Web Donors Give Bullied School Bus Monitor $166,000 After Video Goes Viral
Karen Klein, a New York grandmother of eight was taunted so badly by students on a school bus she was monitoring that it drove her to tears. One of the students on the bus captured the 10-minute taunting on video and now she’s $166,000 richer.
Originally uploaded to Facebook and then YouTube the video has received more than 1.65 million views in the last 24 hours.
After many people began witnessing the video an online fundraising effort (click link for the fundraising page) was started to send Karen Klein on a much deserved vacation, an effort that so far has raised 166,514.
Talking to the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle about the bullying incident Klein had stated:
“I was trying to just ignore them, hoping they would go away and it doesn’t work. Trust me, they didn’t go away.”
A second video was eventually discovered and the school district opened an active investigation to determine which kids were bullying Karen Klein.
Despite everything that has happened the victim insists “the kids weren’t always that bad” which explains why she didn’t personally report the incident. In fact nothing would have likely happened had the video not went viral on Wednesday and police were brought in to question kids on the bus.
Klein who is hearing impaired did not hear all the taunts that were captured on video. The grandmother makes $15,506 per year and is now considering taking her whole Family on a Disney Cruise.
The campaign for her vacation was started by a 25-year-old Reddit activist who said of the effort so far: ”Maybe she could retire on this.”
Check out the first link in this post if you want to donate and help Karen Klein retire from her bullying work conditions.
In the meantime here’s the first bullying video that was uploaded to YouTube and eventually attracted millions of viewers:
UPDATE #1: The donations page has now raised more than $200,000!
UPDATE #2: The donations page has now raised more than $307,000!
UPDATE #3: The donations page has now raised more than $630,000!
Tags : Bullied Bus Monitor, bullying, Bus Monitor, Web Gift
Posted: June 21, 2012
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Jun 21, 2012
These brats are a product of their raising……they're parents need a good swift kick in the butt and these brats need to be punished more so than just suspension or expulsion from school. That will be like a freakin vacation to them.
Jun 21, 2012
Can't believe how cruel kids are there's no respect for elders anymore!
Jun 21, 2012
Last week, we had little Aiden whose teacher got canned for having his fellow classmates smack him. Probably not the best solution, and of course, his mother is in total denial. Now we have a bus full of teenage bullies, and their parents are also responsible, and probably in denial. When parents create kids like this, who is surprised by the outcome? What is really astonishing is that the video was posted on YouTube. I hope those bullies get kicked out of school and made to learn some manners. 30 days in Juvenile ought to do it.
Jun 21, 2012
Last week, we had little Aiden whose teacher got canned for having his fellow classmates smack him. Probably not the best solution, and of course, his mother is in total denial. Now we have a bus full of teenage bullies, and their parents are also responsible, and probably in denial. When parents create kids like this, who is surprised by the outcome? What is really astonishing is that the video was posted on YouTube. I hope those bullies get kicked out of school and made to learn some manners. 30 days in Juvenile ought to do it.
Jun 21, 2012
they are at the age to know right from wrong. they should be taught their is action for what they do and say in life.
Jun 21, 2012
I think those kids need some physical punishment also, like cleaning up the neighborhood where she lived. I agree that this is probaby a product of their raising, and if it is, parents should be along side of them working.
Jun 21, 2012
I want to see who these little ass holes are that are saying such hateful things to this woman. How dare they? One day, Karma will come back for each and every one of them. Their parents should be sterilized as well as the kids, in hopes that we can stop the mass population of unintelligent children being born into this world. Where was the bus driver during all of this? WE ARE DOOMED IF THIS IS THE FUTURE GENERATION!
Jun 21, 2012
How will the children learn when one of the dads goes on national television and states what the kids did "is being blown out of proportion." Sad, very, very, sad!
Jun 21, 2012
Well, in the old days, their mouths would be washed out with soap, but of course, that wouldn't be allowed today – perhaps that is why they feel they can act this way. Shame on the parents who obviously allow abhorrent behavior from their children. They should be suspended, and made to write an essay on politeness (once the word and it's meaning is explained to them).
Jun 21, 2012
This is so disgusting. I cannot believe how mean kids can be these days. Why don't the parents raise them better than this. I hope that after seeing how their children act to this poor woman just trying to do her job, that they really look at themselves and how they are allowing their children to act.
Jun 21, 2012
The school should toss them all off of that bus and make them walk to school. If they can't get there, give them f's for not being there. That's a grandmother, she deserves respect.
Jun 21, 2012
Why isn't the bus driver stopping and kicking these scumbag brats off of this bus?
Jun 21, 2012
I so agree. Teaching respect to others is a basic parenting responsibility. But taking away punishment for such behavior has created this bullying activity in society and in our schools. The teachers, school officials, bus drivers and monitors… anyone working with children have been stripped of their power to control these children, and the children know it…so it persists! Wake up school boards and do something about this!!!
Jun 21, 2012
Stupid ass parents like that know only one punishment-money. She should sue every kids parents. For a lot of money. Short of that…caning would be appropriate.
Jun 21, 2012
they are discusting kids, who come from discusting parents.
Jun 21, 2012
they are discusting kids, who come from discusting parents.
Jun 21, 2012
OMG, that's about some hateful stuff…..hope they get punished far more then what the school can do.Everyone of them needing some BIG TIME HELP!
