Prefential treatment for cheerleaders and football players

Published: October 18, 2007, 8:31 am

Tags: bullies, bullying, cheerleaders, education, football, high school, highschool, popularity

Filed under: Teachers, High schoolEveryone jokes about jocks and cheerleaders are loved by teachers and staff, despite being horrible to their less-popular classmates -- but that's not real life, right? It's the plot of 80s movies and TV sitcoms. Apparently not. Stephanie Schwehn, a 17-year-old high school student, recently had to leave school after bullying got so bad that she started having health problems. While it's always upsetting to hear about kids getting picked on, the fact that it happens -- even to extremes -- isn't very surprising. But what's shocking are Schwehn's claims that, after she reported the abuse, school officials told her: "You really don't move to Texas and mess with their football players and cheerleaders." Seriously? Could teachers really be so wrapped up in teenage social politics that they'd let some girl get run out of school? The school, for its part, is claiming that the lawsuit is frivolous and opportunistic, claiming that they acted

[ Full article ]

Blog link

Comments