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Kids these days

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ARTICLE URL: http://www.cbsnews.c...sparks-charity/

(CBS/AP) ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Tens of thousands of dollars have been raised online for an elderly upstate New York bus monitor who was taunted and verbally abused by students.

The incident was captured in a 10 minute video posted to YouTube showing Karen Klein trying her best to ignore the stream of profanity, insults and outright threats directed at her.

By early Wednesday the video had gone viral. (The video, which contains extremely graphic language, can be seen at the link below to Indiegogo.com)

Klein told the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle that she "was just trying to ignore them and hope they would go away."

The Greece bus monitor didn't report the incident, but school officials notified police when they learned of the incident. An investigation has been launched.

By early Thursday morning, the international crowd funding site Indiegogo.com had raised over $122,000 to send the grandmother on a vacation, far surpassing the stated goal of $5,000, and with 30 days still left in the online campaign.

Stuff like this makes me weep for the future. I thought kids were bad when I was growing up. Nowadays, it seems like they are so much worse.
 
thats just sad, I am only 23 years old and was in school 6 years ago, I would neever ever disrespect someone like this. Just makes me sick. These kids seem so young. This is below embarrassing (for the kids). They really need to be taught a valuable lesson. I have always respected my elders, and always will.
 
Yeah, respect your elders. Hmmmm
My dad would have beat the crap out of me if I was even on that bus.
Nothing will happen to those kids. Our society promotes the "touchy feely" form of discepline.
"don't do that again Johnny, ok?"
That's whybthis happened in the first place...

Meh...
 
Yeah, respect your elders. Hmmmm
My dad would have beat the crap out of me if I was even on that bus.
Nothing will happen to those kids. Our society promotes the "touchy feely" form of discepline.
"don't do that again Johnny, ok?"
That's whybthis happened in the first place...

Meh...

totally agree, however, my dad wouldnt beat the crap out of me (maybe if it was 20-30 years ago he would, but that was just the trend back then I suppose). He would be ashamed, as I would be if they were my kids one day. I have been brought up in a way that I would bring up my own. Targeting a lone women on a bus like that is utterly disgusting, particularly what they were saying. I am worried about todays generation. Its rare enough to see others with kind manners these days.
 
You got that right! Whenever a young person is well behaved, it seems to stand out.
It sounds like your dad did a good job. I didn't get spanked all that often, just enough to not act like an Ahole. Lol
exactly, its not hard for people to show manners and be gracious in day to day interactions with people they know or don't know. But on the rare occacion you do see it, it stays with you. There are plenty of good kids out there, they are just becoming rarer. I am shortly moving closer into the city to live close to the University at which I work. However, I am dreading living closer to the city for many reasons (traffic, not as safe, not great values), however, the place is quite a nice area of Melbourne. I am begginning to see that the place a have lived most of my life is allot nicer then what I had realised (about 40 minutes from the city). Its a somewhat country town (40,000 population) but the general community are very nice people. Only work and other things like nightlife and sporting events are bringing me closer to the city. One day I definitely want to live in a more rural community with a nice house and a big garden (away from the hustle and bustle). A few brainstrains and 7 pots out the back of course ;)
 
Wow, that's a bit of an eye opener, in the worst way possible unfortunately :( I could only watch half way, and then caved in.

When i was at secondary school, the headmaster still had the "cane" in his office.

I'm not sure whether this was a good thing or a bad thing, but all i know is that nobody received a "caning" during the years i was at secondary school, because the threat of it was enough to deter bad behavior.

Sometimes the line swings too far from the middle ground, and i guess we're witnessing the consequences of it in recent times....
 
Yeah, respect your elders. Hmmmm

That is one of the values my old man taught me at an early age, and he did such a good job of it that it is instinctual for me at this point. Older people, especially senior citizens, have been around for a lot longer than I have, have experienced more things, and have more knowledge than I do. To not show respect for that is just wrong, IMO.

My dad would have beat the crap out of me if I was even on that bus.

My stepdad, definitely. He was a rather abusive POS, and seemed to find joy in "disciplining" me over petty nonsense (leaving a bathroom light on, forgetting to put the toilet seat down, etc.).

My biological dad though, I doubt it. He only had to spank me one time as a kid, and I listened to him from that point on.