Jun 21, 2012
Ok seriously. If I was that bus driver, I would have stopped that bus and called the authorities and the parents of those kids. That is wrong to sit there and allow those kids to bully that poor woman like that. I tell you what, if that was me or anybody else that I know, my parents would have kicked my fuckin ass to this day for disrespecting anyone like that. My life would have been finished.
Jun 21, 2012
There is truly no excuse for such heinous cruelty.
Jun 21, 2012
Most children now have no respect for anyone and alot of adults are the same. Our bus drivers would stop the bus and if they couldn't stop whatever was going on they just threw you off the bus. and this was in the country where you might be miles from home. No one got in trouble except the kids. These kids nowadays know you can't touch them and that is exactly why they are such brats. My child would be grounded plus a trip to the woodshed for talking to anyone in such a disrespectful way!
Jun 21, 2012
Kids were like this when i was in middle school, as well. Its like they don't care for another human being. they don't know what compassion is. You just don't treat another person that way, let alone a grandmother. This is an example of what happens when adults are too lenient on kid's when it comes to punishment and teaching respect. If I had got caught doing this or even saying anything like these kids, I'd have had my mouth washed out, been spanked, and then grounded to the house with no TV, computer, phone or games.
Jun 21, 2012
WTF Was the bus driver deft.The poor excuse for kids should have been put off of the bus when this shit started.Or at least the police should have been called.My God they even threatened to cut her. Tell you what if they would have been one of my kids they would have been in deep shit.When they took the right's of a parent to whip a child's ass when they needed it this is what you get.They probably talk to there parents the same way.Sorry but I was brought up the old way.Act right or else.
Jun 21, 2012
Carol, you have hit the nail on the head. All the rest of this is just so much psychobabble. I'm sure all those kids have ADD, ADHD, post-traumatic stress hypometaphysical diotrabic humbubala syndrom and every other psychosymatic nonsense that some therapist can conjur up to get air time and maybe make a buck off some wholly unnecessary therapy to help these poor innocent children who are the true victums in this tragedy. Give me a break, they just need to be punished for their misbehavior with real and immediate consequences; but the chances of that happening are slim because doing so may result in litigation against those trying to appropriately discipline them.
Jun 21, 2012
Some parents don't know how their kids act. And mostly the kids do what they want cuz the parents don't give a crap.
Jun 21, 2012
This is so hateful and so hurtful and so sad…how she maintained the control she did was astounding. I am crying with her…
Jun 21, 2012
This is SICK! These kids need to pay and not by suspension or expulsion, but by having to clean the bus and whole school everyday for a year. Pay a fine, and not be allowed back to that school to study ever AGAIN! To pay the victim for her pain and suffering. No one, should ever go thru this kind of bullying. What kid of parenting is THIS? My kids are not perfect, but they do know to respect their elders.
Jun 21, 2012
OMG…how horrible. When I was in school, my bus driver had a mirror up so that he could keep his eye on all the kids. He would have pulled over and kicked all those kids off the bus. There is absolutely no excuse for this behavior. Even if the kids aren't ashamed, the parents certainly should be…ashamed of the fact that they have raised such heartless, cruel children.
Jun 21, 2012
If I ever caught my kids doing this to ANYONE, especially one of their elders, I wouldn't know what to do… I would be so pissed… there is never any reason for bullying. >.< Expulsion is way to light… in fact, it's harassment and defamation of character, let them spend a week or two in juvenile hall to teach them a lesson. Maybe send them to boot camp or something.
Jun 21, 2012
Wow, I just watched more of this than I originally did. If this were my grandmother… she'd have slapped the heck out of them. Then again, they were talking about weapons, I'm surprised these kids didn't get arrested just for threatening an adult on school property. She didn't do anything to them. Those kids need something… all I can think of is if they were made to feel like they made her feel. Go take videos of their homes, clothing, and things and talk about how poor they are and how messy they are and ignorant and show it at their school in a school assembly, after showing how they treated this poor old lady. They were probably hounding her because its her job to make sure the kids don't pick on each other so they started picking and tormenting her. They need to feel the humiliation they have born upon her.
Jun 21, 2012
I think that those kids needs someone to beat the living crap out of them. A bunch of little punks who think they are so tough that they bully and adult? REALLY? If my children ever did this they would catch my back hand. I wish I woulda been that bus driver. I woulda stopped the bus and started making fun of them and making them cry.
Jun 21, 2012
I was just reading this article on ABC news. I couldn't even watch the video bc I'm sure I would have cried. Kids nowa days need a good ass wooping!
Jun 21, 2012
These kids should be suspended from riding the bus.I was a bus driver for 26 years and I would not tolerate such behavior from the students.
Jun 21, 2012
no Joke if my kid ever did anything like that so someone her age I would beat their ass. That isn't funny at all… my heart goes out to that poor woman. Those kids should be expelled from school that is just cruel. There is a difference between kids being kids and kids just being cruel. Those parents should have a long chat with their kids. I hope that lady is ok and goes on a well deserved vacation with her family.
Jun 21, 2012
Omg…wtf is wrong with kids now?! I never would have spoken to someone like that as a child! My ass would have been beat and I would have deserved it. Do these kids have no concious?
