I am giving you to facts. Don't shoot the messager.
southernyankeebelle
Jun 2012
#26
Yes I am blaming the victim. She didn't do her job. Don't shoot the messenger.
southernyankeebelle
Jun 2012
#34
She's had the fucking job for 20 years! Those little miscreants did what they did because they knew
smokey nj
Jun 2012
#36
Maybe you should go over and watch the clip from Fox and Friends. She was on that show.
southernyankeebelle
Jun 2012
#40
How the fuck do you know she didn't step in when students were being bullied?
smokey nj
Jun 2012
#45
Stories like these are great for attracting people who know what "really" happened, aren't they?
Posteritatis
Jun 2012
#51
Imagine being surrendered to that mob every day from grades 1-9, while teachers "didn't notice"?
Romulox
Jun 2012
#20
What's more scarer is some of those teachers going along with the bullying and encouraging it.
southernyankeebelle
Jun 2012
#28
I've been struck by more than one teacher as well. It was legal, some time ago... nt
Romulox
Jun 2012
#70
With all the unemployed people that are available, why hire a fat, 68-year old grandmother?
FarCenter
Jun 2012
#32
In the 80's they were there to watch kids as they crossed the street
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Jun 2012
#64