Somebody Gave Me a Dirty Look
“Somebody gave me a dirty look.” “Somebody called me a bad name.” “Somebody mooed at me.” “Wahhhhhhhhhh-make it stop!” “Now, Now, Now, it is okay, just file a harassment complaint and the school will make it go away.” What the heck is going on?
This is how many schools across America are handling “harassment”-seriously. A student can file a complaint for harassment against somebody for simply giving a “dirty look”, or somebody sticking their tongue out at a student. If a person looks at a student “wrong”, talks about the student during lunch, makes a mooing sound as the student walks by-file a harassment complaint.
Since a few kids out of millions have committed suicide due to harassment by schoolmates, many schools have taken their harassment procedures to a whole new level. By the way, many of the harassment procedures have nothing to do with an investigation or witnesses; it has to do with how many times a “victim” of harassment files a complaint and the accused receives suspension (after a verbal warning).
These levels of harassment procedures are turning our schools into places of personal vendettas, “tit for tat” complaints, and a total waste of education time and money. Instead, of teaching and developing the minds of the future leaders of America, many principals and teachers are filling out harassment complaints. This does not include some teachers going as far as to “take sides” in the “harassment” situation, without even knowing what the heck is going on between the students to begin with. How old are we?
Growing up in the 70’s and 80’s, students knew better than to complain to a teacher or principle that somebody gave them a dirty look or said a mean thing to them-you stood up for yourself and worked it out one way or another with the other student or students that were “harassing” you.
I grew up being “harassed” because of how tiny I was and my Spock ears (pointy), plus other things I will not mention here. It was hard and I cried many days after school, but my parents taught me that words go through one ear and out the other-words only have the power to hurt me if I let them. Dealing with this throughout elementary through high school helped prepare me for the big bad world, that does not care if your feelings are hurt or not.
How can students build social skills needed in the big bad world, if somebody is always there to wipe their butt and their tears? Are students going on to college going to whine and sniffle to their college professors or their boss at their place of employment because somebody gave them a “dirty look” or called them a bad name?
How is that going to work in keeping America growing and prosperous? This kind of approach to harassment does not work; it creates an environment of chaos and in turn students lose out on a good education, while teachers and principals are busy filling out complaints.
I am not saying I do not have compassion for those students who have legitimate harassment complaints-that would include taking a naked picture and texting it to all students or setting up a student on a “date to go bad”.
What I am saying is that it is not harassment when somebody gives you a “dirty look”, calls you a bad name, or moo’s at you, talks about you during lunch-let it go, words cannot hurt you and it is time to learn that now! The future leaders of America need to grow some “thick skin” in their younger years in order to be well adjusted adults-life is not suppose to be easy and a “bed of roses”-it is suppose to be challenging.
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