Jun 21, 2012
WOW! I can not believe these kids did that to that poor woman! They definitely are a product of their raising! I really hope that EVERY ONE of them gets punished!
Jun 21, 2012
if the kids act like this just imagine how their parents acts it all starts at home.
Jun 21, 2012
It's painful enough to read about; I don't know if I want to watch it.
Jun 21, 2012
It's painful enough to read about; I don't know if I want to watch it.
Jun 21, 2012
These are horrible children. I can't imagine what sort of adults they are going to become. They should never be allowed on a bus again!
Jun 21, 2012
This is for Luanna Rhea Shelby. (I couldn't get it to post under your message for some reason): I'm sure you would have taken control of the situation and disciplined your child appropriately, as you sound like a rational parent. I see you are associated with a high school. Are you a teacher? What woud your reaction be, as a parent, if the children's school Principal had taken your child to the "woodshed" for their misbehavior? What do your think the parents of the children involved in this would have done if that had happened? What do you think the general consensus of parents in this country would have been?
Jun 21, 2012
I'm trying to reply to your post, but I can't seem to figure it out.
Jun 21, 2012
I agree brats they are and should be punished…. Also, I hope she and her family enjoy the vacation. I have one lingering question, what is she monitoring? She is getting paid for that function, what would be that job description? I wish her well and no one should have to endure what she did….
Jun 21, 2012
Well, maybe now I can do it. Anyway, I think you would have taken matters in hand and appropriately disciplined your child for their misbehavior, as you sound like a rational parent. I see you are affilitated with a school. Are you a teacher? What would have been your reaction, as a parent, if the school Principal had taken your child to the "woodshed" for this? What do you think the reaction of the parents involved would have been? What do you think the reaction of parents across the country in general would have been?
Jun 21, 2012
I cant even watch this! these kids need a good ole fashion butt whooping. they mom and dads should be ashamed on how their kids acted….NO RESPECT! shame on them SMH.
Jun 21, 2012
WOW. It's to bad that today's kids have no respect for there elders. If I ever was to talk that way to my elders my mom would KICK MY ASS! But now a days we cant spank our kids or ground them for days because that would be called neglect and then we could go to jail for that. Time's are a lot different these days and that is really to bad because those kids need a good ASS BEATING!
Jun 21, 2012
Their parents must be SO proud… This is beyond disgraceful, but that's what happens when there's no "Home Training". My heart goes out to this woman- NOBODY should have to endure that kind of abuse! If MY kids ever did anything like this, they wouldn't be able to sit for a week…and while waiting for their butts to stop glowing in the dark, they would be writing a novella of an apology, which they would be reading publicly – and that's just for starters… Don't get me wrong, I do NOT support child abuse in any way, shape, or form, but there's a difference between abuse and discipline…
Jun 21, 2012
You know I half agree with the parenting to some kids. However the government and state schools etc have taken the parents right away to correct their children. these children are taught in school at a very young age if you do not like the way your parents treat you tell someone. If you smack your kids in the mouth (not punch just tap ) and they go to school and tell their teacher that teacher is a mandated reporter in return she call the dept of children and famalies and now you have a case opened on you. If you raise your voice to your kid that is abuse. So all these kids have this down to a science and most parents feel trapped in how to correct their children so they have turned to time out etc. And now we get to the parents who do not parent and the out come is this. If my kid was involved in the the would get their butt beat punished and they would be doing work for the woman for a long time to come. I make sure my children are well aware that to disrespect an older person is not acceptable. I make sure my kids are held accountable for every action they make good or bad and yes I am a working mom so please do use that excuse.
Jun 21, 2012
@Nathan…for the record, don't drag ADHA into this…my daughter has it and WOULD NEVER behave like this. Just saying. These kids are trash, just like their parents and the dad that went on TV is a perfect example. You want to make a statement…go on TV and have your kids appologize and make it right with the woman involved…show some god damn character and man up.
Jun 21, 2012
I can only hope that in the future the video I see is of these punks getting their heads kicked in. Such trash.
Jun 21, 2012
What should happen is a year of community service in retirement homes or any other facility like that then they learn to give respect where it is due. And for another thought on this is that the parents of these kids must be letting them raise themselves ,but then again if we lived in a place and time to where parents were allowed to do more for disciplinary actions other than pull a cell phone or give a timeout our youth might be better off.
In short,when I was a kid I got my butt whipped when I needed it and I'm still alive and well at 43 years old and I'm sure that I'm a better person for the raising I had coming up.
Jun 21, 2012
Because Steve….then the bus driver would be in trouble for putting these "precious childrens" lives in jeopardy because they might have had to walk a few steps the rest of the way home. Their parents would have gone to the school demanding justice against the horrible bus driver. That is the way of life these days……….it's sad but true in way to many cases.
Jun 21, 2012
These kids and their parents should have to pay for her abuse. Stab her? Shit on her door. I want to smack them. I would not have taken that crap from those nasty brats.Hope she has fun in Disney World.
Jun 21, 2012
ooooh I hate little brats like that….the grandma is alot nicer than I wouldve been…. I would of very camly came up with some retorts…while I was getting the police on the phone to have them waiting for the bus at the last stop…have there little asses arrested for harrassment…and threats…they did threaten her home….and her…just pisses me off…I hope there parents are dragged into this…personal opinion if some body called me a troll I would of politely imformed them they should be glad I am not a troll or I would them to stone….lol I hate stupid poor behavoir…it shows an absolute lack of upbringing….and respect….
