Bullied Bus Monitor Gets A Lot Of Support

[gilly32]

This link contains a video of an elderly bus monitor getting verbally abused by a group of middle school kids. It is saddening to see how these kids treat this poor woman.

http://www.indiegogo.com/loveforkarenhklein?c=home

Fortunately, this has an unexpected outcome.

The video has gone viral, and someone set up this webpage to solicit donations to raise $5000 to send her on a vacation. In less than two days, almost $200,000 has beed contributed.

[OHIOSTEVE]

I watched about 3 minutes of that video...I would pay money to get to physically beat those kids into a pile of mush then start on their parents. Even as a kid who LOVED to fight I despised a bully.

[parbreaker]

I watched about 3 minutes of that video...I would pay money to get to physically beat those kids into a pile of mush then start on their parents. Even as a kid who LOVED to fight I despised a bully.

My father just watched the video and said the exact same thing. His quote was, "I've never felt like this before but I would love to be able just beat those kids with my fists." I've never seen my father raise a fist for anything, either.

I must say I feel the same way. The levels of abuse that these kids reached is appauling. I truly feel sorry for Karen and she deserves every bit of support she gets.

[MrKitty]

No one should be subject to that. You could see how hurt she was but trying to keep strong. Up to $353,000 now.

[Bianchi?]

My last shred of hope for humanity just got destroyed by that video.

Corporal punishment in school needs to come back. My mom always tells of paddlings in her school. They would line up all the bad kids in the auditorium (with everyone watching, of course), and the vice principle would just walk down the line with his paddle giving everyone a good swat.

[Mrs. Daspirate]

Corporal punishment in school needs to come back.

There are still a few states that allow it. I think maybe South Carolina is one. They look down on it, but they'll let you do it. One of my college friends went into teaching and she said she was only going to look for jobs in the states and school systems that allowed it, because she wouldn't teach otherwise.

I'm glad that lady's getting so much support, but I hope the kids get a lesson too, or it means nothing.

[Werz]

This link contains a video of an elderly bus monitor getting verbally abused by a group of middle school kids. It is saddening to see how these kids treat this poor woman.

I can only hope that there was sufficient visibility of the little punks' faces to embarrass their parents.

[Cmazzac]

This link contains a video of an elderly bus monitor getting verbally abused by a group of middle school kids. It is saddening to see how these kids treat this poor woman.

I can only hope that there was sufficient visibility of the little punks' faces to embarrass their parents.

I would love to hear what the parents had to say for these derelicts...

[Orochimaru]

I would love to hear what the parents had to say for these derelicts...

Sadly, there is a decent chance they'll "stand up for their kids..."

In my day, this would have resulted in some bruised backsides... first at school, then again at home...

[JediSkipdogg]

I would love to hear what the parents had to say for these derelicts...

Sadly, there is a decent chance they'll "stand up for their kids..."

In my day, this would have resulted in some bruised backsides... first at school, then again at home...

Sadly I see a 50/50 split of parents that care. Of half the juvenile delinquents we arrest or just pick up and use the "parental" method of justice, the parents stick up for the kids. We have one mom that her kid is a POS of the lowest kind and she sticks up for him 100%. Funny part is, his step dad doesn't and always gives us consent to search his room for the stolen goods.

Parents don't want to be parents anymore.

[Cmazzac]

Then again I would gladly let middle schoolers make fun of me for 353000 dollars, but I know that's not the point...

[JediSkipdogg]

Then again I would gladly let middle schoolers make fun of me for 353000 dollars, but I know that's not the point...

There''s always a bigger bully. And they come cheap at that age. $353,000 - $600 iPad gift = trouble for the punks.

[Werz]

Sadly I see a 50/50 split of parents that care.

That's pretty standard. For the kids whose parents are horrified by what they see, there will probably be substantial "attitude adjustment."

And for those whose parents defend them, we just reserve another prison cell. And when mommy tells the judge that "he's basically a good boy," there will always be that video.

[Cmazzac]

Then again I would gladly let middle schoolers make fun of me for 353000 dollars, but I know that's not the point...

There''s always a bigger bully. And they come cheap at that age. $353,000 - $600 iPad gift = trouble for the punks.

These kids will pay for this in more ways than they realize, this will follow them for a long time.

[Bruenor]

With donations now tipping $450K + Looks like the joke is on the kids.

Karen should be able to retire now and not have to make another bus monitoring ride, or put up with a bunch of disrespectful little brats EVER again. Guess that's what happens when you "try to live by these words" as she said.

Good for her.