8 year old suffers brain injury, bullies attacked in bathroom

Hello folks,

I’m going through twitter, and I can’t believe what I’m reading. The only reason why I’m posting this on the technology blog is because this could’ve been an online bully, and not a physical bully who could have done something to cause this 8 year old boy to ijure himself because of words. The story in this case is … sadly … not the case. The student was attacked in the bathroom, where he may have needed to go.

Bullying can be done in many different ways. It can be done online, physical, and even just teasing could be considered bullying. I don’t know if thats normally the case, and thats why I’ve underlined the word could in that sentence.

The article 8-year-old Texas boy suffers brain injury after attack by bullies should be read. Whether its online, offline, physical, teasing, or anything in between, it can all be bad in their own way.

I’m hoping that they find out which student or students did this, and give them a good teaching lesson. I’m not saying suspension is the answer, but if they understand how bad it was, and the fact that the question of whether they would like it if someone did that to them, would at least make them think.

Bullies are quite different than those who do it, realize they did something wrong, and vow to learn from their mistake. Bullying in any form is a crime, but how to punish a child for that, I’m no expert on. Thats why I think it would be a teaching tool.

Here are some items that have been posted to this network, or what I’ve written on the subject of bullying and cyberbullying. Maybe they also point to articles I’ve commented on that I’ve read as well.

• 51 Critical Cyber Bullying Statistics in 2019 March 25, 2019: tech blog and podcast
• Judge warns students about cyber bullying – News – Republican Herald from blog The Technology blog and podcast May 16, 2014 from the tech blog and podcast
• Bullying and students with disabilities: strategies and techniques to create a safe learning environment for all March 25, 2014 from the tech blog and podcast

There are others, but this is just a few. I’ve even posted articles elsewhere and this is the articles page where you can find the rest. We really need to discuss this.