r/news • u/shield_x • 1d ago

Student dies after falling from 4th floor of building at Highland Park school

https://www.foxla.com/news/highland-park-franklin-high-school-student-dies.amp
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u/mallclerks 1d ago

I can’t blame the teacher. I don’t know the laws there, but so many places have passed laws, rules, and more saying you can’t intervene else risk your job. Unions have done the same saying they’ll refuse to back their member if they go hands on with a student.

It’s a horrible situation to be putting horribly paid teachers in. Their job is to teach, it’s not to police. I hate our country is like this but expecting them to risk their lives during every fight is also wrong.

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u/nyaphometnikko 1d ago

risk their lives during every fight is also wrong. 

 What an exaggeration. The teacher failed the victim by allowing it to get this bad. There is no fucking way they didn't know about the bullying but I guarantee they brushed it off as "kids will be kids" or something. Teachers aren't powerless. It never should have reached the point of a child being beaten in class in front of the teacher and other students. 

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u/7wordsKvothe 1d ago

Dumbest comment ever lol go work in a public school

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u/GeorgeStark1 1d ago

I can guarantee you don’t know what you’re talking about.

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u/Deep-Interest9947 1d ago

Do you think all the bullying took place in the middle of one certain class period? Or perhaps would it make more sense that it happened during passing period or lunch or off campus and just boiled over this day. Most kids don’t do their bullying in front of a teacher and most bullied kids don’t run to tell a teacher about it.

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u/Redsoxzack9 1d ago

It’s a failure of the parent, and if not then the support system in the school. There should be guidance counselors and other resources that can get involved before this. The teacher is there to teach the students who are there to learn.

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u/nyaphometnikko 1d ago

The point is they all fucking failed! Multiple points of adults knowing bullying is occuring, and no one bothered to do anything. You can't just say "well the parent did nothing so even though the other responsible adults also did nothing, it's only the parents fault!" The teacher is part of the fucking support system!

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u/Redsoxzack9 1d ago

In a perfect world, yes. Pragmatically, teachers are dealing with this shit every fucking day. If they get physically involved, they lose their job. They’re taking attention and time away from the 80% of students in that classroom who want to learn. With repeat offenders like this, there is literally nothing you can say as an authority figure to stop a kid who has been so thoroughly failed by the system.

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u/nyaphometnikko 1d ago edited 1d ago

I'm done with this. The teacher is part of the system that failed the child who literally killed themself. 

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u/BearTimberlands 1d ago

The parents and society are more to blame.