Stop Bullying and support Self Esteem

I decided to go off the reservation on this because I was, and have a son who was bullied! For all you bully's out there, your just cowards looking for some attention. You don't realize the aftermath and future life of someone who is bullied. When my son came to me about this I was floored and said history is repeating itself. I was bullied in high school it left a a profound mark on my personality. Thanks to the martial arts, I was able to overcome the after effects but in today's society, not everyone can afford to go for Karate lessons. Another problem is the schools usually will turn a blind eye to this stuff but do have programs for bullying in place. The problem is that bullying happens out of the sight of the authorities and so they are helpless to do anything about it. We need two things to happen. One is to blow the whistle on these so called bully's and identify them and two,  to get the schools more involved to pay attention to those who are bullied and find ways to help out and stop this all together. School is important for all of our children and I don't want to see a kid who is bullied, commit suicide because someone turned a blind eye to the problem. As for those who try to go on in life, you need to remember, there are people out there who do care and are willing to help. even if it is to have someone to talk to about it and try to help alleviate the problem. There will always be bully's but remember you bully's, there are bigger fish in the sea and if you mess around in the wrong pond you might wind up on a hook and on the dinner table. Right at the moment I am trying to save my son from 3 years of mental torture. At this moment I don't have an answer out there for this. Any help would be appreciated! If you have a story about this then e-mail me At mechtech2000@live.com and let me know your take on this and maybe we can all get some answers on how to handle these situations and save these kids from a life of low self esteem and depression and get them on the right track in school and in life. I will post, with your permission, the opinions an ideas on how we can help those who are bullied and make life better for them! 

It's all of our Jobs to get involved and help these kids so they can learn and not be distracted by those who have no regard for someone else's educational development!

I will resume with posting what this blog is all about, more technical stuff!

Mechtech Redneck Says "You got to read this" PLEASE!

I am sitting here watching TEACH on NBC.  What a great program. I was a teacher for 25 years.

One thing I know for sure is that reading and understanding what you read

Is  more than important, it's critical. In the automotive industry you

have to read in order to keep up with all new technology.  I hate reading

but start out slow and  what I do is read a few lines then digest the information.  Read some

more and continue to do the same.  I don’t  care how long it takes but in

order  for me to understand something ,  I may have to read it a few times !  As a teacher,  I

understand  the frustration because I was a student once too.  As a tech in

the field of old school I could diagnose anything but with technology

Today,  you have to read service manuals or internet publications to be

able to fix these vehicles  today!  Diagnostics is critical and mandatory

to make repairs today. Remember when you were a kid and asked  your  Dad or

Mom, why something was the way it is,  well don’t stop asking why ever!!  If

you want to fix something then asking why it broke in the first place is

important!  Anyone can replace parts but WHY did the part fail in the first place? I don’t care if you’re 10

or 100, anyone can read butunderstanding  what you read is important.  It is the way of life to get

knowledge and how to get through it!  Unfortunately our school systems

are crippled due to monetary constraints,  but it is up to us as

individuals  to  say  “I will do this and better myself for it”! Stop wasting

time on video games and surfing the net and pick up a book or service

Manual or online publication and read it!  Some of my students used to say

"I can't do this" well my thought processes say " Can't means wont!" so I

don't beleive in I can't do this,  I believe in "They don't make NOTHIN I

can't fix",  and as long as there is a book or publication out there along

with common sense, I CAN fix anything and so CAN you! READ! READ! READ!

READ! Once you start you wont  stop and you'll find out that there is

Nothing  in life that you can't overcome!  I set up this site to help you

all out! The old saying is "You can lead a horse to water but you can't

make him drink it" well!  Listen up horsey, sooner or later your  gonna  get

thirsty and  your  gonna  have to drink something!  Do me a favor and get

 THIRSTY as hell and start reading and if you do,  your  thirst will increase

and  so will your  knowledge and diagnostic capabilities! Trust me, I have 55 years of experience behind

me to be able to say all this. Some day you will learn what I learned,  everything my  father told me was

true and now I sound just like him!  OH LORD HELP ME!