Is it best to send my 5Th grade girl to a school she hates and where many girls bullying her or to homeschool?
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I would suggest that you let her remain in public schools, mostly because she is already shy, home schooling will just withdraw her from more social interaction.  You have two options, let your daughter know that everyone goes thru phases and that she should ignore the "bullies" and focus on her school work and friends in which case the bullies will either give up because they know it doesnt bother her anymore or hopefuly they will grow up.  your other option would be to see if you area has another local school that has open enrollment that would alow her to change school districts and give her a fresh start.
1063245
This girl is being a bully and needs to be confronted about it.  Whether it is you and some other people, or maybe a teacher, but the way she is behaving is not acceptable.
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Well, you can, but you'd just be sending out more negativity into the world...and it WILL come back to you threefold.  Ultimately, you will be more hurt than the bullies will.  And, you will only be lowering yourself to their standard.  \n\nSo, you have to ask yourself, is petty revenge in the short term worth getting all that bad stuff sent back to you in the long term?\n\nBelieve me, I know the temptation.  I know what it's like to be bullied.  Rather than misuse magick in this way, a better thing to do would be to ask the Goddess for strength to deal with this, for wisdom to think of better solutions, for compassion for those who are teasing you.  Have you tried talking with a school counsellor?  Or the principal? If it is really out of hand, then they need to be stopped, but it is far better to do this through the proper channels.\n\nI urge you to make the right decision in this matter.  You may contact me if you wish.  Like I said, I know a bit about what you are going through.\n\n25 year old Wiccan
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Tell her to leave you alone . The only reason people do that \nis because they are jealous of you . Ask her what's up with her .\nIf all else fails tell the school counsler to call both of you\nto her office to see what the problem is . This way if she\ndoes start anything with you there is a record ofthe problem .
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It looks like that those two girls have nothing better to do but take their problems out on somebody else and it looks like that you're their target, if it keeps bothering you, you should report the situation to a teacher or the principal and they may put a stop to it, school bullying should not be tolerated at all.
37646
no, be the bigger person. if the teacher really is as bad as she seems, she'll screw up on her own.
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Immediately, get your story straight, and report this to your teachers.  Also, get a hall pass to visit your counselor, so you can report it there.\n\nDon't try to take this matter into your own hands.  Let the professionals handle it.  Don't tell them how to do it.  Simply report the matter, and let them do what they are legally allowed and obligated to do.\n\nAdministrators, Counselors, and Teachers have a variety of tactics/ strategies they are allowed to use to work with this type problem.  Understand, however, they must work with the interst of all students in mind, even the bully.  Please, as I said earlier, let the professionals do their job.  You keep your mind on your schooling.
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i would just talk to the school cousnler, if you are still in highschool.  myspace won't do anything.  it isn't there problem for the drama that goes on at myspace.  i would talk to someone that has authority over her.  so they can tell her to stop harrasing you.  also i think myspace gives a website thru their help for helping and reporting harrasment.  let me check.\n\nlater:\nwell i found this:  http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/misc/safetytips.html?z=1\n\nlook at the second to last one, that says myspace should help you.  and then the 13th paragraph down and go to the website listed for help.  \n\ni hoped i helped, and then i suggest you go to tagworld.com
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I agree, and the school issues you mention are one of many reasons I plan to homeschool.\n\nscary link.
921930
12th grade is not a good time to completely change education systems. It would also be a difficult time  for you to learn how to home-educate. I suggest that instead of homeschooling you either:\n\n - Enrol her in a distance education program. If her high school has one of these this would be ideal otherwise there are many online programs. This would enable her to study from home while having her learning supervised by the teachers that run the program.\n\n- Examine her reasons for wanting to homeschool and try to resolve as many as possible without her actually withdrawing from her current high school. After all it is only a few more months.
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I don't homeschool,but I was homeschooled. I agree with it till high school. I think their is a time you need to let them interact with others before they get out on their own.It hurt me in many ways
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In-school suspension is the best discipline.  If students are suspended there is no one at home who can work with them and find a reason for their behavior.  The suspended student has too much fun being on his/her own.\n\nThose who bully have serious issues that often cannot be corrected by punishment.  One needs to find the cause and see if it can be corrected.
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Everyone gets teased. We all have for one reason of another. Tell her about a personal experience that you had and explain the above to her. Ask her to think of others in her school who get teased...............they all do. \nPut-downs hurt and they do lower self esteem if we allow them to. You need to raise her self esteem and teach her how to deal with it. She needs to stand up to the people who are teasing and say something back. Teach her how to stand tall and use a tone of voice that lets them know that she will not accept it. They will back down. I teach middle school students how to use this process and it really does work. The other thing she needs to realize is that it is not true. Those kids feel bad about themselves so they tease other people and think that will make them feel better. Her best defense is to stand up tall, take a stance and lean forward, look them straight in the eye, put up her hands and say phhh! your words mean nothing to me..........go bother someone else.  And then walk away quickly and keep right on walking. Or have her say.........thanks for sharing that with me I will take it into consideration...............and just keep walking.
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You should go to a school councilor. When I was in school I had someone threaten me, and one day they slammed my arm in the locker (that wasn't fun) and I am now 25 and it still stays with me.  Don't let people bully you, at least tell a councilor.
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This one is for my daughter-- She's seven\nThis girl at school is always picking on her and she just takes it.\nThe mean girl has a crush on the cutest boy in class.  As the mean girl was tormenting my daughter the boy came up and threw a mud pie in the mean girls face and told her to shut up.  Everyone laughed at the mean girl. Now my daughter knows that other people don't agree with the mean girl and she stands up for herself.  Kids can be so cruel.
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You need to contact the school principal and have a sit down meeting with the girl's mom, yourself and the principal. No one should feel threatened at school. If after the meeting things don't improve than it is the school's responsibility to take action and possibly suspend the child. After that the mother has no excuses but to start taking some responsibity for her child's behavior.
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Gabby should skip the breaks and go to school because she never learned to spell.\n\nKids should be homeschooled and learn all year long. My 2nd grader reads better than most 6th graders in the area that attend public school and she knows more about all subjects than 4th graders. \n\nShe gets a week off at Christmas and a month off in summer, with no work and then most of the summer is field trips and outdoor fun that count towards school even though it doesn't look or feel like lessons.