School Bus Monitor Bullied

I might be a little late but today I saw the video of the school bus monitor getting bullied by junior high students.  I am so disgusted by this video. Things like this is nothing new but we are just more aware of it due to cameras & the Internet. It's still disturbing to see this go on. 


Anybody who seems "weak" no matter the age, always become a target for something. I guess the one doing the damage needs to feel better about themselves or sees something about them in the victim that they don't like so they lash out to feel better.  I saw a comment saying how by the looks of Karen, she deserves to be picked on. Really? I can't understand this thought process. No matter how someone looks, they are human, have feelings & deserves to be treated with respect. I do admit that ALL of us say certain things or thinks certain things when we see people but it is kept to ourselves or to whoever we are talking to. It's just part of being human. That doesn't mean we need to take that step forward & become asses/inhuman.


I feel so bad for Karen & want to give her a big hug. I do have questions though. I heard her say that she doesn't like confrontation, how can she be a monitor if she can't deal with confrontation? I am not good with it either so I know what she means. Why didn't the bus driver pull over to help Karen out? Why didn't Karen get up to tell the bus driver to pull over to kick the kids off the bus? She didn't need to result in violence or anything to deal with the situation. Why didn't the school district make sure she knew how to handle situations before putting her on the bus as a monitor?  To me right there is stupidest thing & is on their part. I mean you can't hire someone to do a job like that without making sure they know how to handle the things they will need to handle. I would also like to know if the school district told Karen what she could & could not do to handle things. I'm thinking probably not because it seemed like she was unsure what to do without getting into trouble herself (from seeing an interview with her).


What if this happened to their (the kids) grandma, mom or someone else they love? They would be really pissed off. The kids need to be taught a hard lesson & not just with a slap on the wrist. The law needs to step in even if Karen doesn't want to press charges. If they just get a slap on the wrist, they will continue to bully other people. I know there are different reasons for kids (even other adults) to bully people but it's not an excuses. I know it will never end. At the same time I think it's about time things change when it comes to letting these bullies know that they can't have this kind of behavior & how wrong it is. In my fantasy world, they will be in a room with someone bulling them until they break down. Hell maybe that's why they do it themselves. In reality, things just need to change about we as humans treat each other & how we just let things happen without speaking up.  As parents we need to teach our kids to be respectful to each other, to respect themselves so they can behave better.