Mooooooooooommmy ! ! !
read: "Gooooovernment!" Tommy. Please. Why, why are you spending my money on this crap?!?!?!Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced a new campaign to educate more Americans about how to prevent bullying ... The campaign -- "Take A Stand. Lend A Hand. Stop Bullying Now!" [http://www.stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov] -- is designed to stop bullying, including verbal or physical harassment that occurs repeatedly over time, that is intended to cause harm, and that involves an imbalance of power between the child who bullies and the child who is bullied.
Lazer-like perceptivity.
he "Stop Bullying Now!" campaign includes a Web-based, animated story featuring a cast of young people who deal with bullies in the classrooms, hallways, and grounds of a middle school. With help from teachers, parents, and other adults, the bullied characters get support from fellow students who step up to make it clear that bullying is "not cool."
Powerful message, too. "Not cool." That'll subdue 'em in their tracks. What happened to all those steely-eyed, 5'2' old-maid English teachers, those pumped-up boys' gym teachers, those over/under educated PPS school counselors who, in my day, quelled bullying at school withThe Look, a word, or way too much hollerin' ?!? Are the baby-boomer versions of these icons just wimps?!?
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