I saw her on the Today show yesterday (today is Friday, she was on Thursday) and like others have said, over $300,000 has been raised for her to help her. I also saw on Huffpost yesterday that two of the kids are apologizing. Of course they’re apologizing, they know the whole world is looking at them as animals and assholes. If this never came out, would they be apologizing? Someone yesterday (Matt Lauer?) was saying if she retaliated verbally or did anything that one of the assholes would consider offensive, they’d be crying like little babies to the school and their mommies, and the mommies would be in the Principal’s office defending them and demanding she be fired. She said she does not want the kids to be charged but I think they should face some kind of action other than from the school.
I think video cameras on buses would be helpful, and the cameras should be reviewed on a regular basis and the kids’ families should have to sign a contract that spells out consequences for misbehavior on the bus. First offense, written warning. Second offense, written warning and detention. Third offense, no more riding the bus. When that’s clear from the get-go, the parents will likely back up the situation because they don’t want the inconvenience of having to deal with driving the kids or finding someone who can.
I think part of the problem, other than teenagers, hormones and mob mentality, is that kids are not taught to respect their elders. That lesson was drilled into my head as a kid. I don’t think that playing video games in all their spare time is good, either.