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School Bus Monitor Verbally Abused on Bus: Should Students Be Disciplined?

ABCnews.com 2012/06/21 20:07:41
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Karen Klein, a 68-year-old bus monitor in upstate New York, was recently harassed by a busload of students. After a disturbing video was posted to YouTube, police plan to investigate into the matter further and approach the students.

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  • LOU 2012/06/24 01:17:08
    Yes, what they did was disturbing.
    LOU
    +3
    Chant with me "BEAT THEM, BEAT THEM, BEAT THEM"!
  • GaolBlaze 2012/06/24 01:06:52 (edited)
    I’m not sure.
    GaolBlaze
    I didn't realise there was a link, so at first I was wondering what they did, but someone pointed it out to me so now I'd have voted "Yes, what they did was disturbing". That is just insanely wrong. "Kids being kids" doesn't come into that, they were not young enough to be excused for commenting on her weight just once, what they did was completely out of order and sick and wrong. It's really upsetting to see the levels people can stoop to, and how they don't even think about it.
  • T Bevan GaolBlaze 2012/06/24 04:30:51
    T Bevan
    Duh , watch the video....
  • GaolBlaze T Bevan 2012/06/25 14:35:49
    GaolBlaze
    OH, right, I didn't realise that was a link, and I just saw the picture and I hadn't a clue what was going on >.< Thanks :P
  • T Bevan GaolBlaze 2012/06/26 03:05:09
    T Bevan
    Sorry for the sarcasim....

    bullet to the foot
  • Zach 2012/06/24 00:40:47
    Yes, what they did was disturbing.
    Zach
    I still think that this is a joke taken too far and they shuld get bus supendtion for a month or mor
  • ehrhornp Zach 2012/06/24 16:13:42
    ehrhornp
    I think they should have to take a long class every day for a month on proper behavior with the understanding that improper behavior will mean repeating this class again and again.
  • Zach ehrhornp 2012/06/25 17:26:46
    Zach
    No, bus suspension that's what would've happened had this not made national news
  • ehrhornp Zach 2012/06/25 18:37:19 (edited)
    ehrhornp
    Doubt if that would really change behavior which is what I think is desired. The class that I propose would not just be limited to the bus but to life in general.
  • Zach ehrhornp 2012/06/26 22:42:32
    Zach
    Who shall run this class, and what's keeping them from just skipping.as it;ll be obviously be after school
  • ehrhornp Zach 2012/06/26 22:52:45
    ehrhornp
    As I remember from high school, when one skips detention after school, they end up in a worse mess. As to who runs the class? Easy existing teachers.
  • Zach ehrhornp 2012/06/28 22:47:32
    Zach
    and Funding?
  • ehrhornp Zach 2012/06/29 00:09:23
    ehrhornp
    Such funding would be petty cash in the scope of things. Fine the students.
  • Zach ehrhornp 2012/06/29 13:39:02
    Zach
    God I'm just going to Faceplam and leave
  • Informed Voter 2012/06/24 00:12:14
    Yes, what they did was disturbing.
    Informed Voter
    +1
    ABC News: You must be so completely out of touch with regular Americans to ask an asinine question like this.
  • ♥dreamer-leigh♥ 2012/06/24 00:05:24
    Yes, what they did was disturbing.
    ♥dreamer-leigh♥
    +3
    Absolutely shocking...kids have no respect for elders or others..poor parenting would be my guess!!
  • Oltom 2012/06/24 00:04:46
    Yes, what they did was disturbing.
    Oltom
    +2
    They should stand in front of their class mates and explain what they did, then be banned from riding the bus ever again!
  • Rey 2012/06/23 23:39:51
  • Rey Rey 2012/06/23 23:53:03
    Rey
    I watched the video and then looked down the list of comments. I got to a comment + video submitted by 'Mantic'(see further down in this list of comments) I gave a reply to 'Mantic', then I did a 'cut and paste' of my reply and used it for my comment about Karen, the school bus monitor. I feel my reply to 'Mantic' would also be suitable as a comment for the karen, the school bus monitor.
  • Torchmanner ~PWCM~JLA 2012/06/23 22:48:39
    Yes, what they did was disturbing.
    Torchmanner ~PWCM~JLA
    +8
    Let them have it!

    spank child
  • ⚜Ellen⚜... Torchma... 2012/06/23 22:51:45
    ⚜Ellen⚜ ☼True American Patriot ☼
    +2
    You got that Right !!!
  • mich52 2012/06/23 22:39:53
    Yes, what they did was disturbing.
    mich52
    +2
    Hell yes they should be punished..
  • ⚜Ellen⚜ ☼True American Patr... 2012/06/23 22:34:00 (edited)
    Yes, what they did was disturbing.
    ⚜Ellen⚜ ☼True American Patriot ☼
    +4
    I couldn't finish watching that. I do not understand bullies. I do not understand lazy parenting. I was the oldest of 4, then there was my brother Jeff, Steve and our little sister Sharon. Jeff use to get bullied by this black boy that was in his grade. A grade below me. It was always on that long hot bus ride home. That boys brothers, sisters and cousins would laugh and egg him on. My brother would be boiling mad but he never touched the black boy. They'd get in each others faces and he'd push my brother and it was never ending. So many times I'd listen to as much as I could stand listening to and I REALLY tried letting my brother deal with his own battles...and he certainly could have ....and he did. But he knew he would get as much as he gave in this case, or more, because every brother and cousin in the crew would gang up on my brother. if he dare touched that black boy or started getting the best of him. That was just a known fact. So, every so often.... more often than not.... I would turn around as I stood up and with as much authority as my brother, but much louder.... enough to shut the whole school bus up and cause such a silence all you could hear was the motor of the bus as I told this black boy to "Sit Down N---- and Shut Up NOW before I Sit Your Black A-- Down Fo...


