MindBlind
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 Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 3:02 pm Post subject: Re: Autistic Teenager Killed Himself |
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| Mummy_of_Peanut wrote: | | MindBlind wrote: | | I'm actually shocked that these were COLLEGE STUDENTS who were harassing him! If there's one thing I loathe is when college students act like kids. This also further confirms that the mental health services in the UK are really lacking. That boy needed immediate psychiatric care. They KNEW that he was suicidal. They allowed a ticking time bomb to go off. |
Please remember that in the UK, college students could be as young as 16. My husband went to uni at 16, I was 17, and that's pretty normal. That said, it's still wrong and shameful that this should have happened. I left uni after 3 years, the cause being social anxiety, not helped by being picked on by my fellow students. |
I am from the UK. I know how young these students can be and it doesn't excuse their behavior. At higher education, you are expected to act like an adult because that is what higher education is for - adults. I studied a HND and I hated how many of the students were immature and didn't take their education seriously.
To Sweetleaf: You don't have to tell me that calling a suicidal person a 'dumbass' isn't helpful. Trust me, I've been there. I'm not calling people stupid for being depressed. I'm saying that depression makes you do stupid things. Things that I look back on and go 'WHAT WAS I THINKING?!".
But looking back, my harsh sense of humor may help me but I suppose it's not appropriate for others. So I apologize for that.
To Pezar: actually, West Suffolk College is more like what americans would call a community college. They offer apprenticeships, undergraduate courses, postgraduate courses, and so on. Here's a list of the levels of study that they offer: http://www.westsuffolkcollege.ac.uk/courses/qualification-levels.aspx
This boy was 18, so he was probably studying for higher education (or at least re-sitting his GCSE's). Either way, these were adults, not children, who were doing this.
Asp_Z, the boy had a history of depression and bullying. He received no psychiatric support even though he had attempted suicide before. His mother tried to get them to pay attention but they didn't take his situation seriously. The bullies obvious exacerbated it, but ultimately it was the negligence of his doctors for not doing something sooner. Plus, I suspect that West Suffolk College could have done more to avoid this as well (perhaps by offering more support or kicking the bullies out). I suspect that his mother would have also made sure that the college was well aware of the situation. |
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Keyman
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| Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 7:38 pm Post subject: |
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| The school were negligent and let the bullies run wild. The school administrators ought to have jail sentences. That should make it clear where the responsibility is. |
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cyberdad
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| Keyman wrote: | | The school were negligent and let the bullies run wild. The school administrators ought to have jail sentences. That should make it clear where the responsibility is. |
All school's will claim they are not responsible for the conduct of individual students, the responsibility needs to be tied with the school culture in relation to stamping out bullying. Private schools are notorious for doing the opposite. |
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Keyman
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Makes you wonder who decides the policy that makes school culture..
As for the school administrators, they will have to be held accountable whether they like it or not. It's a control system gone haywire because the persons that actually makes the decisions isn't affected by their consequences. |
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Chummy
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| Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 4:28 pm Post subject: Re: Autistic Teenager Killed Himself |
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| PastFixations wrote: | http://www.independent.co.uk/uk/home-news/autistic-teenager-who-killed-himself-suffered-years-of-intimidation-at-the-hands-of-college-bullies-7654692.html
Another one? Why do they consider this as the way to end it all? Don't they know who will grieve over them? |
Mother Mercy. So please explain to me why isn't bullying illegal yet?? Oh right... nowdays children bring guns to school and spit on their teachers. You know many years ago, it was the opposite: children where very submissive ( yes there was bullying but still less violence) and teachers could do more.
This just makes me want to punch something or someone. God the injustice.... |
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Jkid
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| cyberdad wrote: | | Keyman wrote: | | The school were negligent and let the bullies run wild. The school administrators ought to have jail sentences. That should make it clear where the responsibility is. |
All school's will claim they are not responsible for the conduct of individual students, the responsibility needs to be tied with the school culture in relation to stamping out bullying. Private schools are notorious for doing the opposite. |
Don't most, if not all these schools have codes of conduct for student behavior? If the schools have those codes, they should be responsible for enforcing the code of conduct. |
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