Do you think their lesson was learned? Karen Klein, Bullied Bus Monitor, Gets Apologies from Kids
kyle
2012/06/22 12:47:20
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Karen Klein
At least three of the students who were seen taunting school bus monitor Karen Klein on a viral video have issued statements of apology to the 68-year-old grandmother.
"I am so sorry for the way I treated you," one of the students,
identified only as "Josh," said in a statement issued by police Thursday
to Anderson Cooper 360.
"When I saw the video I was disgusted and could not believe I did that.
I am sorry for being so mean and I will never treat anyone this way
again."
Another student, identified as "Wesley," also issued an apology,
writing: "I feel really bad about what I did. I wish I had never done
those things. If that had happened to someone in my family, like my
mother or grandmother, I would be really mad at the people who did that
to them."
According to CBS News, the boys in the video, and their families, have received death threats.
The mother of "Wesley" also issued a statement to Anderson Cooper 360,
which reads in part: "I cannot even tell you how badly I feel. I am
deeply sorry for what my son did. … I am embarrassed, angry and sad
about the awful way he treated you."
As part of the outpouring of support for Klein, a fundraiser
was started with the goal of collecting $5,000, to give her a "dream
vacation." As of Thursday evening, donations had surpassed $440,000.
(And her video has been seen by 3.7 million people, as of Friday
morning).
Klein's reaction to the overwhelming support? As she told NBC News, "I get chills."
Top Opinion
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Bob, the reasonable one 2012/06/22 16:15:18
And although it was a despicable things these kids did to her, on and other note; do you think if I could get some punks out there to cuss and call me names that I could post it on a video and it were to go viral, that I could get almost a half a million dollars....I mean really !.....A kid cries because his favorite asinine football team has lost, it goes viral and money just flows into him, a baby farts the powder off his rear end and the video goes viral...money just falls out of the sky to him, a dog barks and it sound like it said "i love you" and money just floods to it's home......I mean what the heck people !!!
What are we doing and what are children learning from 'This stupidness'
That you can just do anything so stupid and shallow that if one just post it on youtube you will become a millionaire over night.
I'm not saying here that this woman shouldn't be compensated for what these kids have done to her, she does deserve some happiness in her life.
But what if anything will these kids have learned from it? Nothing.
The women maybe should have sued the kids parents for defamation of character or something where a real lesson would have been lear...
And although it was a despicable things these kids did to her, on and other note; do you think if I could get some punks out there to cuss and call me names that I could post it on a video and it were to go viral, that I could get almost a half a million dollars....I mean really !.....A kid cries because his favorite asinine football team has lost, it goes viral and money just flows into him, a baby farts the powder off his rear end and the video goes viral...money just falls out of the sky to him, a dog barks and it sound like it said "i love you" and money just floods to it's home......I mean what the heck people !!!
What are we doing and what are children learning from 'This stupidness'
That you can just do anything so stupid and shallow that if one just post it on youtube you will become a millionaire over night.
I'm not saying here that this woman shouldn't be compensated for what these kids have done to her, she does deserve some happiness in her life.
But what if anything will these kids have learned from it? Nothing.
The women maybe should have sued the kids parents for defamation of character or something where a real lesson would have been learned from it, like for the parents of these children, they will learn to "Teach their children real respect towards others" for the kids who did this "If I do something real stupid, I may get locked up, I may lose money, I will never be respected, It really isn't cool to be unkind to others" and so on.
Heck all they sure know now is that "Well, if I do something stupid, crazy or just plain shallow and get it on a video, it will go "Viral" and I'll get rich"
What sheer patheticness a viral video is.
Just look at the video's, don't send in money over a baby farting powder out of it's butt or because a dog happens to bark the star spangled banner. Is anyone sending you tons of money because you are going through life with everyday normal things happening to you.
I mean "Get Real"
Have a good one !
No nothing sincere is going on -