http://clipmarks.com/clipper/clipiversity/tags/bullying/http://rss.clipmarks.com/clipper/clipiversity/tags/bullying/15Clip, tag and save information that's important to you. Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/1D3DBE92-4DE3-45BB-B8B3-5B5C9D433DD4/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/thisnamecantbetaken/">thisnamecantbetaken</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> The "sign of shame" idea seems to be spreading! <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/ODD_BULLY_LESSON?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=STRANGE&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2007-05-17-16-52-30" title="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/ODD_BULLY_LESSON?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=STRANGE&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2007-05-17-16-52-30">hosted.ap.org</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><SPAN class="headline">Student Bully's Sign: 'Don't Be Like Me' </SPAN></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P class="ap-story-p"> TEMECULA, Calif. (AP) -- A seventh-grade girl got suspended from school for a week for bullying another student. Then Mom got involved, and things got worse for Miasha Williams.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">During the suspension week, the 12-year-old's mother, Ivory Spann, made her daughter stand outside various schools with a poster reading: "I engaged in bullying behavior. I got suspended from school and this street corner. Don't be like me. Stop bullying."</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P class="ap-story-p">The suspension came May 10, after Miasha and some friends at Gardner Middle School heard that they had been insulted by another student and aggressively confronted her.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P class="ap-story-p">Miasha's last day on sign duty was Thursday. "I don't want to hold the signs, but I think it's the right punishment," the girl said.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P class="ap-story-p">"My theory is this: Parents know their children far better than we do as educators," she said.</P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/shame/" rel="tag">shame</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/punishment/" rel="tag">punishment</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/education/" rel="tag">education</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/parenting/" rel="tag">parenting</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/school/" rel="tag">school</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/bullying/" rel="tag">bullying</a></div>http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/ODD_BULLY_LESSON?SITE=MOSPL&SECTION=STRANGE&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2007-05-17-16-52-30Thu, 17 May 2007 23:56:44 GMT