Jun 21, 2012
I swear if that was one of my kids I would be in jail for excessive a*= bearing. These kids are sadly the future can you only imagine the shape the world is headed for. The lady had far more restraint than I would have.
Jun 21, 2012
Beating
Jun 21, 2012
This really makes me feel hopeless and sick. We all know there are lousy hateful people in the world but to see it so blatant, so cruel, with such a lack of compassion or self-awareness in young people toward someone who was volunteering her time among them and obviously didn't warrant any such treatment…is disturbing, to say the least. I shudder to think what their parents are like and what kind of adults these kids will grow to be. I wonder how many of them can look forward to a jail cell in their not-so-distant future.
Jun 21, 2012
I think this video should be attached to every job and college application that these kids and their parents apply for over the next 10 years. Maybe that might get these parents and kids attention.
Jun 21, 2012
Thats what happens when parents stop spanking and just put kids in the corner, they grow up brats like that with no manners… Oh my kid would be sorry if that was my kid..
Jun 21, 2012
I'm sorry but I could't even finish watching this, so sad, just think these kids are our future. What's going to happen to them, hope it's a strong enough sentence to open thier eyes to the abuse they caused this grandma.
Jun 21, 2012
Let's be honest, does any parent really know what their children are doing when you are not with them? Middle school age kids are the worst as far as behavior goes. They are testing the waters and trying to impress their peers. I don't condone what they did. There are no real consequences to their actions and they know it. Discipline has slowly been taken away from schools as well as parents, and then we expect kids to automatically know what to say and do. There is no more cause and effect. Children are not taught there is a price to pay for inappropriate actions. They are taught it doesn't matter if you're good or bad, here's your trophy. If you look past the nose on your face, Corporate America isn't much better acting than the kids on the bus. You lead by example, when we all start caring, so will our kids. They won't know there is any other way to act.
Jun 21, 2012
@Nathan, I believe Luanna is saying that SHE would take her child to the woodshed. I don't think she is suggesting that the school do that. She does suggest however that the guilty parties be thrown off the bus. I agree with her that this activity warrants them being tossed off the bus but in today's world that's just not possible. The parents would have a field day suing the school, driver and even the poor monitor who is being abused. Luanna addresses this by saying things are different in this day and age. There are most times no consequences for this type of behavior anymore. I'm sure we all know what the parents reaction would have been since we can see by the video that the kids are spoiled brats who have never been taught right from wrong or how others should be treated. The parents would see a huge payday and go for it, then probably win! It's very sad.
Jun 21, 2012
All those children should be punished – and are a product of their parents, who should have taught them to respect their elders. Since that did not happen, both the kids and parents should be penalized by not being allowed to ride the bus, and suspension.
Jun 21, 2012
Did this really happen? Did one of the dads do this? That explains completely what is wrong here. His kid will most likely end up in prison for some violent crime and the father will have nobody to blame but himself.
Jun 21, 2012
These ignorant kids are a reflection of there parents. If that were my kid I would have given an old fashion ass whoopin. Kids now a days do not know the meaning of respect (not fair to put all in that category some still do show respect). Bullying needs to STOP.
Jun 21, 2012
Couldn't finish watching….. I'm outraged, Harrassment chrages and fines, and apperently they don't have anti bulling at the school! and yeah and old school a**whooping is in order each and everyone one those…………. horriable kids!
Jun 21, 2012
If I would've been there, I would've stepped up to the bullies. I've done it many times. The parents of those kids probably act the same way. The apple doesn't fall too far from the tree.
Jun 21, 2012
I would seriously punish my children if they were to ever behave like this. This is such bs and should NEVER b tolerated!
Jun 21, 2012
Excuse the language but Fu*k all those little bastards! I hope Karma comes around and kicks them in the ass 30+ years from now and they all become fat ass obese janitors of the same damn school… That lady did not deserve that treatment… RESPECT parents, teach it!
Jun 21, 2012
Excuse the language but Fu*k all those little bastards! I hope Karma comes around and kicks them in the ass 30+ years from now and they all become fat ass obese janitors of the same damn school… That lady did not deserve that treatment… RESPECT parents, teach it!
Jun 21, 2012
This incident sickens me….these kids have no respect for anyone! What an absolute disgrace! These kids need to be punished for their thoughtless and hurtfull actions as well as their parents. Yes that's right as well as their parents…..because Children learn what they live……this school has a responsiblity and needs to handle this bullying issue and to make bullying high on the list of subjects at this school……May God Bless Karen.
Jun 21, 2012
There is no room for trying to understand these sons of bitches, I would love to have been there so I could bitch slap these the shit out of their cocksucking poor excuse of human beings!
Jun 21, 2012
You go girl! They should be punished for having no respect!