    I couldn't finish watching that. I do not understand bullies. I do not understand lazy parenting. I was the oldest of 4, then there was my brother Jeff, Steve and our little sister Sharon. Jeff use to get bullied by this black boy that was in his grade. A grade below me. It was always on that long hot bus ride home. That boys brothers, sisters and cousins would laugh and egg him on. My brother would be boiling mad but he never touched the black boy. They'd get in each others faces and he'd push my brother and it was never ending. So many times I'd listen to as much as I could stand listening to and I REALLY tried letting my brother deal with his own battles...and he certainly could have ....and he did. But he knew he would get as much as he gave in this case, or more, because every brother and cousin in the crew would gang up on my brother. if he dare touched that black boy or started getting the best of him. That was just a known fact. So, every so often.... more often than not.... I would turn around as I stood up and with as much authority as my brother, but much louder.... enough to shut the whole school bus up and cause such a silence all you could hear was the motor of the bus as I told this black boy to "Sit Down N---- and Shut Up NOW before I Sit Your Black A-- Down For You !!! ......... He ALWAYS Sat down. Him and his whole family ALWAYS shut their mouths and the rest of the ride was a relief. I would even glance up at the bus driver and he would either give me a quick smile or he'd have his eyebrows raised with a slight smile on his face, like... She's got this....
    I never would've used that word like that but it was the only thing that would stop the torment my brother was going through. Maybe that's why I despise bullies so much.
    My brother always said thank you, later but with that he'd tell me to stop because it made him look weak. I never once thought he was weak and neither did anyone else.
    The kids in this video need their attitudes "spanked" to a fare thee well.
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  • bettyboop ⚜Ellen⚜... 2012/06/24 12:47:43
  • ⚜Ellen⚜... bettyboop 2012/06/25 05:21:32
    ⚜Ellen⚜ ☼True American Patriot ☼
    It's a crying shame that anyone has to defend themselves or others against bullies. Sometimes you just have to do what has to be done, especially when all else fails.
    I'm sorry that you had to go through that.
  • bettyboop ⚜Ellen⚜... 2012/06/27 16:01:18
  • joe mauro 2012/06/23 22:02:03
    Yes, what they did was disturbing.
    joe mauro
    +3
    This unfortunately is modern american society in very real terms.It is bullying and hate without consequence,it is punishing those different and defenseless it is hurting for the pleasure of hurting.Today in america not only is hate and inflicting pain on others tolerated it is encouraged paerticulairy among the mentally and phisically challenged,when films like many adam sandler fims ,music,tv and the internet all promote the fact that it is cool and fun to pick on te challenged and the defenseless this is the result.Unfortunately the challenged have NO politicial or economic power,and are stranded and have become the ultimate vicitims ,challenged people inclueding yours truly are the N WORD of the 21st century!
  • maryam 2012/06/23 19:31:04
    Yes, what they did was disturbing.
    maryam
    they should knw the limits n b in discipline .
  • nenenae 2012/06/23 19:15:19
    Yes, what they did was disturbing.
    nenenae
    +2
    Kick their butts off the bus for ever
  • drdos1943 2012/06/23 18:51:19
    Yes, what they did was disturbing.
    drdos1943
    +5
    This is just one of the results of rampant poor parenting and also the failure of schools to teach respect as well.....symptomatic of the decline of our society. The only hero to come out of this was the student who managed to get the video.
  • Odinsown 2012/06/23 18:18:19
    Yes, what they did was disturbing.
    Odinsown
    +4
    Kids need to be set in there place now and again, the school needs to suspend them from the bus, NOT CLASS, then the parents need to distribute spankings, groundings, and other disciplines as is appropriate.
  • voice_matters 2012/06/23 18:15:49
    I’m not sure.
    voice_matters
    no one has shown the rules broken
  • Upward ... voice_m... 2012/06/24 17:48:12
    Upward Bound Precalc Tutor
    +3
    Holy Toledo, that video is prima facie evidence that, not only were policies prohibitiing profanity and policies prohibiting bullying were broken BUT this was committed against an
    Adult by Middle School Aged Students. This is a violation of transportation policies and public school student codes of conduct in almost every school district in the country! It is also traditionally a severe violation of parental rules and expectations. These young people need substantial counseling AND an intervention comparable to scared straight. If it were 1968 instead of 2012, the proper intervention would involve a belt or a switch!! In a 2012 world, cell phones, bikes, televisions and computer access(except for completion of school work) should be denied for not less than one month and they need vice principal's lectures and LONG dad lectures, possibly still accompanied by corporal punishment if they talk back and shrug shoulders or disrespect the adult who is giving them the lecture!!!
  • voice_m... Upward ... 2012/06/24 22:49:16
    voice_matters
    no one has shown the rules broken
  • Kibbles voice_m... 2012/06/25 01:36:21
    Kibbles
    Decency is what matters.
  • voice_m... Kibbles 2012/06/25 13:39:18
    voice_matters
    still waiting what rules were broken
  • CHIEF 2012/06/23 17:37:23
    Yes, what they did was disturbing.
    CHIEF
    +5
    a time in the woodshed is called for here! but that was when parents ruled the house.
  • voice_m... CHIEF 2012/06/23 18:19:44
    voice_matters
    the parents of the children should discipline their own kids. not sure if the behavior violates a school rule. from what i saw i am not seeing why the police should be involved.
  • Kingarthurup 2012/06/23 17:28:52
    Yes, what they did was disturbing.
    Kingarthurup
    +3
    At least disorderly conduct.
  • Charles E Kingart... 2012/06/23 22:43:55
    Charles E
    +1
    Intimidation. Mob action.

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