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THIS is TRUE for 30 January 2005 Copyright www.thisistrue.com
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INSTITUTIONALIZED BULLYING: Two students at Wyomina Park Elementary
School in Ocala, Fla., were caught doodling in class. The 9- and 10-
year-old boys had drawn stick figures purportedly showing a classmate
being hanged, with other stick figures "holding knives pointed through"
his body. The teacher called in the school's dean, who called in the
police, who called in the State Attorney's Office for consultation. The
boys were arrested, handcuffed and charged with "making a written
threat to kill or harm another person," a felony. The mother of the 9-
year-old says her son was upset at the boy supposedly in the drawing
since that boy had been pushing and shoving him at school. She said her
son, a special education student, would not be able to associate the
drawing with actual physical violence. (Ocala Star-Banner) ...With him
in jail, then, the bullying is complete.

INSTITUTIONAL BULLY II: School officials in Chicago, Ill., say a teacher
at Morgan Park School taped shut the mouths and eyes of several second-
grade students who were disrupting her class. She gave students a
warning first, though: "Sit your ass down!" No charges have been filed,
but the school district has started procedures to fire the unnamed
teacher. (Chicago Sun-Times) ...Portrait of American Justice: Assault
children, no charges. Draw a picture of a bully: felony charges.

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