Jun 21, 2012
Tony, what do you think would have been appropriate for the Principal to have done? For the record, I don’t think those children’s actions should come across as all that shocking. I think many, many children, in this generation and in mine would have done the same thing barring any consequences (real consequences, not “now you know better than that, you go apologize to that poor lady”) for doing so. They need to learn that their actions were unacceptable by societal standards. Too many children are being taught by their parents that they answer only to their parents. I support that, as long as nobody else has to suffer the ill effects of other people’s children’s behavior. In other words, keep your children on your property and you can be the sole judge, jury and executioner of discipline, and the sole recipient of your children’s anti-social behavior. However, when one’s child is in the custody of other responsible adults (i.e. the school personnel) then those school personnel responsible for disciplining them should be empowered to enact real and painful consequences for inappropriate behavior. This is neither to seek retribution nor revenge on the child, nor to vindicate the lady who was the subject of the abuse, but to correct inappropriate behavior in children so that they can grow to be ethical citizens with respect for others and for constituted authority. They must learn to respect their and other people’s places in society and act in accordance with societal standards of conduct. Always allowing parental authority to trump the constituted authority of school personnel is a grievous error and will never result in the child developing a real respect for constituted authority of any kind.
Jun 21, 2012
that's a f**king disgrace what those lil rotten animals did to that poor lady, just goes to show you how they were raised, obviously by parents who LOve drama , talk about other people ridicule others and it rubs off on their offspring. Grow up! makes me sick.
Jun 21, 2012
That was horrible…and I bet all their parents just say "my kid would never do that" ha their parents should get in trouble for their kids too!! Jerks!!
Jun 21, 2012
What the hell is wrong with these kids? If this were my son he would have been in huge amounts of trouble.
Jun 21, 2012
There was a time that kids were scared of their parents and because of that fear they behaved! Thank you to our government and children’s aide for creating these monsters! As we as parents can’t put the fear of God in our children anymore!
Jun 21, 2012
THATS SO AWEFUL!!! I'D BEAT THEM TOO!! POOR LADY!! THEIR PARENTS ARE TO BLAME TOO. RESPECT YOUR ELDERS!!
Jun 21, 2012
Or just whoop their little ass and call of a day…
Jun 21, 2012
You are both right, I understand how it is now. I come from a generation where you got the paddle used on you in school if you misbehaved and then when you got home the same thing. But most of us grew up respectful sane people. We were disciplined not beaten. There is a difference. Nowadays we can't look at a child wrong without someone yelling child abuse.
Jun 21, 2012
Thanks to our government, we are not allowed to discipline our chi;dren. It is considered child abuse. They the kids even get lawyers to defend them from being disciplined by their parents. So now they do what the hell they want to do and act whichever way they want to act. When I was young I was taught to respect my elders and if I didn't I would get an ass whipping. My daughter was taught to respect. I fear for the future of our country because of hoodlums like these. I had a friend who's child used drugs, stole from her, ran amouk in the streets and even attacked her hard working mother. When the mother try to discipline her she was taken to court for child abuse and the kid laughed in her mother's face. So her mother told the judge to take charge of her kid and if he can do a better job to go do it she was done.
Jun 21, 2012
I agree with you. But that's because we were raised the right way. If I EVER got slapped by my teacher (a nun) and if I was stupid enough to complain about it to my parents, I would get worse for causing the trouble in the first place. Kids today have no respect for authority. And it shows in lost of places. Like calling the president names and disrespecting people like this poor lady who was simply doing her job.. Picture this: The bus is involved in an accident. She would have sprung into unselfish service making sure that these 'darlings' are safe and sound. You know that's what she would have done. I hope she gets a ton of money and takes a fab trip.
Jun 21, 2012
Many years ago, I drove a school bus in northwest Jersey. One boy kept shooting rubber bands at others, I warned him that he could hit someone in the eye, just about got it out of my mouth and he shoots another one, right into a kids eye. What I did was inconvenience mom and dad. I would not allow this boy to get off the bus at his stop, I took him right back to the school principal. Mom and dad didn't like being inconvenienced by getting a phone call from the school telling them to pick up their little darling, junior didn't misbehave anymore on the bus.
Jun 21, 2012
These kids are learning good Republican values early on. It's the natural progression of things. Like Vulture Capitalists they see the weak and dive in on the dieing Company. They did nothing wrong… It's survival of the fittest.
Couple notes to defend my above. This happened in Suburb's (Republicana), these were not inner City kids of loyal D's… What do you think we are teaching kids these days? Do you think they have no grasp of the World? We're not to blame at all for OUR actions, right? http://youtu.be/NI49WE1vcQg
If you watched the vid, these are obviously not my views, but we should think about what we teach our kids, even through passive lessons. The video clearly shows what's wrong with our Country, do you think it trickles down?
Jun 21, 2012
These are students old enough to know better. The kids should not be allowed to ride the bus. Then do some type of community service. The one girl doesn't know any words but fat Ase. I hope they are arrested and made to make apubpl
Jun 21, 2012
She should of went Madea all over their asses. Their parents should hang their heads in shame. My children would not have been allowed out of the house for a year for acting this way. It would have taken that long for their backsides and their mouths to heal up. This is so terrible. I cannot even begin to understand how a child would dare talk to a grownup this way. Why don't the other students or the bus driver put a stop to it? Karen needs to take that money and retire and those children's parents need to end up in court for raising such horrendous kids.
Jun 21, 2012
I'd want to know if my kid was involved in that.That ass would be on fire for a solid month!!!!
Jun 21, 2012
I'd want to know if my kid was involved in that.That ass would be on fire for a solid month!!!!