Nothing will happen to those kids. Our society promotes the "touchy feely" form of discepline.
"don't do that again Johnny, ok?"
That's whybthis happened in the first place...

Meh...

There is a very fine line between discipline and child abuse. In the eyes of the law though, there is no difference. Any sort of physical discipline is wrong, PERIOD.

Simply put, the parents' hands are tied now, which has only allowed kids to do whatever they want with no real consequences. I firmly believe that this is a big part of why so many kids are growing up to be selfish, entitled little bas.... well, you know the rest.
 
Agreed TB, if that happened to these little bastards, just once when they were younger, they would have sat there
And been singing "The wheels on the bus go round and round".
 
This is a classic example of where a good old fashioned ass whoopin' with a $6.99 JC Penny leather belt is in order.

Back in my day, we'd be called into the principals office and receive the first whoopin'.

When we got home, we'd receive the second one, which was even worse.

Not so badass now are ya'?

PUNK!

I had rarely been prone to physical punishment, but I do definitely sees its place! It really lies in part with the parents, and whether or not they care about what their kids do. If this represents the general population, society in the next 30-40 years is :censored: !!! If it already isn't.
 
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505263_162-57458574/karen-kleins-school-bus-bullies-receive-death-threats/

Now the kids who were bullying this woman on the bus are receiving death threats.

Two wrongs don't make a right.
 
A "Cricket Paddle"....with aerodynamic drilled holes (for accentuated speed and velocity)

Just like the one my Physics teacher had...................OUCH!
 
A "Cricket Paddle"....with aerodynamic drilled holes (for accentuated speed and velocity)

Just like the one my Physics teacher had...................OUCH!,
Like on dazed and confused ?? :D

I know at least 2 kids that always use there manners ... mine they are only 7 and 9 but they were taught from before they could speak to always say thank you and please.
Some things I might be slack on but manners don't cost anyone anything and in the end every action boils down to respect or lack there of.
Sad thing is we blame the kids but its the parents who are the ones in most cases who don't respect anyone to start with and its all downhill from there.
Society has an over riding 'everyone for them selves' mentality now which is where this all stems from in my opinion
 
This is a classic example of where a good old fashioned ass whoopin' with a $6.99 JC Penny leather belt is in order.

Amen to that! "Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; The rod of discipline will remove it far from him." Proverbs 22:15

Mandatory military service would be damned good for this country!
 
Yeah, respect your elders. Hmmmm
My dad would have beat the crap out of me if I was even on that bus.
Nothing will happen to those kids. Our society promotes the "touchy feely" form of discepline.
"don't do that again Johnny, ok?"
That's whybthis happened in the first place...

Meh...
my dead father smacked me in a dream just because i watched the video. :rofl:

that is a bunch of crap loser little punk kids. im sure there parents are idiots also and think there kids didnt do anything wrong. i cant realize how you would even try that crap,
 
I give this lady mad props for not losing her shit....That you tube video would have went viral because it showed me with all of them bent over my knee at once spanking the top kid's ass so hard it left a hand print on the bottom kid's ass cheek!

Everyone raising that money for her is cool and all but that's part of the reason things are the way they are. "Oh your feelings got hurt, rub some money on it. There, doesn't that feel better?"

Although she deserves it. But it will never fix the hurt those boys caused her. The things coming out of their mouthes....this has made me appreciate how well mannered my nephew is. I am so hard on him, he gets picked on a lot at school. I told him he needs to beat the ever loving snot out of one of them and the rest will stop.....he can't do it. He's too sensitive, he doesn't have it in him (yet) I told him that if he doesn't stand up for himself now, they (and others along the way) will pick on him through every grade until he finishes school. (I know from experience)

You know the old saying "if I would have known then what I know now"

I'm going to lighten up on him, he will have to figure it out for himself the "Hard way" but he doesn't need me making him feel bad too. It's just hard for me not to try and toughen him up. Sack up if even just once will save him a lifetime of torture.....especially if he has to deal with kids like the ones in this video....guess that school doesn't have the zero tolerance for bullying.....what a crock.

I hope they get their asses kicked and I hope somehow this video changes the way parents deal with/raise their kids. These kids must come from disfunctional homes, in one way or another....again, that lady is a champion for not going ape shit on all of them....I couldn't have.
 
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