Off Topic This is absolutely heartbreaking

A young indigenous lad bullied at school. Some of you will already have seen the video, but if you haven’t then here it is.
I was bullied at school not helped by a teacher who used his power to do the same, so I know a little bit of what he’s going through. It’s not nice and I hope this might make at least one person think twice about their actions. I managed to eventually rise above it and move on, but even now, as a man in my fifties, and a sergeant in the police I am still affected by it and think at times that I’m not good enough. I just hope this young lad gets the help and support he wants. Bullying is not ok.

 

Bullies are all the same - I was bullied for being diabetic when I was at school! 5 years at senior school and my diabetes was an issue for some of them. Mind, most of those bullies are now on the dole or in jail and I work as a computer programmer for the NHS making a decent living!!

Hate bullies. And that's not a word I use lightly.

 

Thanks for sharing and an important lesson for us all.

 

Sitting here with tears in my eyes after watching this. People can be so bloody cruel.

 

Difficult problem, not taken seriously or early enough imo.

 

As you would expect it has gone viral around the world. I live just south of this family and he has been inundated with help. He is leading out the local Indigenous All Stars rugby league team on the Gold Coast this weekend. $200,000 raised to send him and his family to Disney. Check the Daily Mail. The help and kind words are endless from all over the world.His mam has highlighted his plight he has to endure. She is at her whits end. Lets hope its the start of a few changes but unfortunately i have my doubts.As Clockstander posted it just is not taken seriously enough.

 

the problem is kids can’t get away from it at all, at least when I was young I could go home and lock the door nowadays it’s 24/7 with social media etc, some of the worst bullying I’ve seen recently is that of the late Caroline flack, the media can get away with it so kids think it’s ok

 

Jesus, I couldn't watch it all, it's heart breaking.

My son has suffered at school from bullies with very little support from the school which we are trying to change.

When I reported the last episode, the teacher openly admitted she wasn't suprised at the names of the lads who thought it was OK to punch and kick my son till he broke down in tears.

I hope the boy and his family get all the help and support they need

 

With the deepest respect, sympathy and understanding for the lady and her child, whilst watching that I couldn’t help but think that she should have been consoling her son considering the distraught state he was in, rather than standing pointing a phone at him and recording his terrible distress.

 

Its great to hear that he and the family are getting support ------ but I think we'd all like to hear that someone has given the bullies a good hiding.

 

Reading the full story he’s been suicidal by six years old. My guess is that she’s seen him break down many times before and just wanted to try and fight back in some way. Can’t imagine how she feels knowing her little boy is being bullied and feels so bad he wants to take his life

 

It was very upsetting to read , let alone watch. Trips to DisneyLand are great but the lad will need a lot more local support day-to-day to get through this and deal with the horrible ****ers who inflict the utter misery on him at school. I hope the bullies get their comeuppance, but what about their parents?

 

That's horrible. The bullies will be off somewhere else, having a laugh and getting on with their lives. Poor kid lives with the after effects 24-7.

 

I know this won't be a popular opinion but, sadly, I believe people like Caroline Flack are part of the problem.

I've not watched Love Island but know instinctively that it's just another infantile 'popularity contest' like much of modern TV.

Whether it's X-Factor or Junior Bake Off people are put up to be overly praised, ridiculed and, yes, bullied.

Those with limited talent are declared 'international superstars' and the 'losers' paraded on 'worst moments' compilations.

People become 'celebrities' for no good reason, other than being on reality shows, taking their clothes off or eating grubs. The problem is that they know their fame is built on sand because they have nothing to offer but their TV face which is all an act. They're totally unprepared to handle instant fame because they've not put in the groundwork. Fame is often based on saying your Gran just died then bursting into tears because you'd forgotten the words to the Robbie Williams song you were warbling.

The whole thing is ludicrous but, if you step out of line, you're told it's just harmless escapism.

Our children are being brainwashed into thinking that being 'the same as everyone else' is normal and being different is weird.

It's wrong but it's cheap entertainment which is what the public wants, no different to hoying Christians to the lions.

 

Nail very much on head there Smug.

It’s shows like X Factor that do it for me. No-one can doubt that the contestants who get through have got talent. They do. What they don’t have is the fortitude to go the distance. Look at all the great bands and acts that have stayed with us. They had to start off in the local pubs and clubs, learning their craft. Now, for a lot of them they don’t have to face that kind of baptism. They’re always being told how great they are, so are ill equipped to deal with the criticism that inevitably comes once their so called mentors from whatever show made them famous have moved on to the next big thing.
And don’t even get me started on shows like Love Island. As a society are we really that vacuous?

 

Spot on!

The world is full of 'no marks' being feted as celebrities whilst possessing next to no talent.

 

Each one is referred to as '' the star of''. And those who watch actually believe they are a star.

 

A prime example of the useless way my boys school deal with the issues.

We were called to the school a while back after yet another incident where after being pushed around during break time, my son finally snapped and slapped the person pushing him. Not punched, but slapped. This left a red mark on the lads cheek. My son had witnesses who backed up his story that this lad had been continually pushing him, but we recieved a phone call saying the other boys parents were getting the police involved as it was assault.

My son was then spoken to by the pcso regarding this assault and the consequences he could face.

The lad that did the pushing? Not a thing said to him. I have since had to put an official complaint in against this boy as he continues to punch and attack my son to the point where he has not been sleeping, doesn't want to go to school and has even been sneaking toys and sweets out the house to give to this boy to stop him hitting him.

I had a meeting with the school and told them how scared my son was and they said it was impossible to keep them apart and if needed it might be better if my son changed schools

 

In which case, you've only got one choice, Chunk . . . . get the police involved, and see if the school do anything about it then

Whatever you do, don't change schools (don't let the bully win and the school get away with condoning it)

This is a different case, but I was bullied for a short while in senior school, by a group of 3 lads, until one day I 'cracked' when the 'hardest' one of them hit me on the back of the neck . . . . I gave him a good hiding in front of 'everybody' (until he shouted 'please stop')

I saw him a few years after leaving school in a 'Sheels pub and he was fecking massive . . . . I'm glad that I 'cracked' in school, when we were 16 and about the same size

 

He's been on half term this week and we have had lots of chats about things ready for him going back on Monday.

I will be ringing the school again on Monday about it and as a last resort I will have to get the police involved.