Jun 21, 2012
I agree those kids need time in Juvenile hall. The bus driver should have pulled the bus over and reported it.
Jun 21, 2012
I agree those kids need time in Juvenile hall. The bus driver should have pulled the bus over and reported it.
Jun 21, 2012
The most dangerous animal on earth? A bad parent that raise lazy spoiled brats.
Jun 21, 2012
The most dangerous animal on earth? A bad parent that raise lazy spoiled brats.
Jun 21, 2012
omgsh this is the saddest thing i have seen…..if my child did that he wouldnt be able to sit down and I would be sooo ashamed of him!!
Jun 21, 2012
omgsh this is the saddest thing i have seen…..if my child did that he wouldnt be able to sit down and I would be sooo ashamed of him!!
Jun 21, 2012
harrASSment all day they should b kicked out of school/fine/&jail time if u don't iwill get worse iwanna kno what the parents did. nothing they prolly scared of their own kids as a mother my kids would b helpin' her & apologizing until the end of the year in front of err'body they showing off for.
Jun 21, 2012
harrASSment all day they should b kicked out of school/fine/&jail time if u don't iwill get worse iwanna kno what the parents did. nothing they prolly scared of their own kids as a mother my kids would b helpin' her & apologizing until the end of the year in front of err'body they showing off for.
Jun 21, 2012
yup…but alot of parents these days dont care what there kids do and have no shame…It would never occur to my kids to act like that…I bet yours wouldnt either…
Jun 21, 2012
this video was tough to watch..those parents should be ashamed of their kids..sooo awful
Jun 21, 2012
Guess these kids never heard the words "treat others as you would like to be treated"……guess there parents never said, what if it were your Mom or Grandmom…..bullying of all kind is wrong and there needs to be stricter punishment for it.
Jun 21, 2012
Being a school bus driver, this is more common then anyone realizes. I get called all sorts of names, they try to intimidate. They are the product of bad parenting, I know that I would have never ever spoke to a adult like this. My question is, why didn't the bus driver intervene.
Jun 21, 2012
I saw this today and couldn't believe it, sick!!
Jun 21, 2012
I saw this today and couldn't believe it, sick!!
Jun 21, 2012
Ok, Howz this? Bus driver stops the bus and calls the police.I'm sure that there is a lot of video that was shot.Cop's show up and the driver points out everyone of those bullies.Juvie Time AND charge the parents for all of the investigative work AND PROSICUTING them.( I bet these kid's parents like their money more than their own kids.)That would probably get a result.Punks FAIL their grade because they miss half the year locked up.Their peers graduate to the next grade leaving them behind.(How humiliating).
Jun 21, 2012
Bravoooooo!!!!!!!!
Jun 21, 2012
Melanie,PERFECTLY SAID!!!!
Jun 21, 2012
IT MAKES ME WONDER IF THESE KIDS HAVE LEARNED THIS FROM THEIR PARENTS. THEY ARE VERY DISRESPECTFUL OF THIS ELDERLY WOMAN. I HAVE TO AGREE.THAT THESE KIDS SHOULD BE BANNED FROM THE BUS FOR A YEAR, THEIR PARENTS SHOUL WATCH THIS VIDEO TO SEE WHAT THEIR KIDS HAVE LEARNED TO DO TO ELDERLY PEOPLE, AND THEY SHOULD BE CHARGED TOPAY THIS WOMAN FOR ALL THE HURT THEY PUT ON HER. THEY DON'T REALISE THAT SOME DAY THEY WILL BE ELDERLY AND I HOPE THEY GET TREATED THE VERY SAME WAY.
Jun 21, 2012
Zombies or not, we should all accept that the world has turned to shit if this is what our future looks like. Obviously, these kids have no idea what the word respect means. And sadly, I see no proper way to punish them for this because there are so many laws preventing us from giving the proper punishment that we had to endure growing up. The worst punishment these kids have ever faced was probably being sent to their room and getting grounded. Where's the lesson there? I remember my dad showing me some tough love, and trust it taught me to respect my elders no matter who it is. Kids these days, if this is how the world will turn, I don't want to live in it.
Jun 22, 2012
DISGUSTING!
Jun 22, 2012
Man kids are so cruel I THINK that they need to get there ass whipped and then someone needs to go Bitchslap the parents of the kids for not teaching them more manners. I can not stand a bully. I got bullied and now my kids get bullied because of there name or who there parents are and I think that is so wrong…
Jun 22, 2012
A brunch of punks!
Jun 22, 2012
I saw that video. Teenagers can be cruel. She deserves that money for dealing with brats like that for 20 years.
Jun 22, 2012
Well said. However because a lot of parents took discipline to far now it is simply just not allowed at all. I remember getting the belt and that is abuse. My children are both respectful and responsible and I have never laid a hand on them. You can discipline without hitting someone. It is called give them some attention and be involved in thier lives so you know what kind of kid you have, also mine write sentences or do some kind of physical training when they have done something to deserve it. I do not ever condone hitting anyone. I feel like a lot of parents just don't have the time to be parents anymore and so the lack of attention shows through how that child behaves when the parent is not around.
Jun 22, 2012
A open hand on the buttocks that does not leave a mark that lasts for over ten minutes is not abuse , anything after that is!( This is information that my family therapist has provided me with). I wish people would learn that the kids need love and attention not being smacked around ……. It is the parents fault for not being parents, it is also the kids because they are old enough to know right from wrong.
