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Her mom tried it the "official" way and she got the "official" brush-off. She waited for 6 months for these administrators to do their freaking jobs and they didn't do it. And I don't care why they didn't do anything about it, it's a massive EPIC FAIL and needs to be fixed. This brave mom had no choice but to put this online; she wasn't getting anywhere being nice and sweet about it. As for this notion that "bullies are part of life, you have to have a thick skin", that is blame the victim scpa0305 and I am sorry, but that is offensive. Women get blamed for being raped all the time and this is not much different. Do you really think the onus should be on this 8-year-old girl to "choose" to have a thick skin and "choose" to deal with it herself? This is why bullying is such a big problem; we blame the victim and the offenders can just do whatever they want to whomever they want whenever they want. If anything, it's the BULLIES that need to learn a lesson about life: If you act this way in the "real world", you will either a) lose your job, b) get into legal trouble or c) both. Why is bullying acceptable in school, but not in "real life"? It makes no sense and it sends mixed signals to our kids.

I will come on here and take this back if this ends up being something else. But I have heard this narrative play out with other parents in other school districts when they ask school administration to nip bullying in the bud and all they seem to get is static. And please don't use the "FERPA" defense; if they would have dealt with this firmly and fairly and imposed serious consequences on this garbage, this never would have gone viral and we wouldn't be talking about it. Bullying is NOT a "rite of passage" and it is not "a normal part of growing up". I guess I am just sick and tired of bullying victims being ignored and/or blamed for what happens to them. I will now step back and wait to see what happens.

Does this emoticon mean "serious" to you? I hope not.

That's the point, the suits are trying to cover it up, so this likely hasn't happened. Or if it has happened, they probably just gave the kid a slap on the wrist and nothing else was done. And it probably would have been swept under the rug if it wasn't for this mom doing what needed to be done. Hats off to her.

Pure wishful thinking. You guys have been strutting around like peacocks for several years and you are feeling insecure about the Vikings making a good QB pick? I smell fear in Cheeseheadland! As for Ha Ha being the next greatest thing since sliced bread, if he isn't, he has the perfect name for a bust: Ha, Ha!!!

And what is the other side? "I felt like doing it", "She should just 'choose' not to be bothered by it"? Generally, little girls don't come home every other day from school crying their eyes out unless something happened. This indifferent attitude towards bullying is why the State of Minnesota passed the law they passed this year.

So you think the little girl and her little brother are making this stuff up? This is classic CYA, it's not our problem, it's the victim's fault crap from people in charge that should know better, but don't.

You were saying? Spielman trades up to the last pick in the 1st round with the Seahawks and picks Teddy Bridgewater. What say you Oxbow6?

I saw this on the 5pm WDAZ newscast and it made my blood boil. http://www.valleynew...clipId=10139102 I am not sure what is worse, the bullying or the a$$-covering act of the Superintendent, whom I think might have attended the Robert Kelley School of Crisis Management: No Mr. Nohner, it could not be resolved "without going to Facebook" because you, the principal of the elementary school and the bus driver didn't do your freaking jobs. But if you want to start actually earning your salary, you can start by FIRING the Principal AND the Bus Driver in question. If you don't fix this, you will be looking at a lawsuit. And I can't think of a school district more deserving of a legal smackdown. If anyone wants to give Mr. Nohner your 2 cents, here is the contact info: Superintendent Mark Nohner 218-435-6036 mnohner@fosston.k12.mn.us End Rant.

Both?

Then call me "lame" because that is what I do!

Did something spook you.....

I am starting to warm up to Oilers. And with all the cute headline ideas, I bet Schlossman is too.

Yes, I think you are the only one that thinks that. But that doesn't mean you are wrong. I hope you are right; he deserves success as much as anyone.

I agree with a lot of this, but please leave the partisan political crap out of it. All it does is start a political flame war, which usually ends with the thread being locked. I often am the black sheep on this forum when it comes to certain topics, but I am not afraid to speak my mind and I make an effort to back up my point of view. Just keep the personal cheap shots out of it (and don't respond to anyone else's cheap shots) and I think you'll be fine.

I just hope he is prepared to ride the buses in the AHL for 3-4 years, if not longer. Someone please tell me if you believe I am wrong about that.

You need both. You need that handful of studs that will stick around 2-3 years at most, but you also need that larger group of guys that stays four years and gets better from year 1 to year 2 and from year 2 to year 3 and so on. And I think Hakstol is starting to do this, so the next couple of years will be interesting.

This is a good point. Timing is very important when it comes to public issues like this.

Wasn't Charlie Crist the governor of Florida by the time all of this crap hit the fan? Anyway, I don't know if it would have made a difference for us or not. Remember, Al Carlson and his buddies went to Indianapolis to try and talk the NCAA out of their policy and it didn't work. The NCAA wasn't going to budge on this.

I think part of the blame lies with UND and UND boosters. If we had engaged the tribes over the past 50 years or so and developed a working relationship instead of calling anti-nickname activists "bed wetters" and other demeaning terms, we might have been able to dodge this bullet. But we didn't, so we got dinged and we can't do anything about it now. I have moved on, but not without some regrets and a little bitterness over how we were treated by the NCAA and people like Ron His Horse Is Thunder.

Then this whole question is permanently moot.

Then how did UNC and ISU get on there? Shouldn't they be banned too?

Probably something about ROI and/or TV ratings. What kind of ratings are ISU and UNC getting on televised games with their lousy track records? I am guessing it's not good.

This doesn't surprise me. For years, Gerald Groenewold has pretty much gotten away with whatever he wanted, whenever he wanted. He forgot that he serves at the pleasure of the President of the University of North Dakota and that he isn't a private business owner. I for one don't feel sorry for him.

As do I, but the older episodes are funnier.