Dad Who Stormed Bus Apologizes for Some Actions

I totally understand this fathers frustration and I think what he needs to do is get the bus driver, and the school and the board of education together in a room and go off on them. The school is responsible for these children, and if there is a videotape of this father then there is also a videotape of his daugher being bullied.
Zero Tolerance for bullies

I totally agree!

I understand completely James.

screw that. he should be calling Guiness book of World records. a Black man BEING A FATHER to his OWN kids. im sorry im tearing up.

NO reason for him to apologize...he did exactly what should have been done. That is his little girl and she needed her father to stand up for her~since the bus driver probably sat there laughing along with the bullies. There should be consequences when you treat someone poorly, as in FAMILY is going to get u! When I was a little girl, we had male bullies on our street. My father happened to see them throw my sister into a mud puddle. Do you think he handed them flowers? No...he jerked those kids up and asked them if they wanted to take him on. Because he is a FATHER. and that was his DAUGHTER. It is called protecting your family. All these people saying that man was wrong, want to sit there with their flower bouquets, do nothing and preach about being "nice"...I am so sick of it. He did not hit those kids, he just let them know that he was there and he was angry...those kids need to know that!!! Kids do as they please because the flower holders have taught them that there are pretty much no consequences!!! Suddenly you have angry parents coming in, and everyone is surprised. The people that should apologize are the bullies, and the bus driver, NOT the father!!!

Sounds like those bullies NEED a good arse whipping in front of their friends. The Father should have sought out the bullies parents & had a feild day on them. Don't like this comment? Too bad.

Let's not forget also that Mr. Jones's daughter is handicapped; any parent would be incensed if his child were bullied but a handicapped girl? By boys, no less? I hope he scared the solid nitrogenous waste out of the little beasts.

Obviously, you don't have children of your own, or those that you care about. At least he's a big enough person to admit that he made mistakes.

I agree, why is the school sheltering the bullies? Show the video of those kids and let's get them off the bus.

Will, the school shelters bullies because they don't want to get sued. That's how the system works. If there's a problem with bullies the school simply turns a blind-eye to it until something like this happens and they can say the victim was part of the problem. There have been several recent cases that went to court and the victim lost the case. remember, it's real easy to round up a bunch of people to back-up the bullies because they are usually popular. The victim is isolated and alienated at this stage of the game.

Unfortunately, the schools are more interested in avoiding lawsuits than doing the right thing for the children. I've also been told that it's impossible to do anything once a popular kid has successfully labeled a child as a victim. Parents of other children show concern when told their child did something to someone, until they hear that it's the designated victim that their child bullied, then they sigh relief and do nothing. It's really just too much trouble for the school to spend time solving the problem without the bullies using retaliation or a group of the bullies friends parents organizing and complaining about the school's actions.

@ Ellen


Rightly said.

Bullying my start when these people are kids, but it almost always continues until they're in college or in the workplace spreading rumors, bad-mouthing, and physically intimidating people of lower social status than them (the definition of bullying) who are their classmates and colleagues.

Parents, as well as singular people (of all ages) witnessing the behavior have to sack up and speak up. I personally don't suffer it for myself or watching anyone else suffer it.

They say, "it takes a village a village to raise a child"...
it also takes a village to allow a Columbine.

Damn right, Ellen.

I will agree with you on that, some times i wonder if the teachers and bus drivers are too scared to say anything because they don't want to be bullied themselves. I have kids at elementary, middle and high school who stick up for the kids who get bullied, because i have taught them treat others how you want to be treated. I't made me so proud when one day my son help a physically challenged child after school and his friends were kidding him about it and he told them what i had said treat all people the way you would want to be treated and maybe some day someone will do the same for you.

The bus driver has to drive the bus and deliver the children safely to their destination. He (or she) cannot drive safely and watch the children at the same time. The children know this and take advantage of the situation. They can bully and threaten and even injure other children without even making the driver aware. They also know that there may or may not be a video camera behind the mirror at the front of the bus and even if there is nothing will done or said unless someone complains. Thus they simply make their victims aware that any complaints to authorities will result in consequences, severe and painful consequences. Don't blame the driver. School buses need adult monitors on school buses but there's no money in the budget for that. Some even need armed police officers to control the level of violence. Why? Because these children have no sense of right and wrong, because they haven't been taught to respect another person's values, because they enjoy hurting others and some have even been taught by their parents to treat their fellow students that way or perhaps simply because they can. After all what is the worse that can happen, a few days suspension, some bad grades: BIG DEAL and WHO CARES? Thus these future criminals do what they want to who they want and this gentleman simply had enough. He did something about it. Personally I am proud of him. No, he should have not used foul language and should have taken other steps to help his daughter but when your child is involved and a parent control his anger. Perhaps his anger will scare these bullies into treating their fellow students with respect. However, I doubt it. Perhaps the school should have a program for children like these. It could teach them how and why they should love and respect each other. It could teach them about life and the consequences of bad behavior. It could teach them about honesty and truth bring happiness to one's self. It could teach them how envy, greed and hurting others can only lead to disaster. Some might say that since God and prayers to Him have been removed from the schools that the children, the innocent children are paying the price. What I see is children that have no idea there is a God and thus anything short of breaking man's law is allowed. Even more if you're only a child. But God has not left the schools. He is still there as He is everywhere. He sees the pain these bullies cause and shed's a tear for his innocent children that are the victims. He remembers how He gave their ancestors 'Free Will' and how with this sacred gift these bullies hurt their fellow school mates. He can only hope that the rest of us will do something about this situation. Perhaps we can. We can insist that right and wrong be taught in our schools. We can insist that children learn they must respect others and their property. We can insist that every child be taught that we each need each other and that to hurt another is a sin. Sins can be forgiven but quite often they are hard to forget. Of course we know how 'Karma' can affect one's life. Children grow up and become responsible for their own familes. 'Karma' intervenes when the tormentor has to ask the one he tormented as a child for a position. Believe me...these things do happen. When I see a man on the street holding a sign asking for work or possibly food I just have to wonder if his position in life was obtained because he once tormented someone that now has power over him. Hmmm...strange. Anyway don't blame the driver. A moment's distraction to him could cause a serious accident. To keep that from happening the Father should have walked on board with a digital camera. As his daughter pointed out the offenders he should take their photograph, reminded them that their actions can have serious consequences and politely ask them to help his daughter, not hurt her. Then the chidren responsible would be placed in a class that taught them to treat their fellow man in the proper manner. Meanwhile; Take your kid to school or get them enrolled in an online school. They'll miss the social interaction and extracirrucular activities but your kid will be safe from these future prison inhabitants. Because of incidents just like this one that will be will our future educations system. The good people take their kids out of public school and the system becomes a haven for the "JD's" of the next few years and the felons for beyond. Of course the schools could do something about it but they won't. They claim budget concerns and all that but when they realize they cannot hire teachers for any reasonable amount they might just start considering it.