Jun 22, 2012
WHO raises these horrible kids? Is this the future of our country?
Jun 22, 2012
disgusting first time I had a chance to see this video and wished I never watched it those kids parents should know the way to deal with this the way there parents most likely did.
Jun 22, 2012
So sad. My heart goes out to this poor woman. Pretty sure if they even get "caught"…all they'll get is a little talking too! Seems these days…. nobody has a backbone to actually discipline kids…. and trust me….I don't even have to say, "if MY child had ever done etc….." because I can GUARANTEE you, my child would NEVER have taken part in something like this…and if they did…they'd be the ones trying to defend the woman. There are parents who "HAVE" kids….and their are parents who "actually raise" their kids! HUGE difference. Obviously, these children came from homes where the parent's probably aren't much better than their kids! It's all about good parenting….leadership.
Jun 22, 2012
it is pathic i would have been whipping someones ass this is so sad!!!
Jun 22, 2012
I would have gotten out of my chair and one by one knocked out everyone of those kids come jail or not. Kids today have no respect for elders. These specific kids need an ass-kicking something awful.
Jun 22, 2012
I would LOVE to be able to contact this lady….I am a former school bus driver from a suburb of Buffalo, now retired after 30 yrs. service! I drove Buffalo for all of the time! If anyone knows how I can contact her, please let me know? I'm on facebook!
Jun 22, 2012
She'd better KEEP the money, too!
Jun 22, 2012
Well, where are we getting with all this? Ms. Klein is some 300K richer and plenty of other victims of “brat” abuse are still suffering, and I dare say will continue to suffer, from unruly children. Maybe we could set up a fund for all these kinds of victims; at least all of them lucky enough to be caught on video. Do you think the next victim will get this kind of windfall? I wonder how many con artists are cooking up ideas even as I write this. Let’s just pay them all off. We feel better. They sure feel better, and nobody has to take any action to change the system to deal with this kind of thing.
I think what happened was just as awful as everyone else does, but giving this lady some 20 times what she makes in a year is only going to make her the fortunate recipient of so many people’s sympathy over the indignation she suffered. Does anyone think this will change anybody’s behavior in the future? Now, if the parents of the children involved had to pony up three hundred thousand dollars, maybe they would have seen fit to discipline their children for their behavior. How about if the kids had had to work off about a thousand dollars each washing school busses for a dollar an hour?
Jun 22, 2012
Wayne, I probably come across as some kind of zealot as I write about this. My only purpose is to try to make people see that the parents of these kinds of kids are NEVER really going to change their behavior. They will find every excuse in the book to blame someone else, or some syndrome or another that their kids are supposed to have to justify their children’s behavior and their own inaction.
If we are going to see our children [who, incidentally, are going to grow up with some sense of ethics (or lack thereof, depending on what we, as a society do)] change, we are going to have to change legislation to enable other people to discipline these children when they are in their care without fear of litigation against them.
School personnel used to carry a status of sovereign immunity to protect them as long as they could show that they were acting prudently with the best interest of the child in mind. I don’t know if that’s the case in most districts anymore. The bottom line, though, is that far too many adults who should be in a position to discipline these kids are afraid to take any real action because they fear getting into trouble themselves. If, as a society, acting through legislation at the appropriate level, we make changes to allow someone other than the parents to really discipline these kids, we can do something to impact their behavior. If we don’t, we have to rely on their parents to appropriately discipline them. How well do you think that’s working?
Jun 22, 2012
This is the most disgusting thing I have ever heard coming from children. How can anyone have raised such worthless children? This says a lot about the homes they are brought up in. In my culture we OMG! She is such a lovely woman. She tried to stay calm. In my culture we are taught to respect anyone older than you. You cannot talk like that, especially for no reason but to bully. They need to be expelled from school not suspended. JUST DISGUSTING!
Jun 22, 2012
This is the most disgusting thing I have ever heard coming from children. How can anyone have raised such worthless children? This says a lot about the homes they are brought up in. In my culture we OMG! She is such a lovely woman. She tried to stay calm. In my culture we are taught to respect anyone older than you. You cannot talk like that, especially for no reason but to bully. They need to be expelled from school not suspended. JUST DISGUSTING!
Jun 22, 2012
This story has such an amazing ending. I last read her donations were up to $400K.
Jun 22, 2012
but these kids still need to be punished. How dare they do that to someone? And not just anyone an elderly woman. Disgusting. The $400K is such a great bonus!
Jun 22, 2012
but these kids still need to be punished. How dare they do that to someone? And not just anyone an elderly woman. Disgusting. The $400K is such a great bonus!
Jun 22, 2012
So far, its up to $400,000
Jun 23, 2012
Brittney I am glad it took a therapist to tell you how to correct your children. Actually you should never leave a mark on a child. A tap or two on their butts are fine. that was a figure of speech to beat their butts. and let me remind you that these kids were teenagers. In life moral are set by society if a parent does not teach them then they learn them certainly in school, starting at a very young age. I am so tired of parents always being the blame. I came from a dysfunctional family and I learned my own moral values by listening to others church and knowing what is right and wrong. Certainly by age 13 they know abusing a older woman was wrong. Most parents love their children even when their parenting skills are not the best, it is handed down from generation to generation. Parents can do real damage but hopefully an agency steps in . I do not think this was the case it was kids being down right mean. Who are we to say it is bad parenting. I know the best of parents and their children get in trouble. I know the worst of parents and their kids never get in trouble.
