May 24 2007
Being Bullied Means Never Having to Find Work?
I so don’t get this story…
A bullied teenager will receive substantial damages and an income for life after a Supreme Court judge found NSW educational authorities failed in their duty of care to deal with playground assaults and bullying.
Benjamin Cox’s mother, Angela, sued the State of NSW on behalf of the Hunter Valley teenager.
He will receive at least $220,000 for pain and suffering.
She said the bullying, which started in infants school, had resulted in her son having little education and being unable to work.
WTF? Are you kidding me?
In her judgement, delivered today, Justice Carolyn Simpson commented that Mr Cox’s “adolescence has been all but destroyed; his adulthood will not be any better. He will never know the satisfaction of employment. He will suffer anxiety and depression, almost certainly, for the rest of his life”.
Oh my Lord, they aren’t. I wish I had thought of this when I was getting my ass kicked as a kid. I could’ve stopped right there and had a windfall for the rest of my life. Instead, I was stupid. I learned how to fight, beat the ever loving shit out of the bully, and then went on to do very well in school, get married, and make a nice income.
Man did I go about it all wrong…
via Overlawyered