http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/388996/focus-students-bullying my children are honor role students and have been since school began for them. However, some of their "Focus" (or advanced) friends like to shove this in their faces to the point of humiliation that they are not as smart as them. It never ends. My kids show sensitivity to others and never want to intimidate others and rarely brag about their accomplishments, and yet they have very many. Why don't schools set up advanced classes,, or Focus, for advanced social maturity for those kids since they never seem to be observed for this? Yet the "Focus" kids still get away with arrogance, bullying, embarrassing, intimidating every chance they get. I see this separtating alot of kids from one another rather than bringing students together at schools. GreatSchools en-us TeacherParent You raise an excellent point and one that goes to the heart of what can be wrong with schools. In short, the policies and practices of schools often work to ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/388996/focus-students-bullying?cpage=1#comment_389717 5100.389717 Wed, 25 Mar 2009 05:57:00 -0700 healthy11 I'm sorry that your children are being harassed by other students. The fact that your children's school is accepting of any bullying is a problem, and that seems like an ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/388996/focus-students-bullying?cpage=1#comment_389331 5100.389331 Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:56:04 -0700