Jun 23, 2012
I think those boys that did that to this lady should all be put in jail and I don't think that father should have gone and said sorry he should have made his son do it. If that was my mother or grandmother I would have beat there asses really bad. You kids on that bus suck and I hope that happens to your parants some day
Jun 23, 2012
I know adults are limited in their actions because of the litigious society we live in. However, I think the bus driver should have stopped the bus and called the police. The children touched her which I think would be warrant enough for the police to take them home in their own vehicles like a criminal. It might not have helped, but at least it would have been something. This poor lady.
Jun 23, 2012
You cant tell me that the bus driver couldn't hear any of that. Why couldn't the bus driver at the very least call it in to dispatch a file a formal complaint. ALL OF THOSE KIDS SHOULD HAVE BEEN ARRESTED FOR HARRASMENT. So should there parents for not teaching there children "RESPECT"!!! Then we wonder why the world is the way it is.
Jun 23, 2012
You're both almost right. Actually, a semi-open hand (only the first three fingers) that leaves a mark that lasts no more than six minutes and forty five seconds is not abuse, anything longer than that is. It has been scientifically proven. Let's not haggle this silly stuff. This leads nowhere but one camp calling for a beating and another camp calling for counseling and therapy. The focus should be that the kids' parents are NOT the ones who should make the call for what happens to them in this matter. They violated the rules of the school and the school district (and, I might add, the rules of social civility.) It involved other members of society, and they should be punished by those in charge of disciplining them when they are under the care and control of school officials and not under direct control of their parents. That way they will develop a respect for other people who are not their parents and be cognizant of other people in the future. The truth is that those kids acted that way because they knew that that poor lady couldn't do anyting about it. They knew it, she knew it, and I know it, because their parents were going to side with them, or at least not REALLY punish them even if they did know their child was guilty. When children know that their parents can't stop them from being appropriately punished, they obey the rules. Have you ever seen the over protective parent of a 19 year old brought befor a court of law be told to sit down and be silent by a judge? It sends a sobering message to an over protected 19 year old.
Jun 23, 2012
They sounded like girls but they were all middle school boys.
Jun 23, 2012
I agree with you very much Brian..I may not got a spanking as much as I should have, but I knew my limits..When daddy got up, i knew I better straighten up!!!!
Jun 24, 2012
This Video upset me so much! I wish I was there! Those kids don't deserve the privilege of riding a bus to school, I don't who or what their parents are those kids need to be locked up! that isn't right at all! I was a teenager not too long ago and yea I had my bratty moments but NEVER in my life EVER dream of doing something like this! those kids deserve the worst! I hope that the Grandma of 8 has the best vacation and the district should pay her to retire and beyond because this is not ok! It broke my heart when she cried! ugh! If I had the money myself Id not only donate but personally write her a check myself! that poor woman! I'm glad this is fixed now!
Jun 24, 2012
No shit Mharjie… These kids all cry "child abuse" this or child abuse that… Damn, when i was growing up I got the damn belt, and sometimes I got it without any pants,,, And if you tried to run and got hit on the legs it was your fault! LOL… then when I got grounded it was enforced… And I didn't go to a room full of toys either…But look, I think I'm pretty damn respectful… Even on the road if someone is driving below the speed limit,,, BELOW!!!… I check to see if their manumko first so I don't flick them off… If they aren't manumko then its fair game LOL… Damn kids now a days… I don't wan't to live in this world either if thats how things are going to be…
Jun 24, 2012
I would hope every parent of these disgusting kids would hear and see what is going on-and see the product of their upbringing. They should be ashamed of themselves for raising such filthy brats, and the brats should all be sent to boot camp and not leave until they learn to be human instead of the trashy animals they are.
Jun 24, 2012
You are so right. The parents need to own up on this one!!
Jun 24, 2012
They should be expelled from school, banned from the use of the school bus system for life, and the punk ass hole who said that he was going to staber her should be brought up on fellony charges and the rest of those ass holes should be charged with less charges. If I was on that bus the head lines would read, "School boys thrown out of the back of the bus while it was driving down a residential street after they were beaten up by a man because the 13 year old kids were bullying a elderly school bus monitor and threating her life."
Jun 24, 2012
Amen to that.
Jun 24, 2012
I couldn't agree more!!!
Jun 25, 2012
I would have been at the woodshed cheering the principle on. kids nowadays have no respect at all.
Jun 25, 2012
Those Kids should b expelled from school amd be banned from taking the bus. And I'm sorry but where was the bus driver when this was happening? They should have pulled that bus over and made those ignorant disrespectful jackasses. Womder what they wpld have thought if that was happening to their grandmother. And I don't blame her for not accepting their apology. Hell I wouldn't.
Jun 25, 2012
I couldn't even watch this video for 2 minutes! Those kids are disgusting and I hope they get what they deserve!
Jun 25, 2012
@ Nathan I would do the same for my child as she said. Parents are afraid to discipline their kids because of the authority. true there have been parents that have gone over the line in disciplining their child but in this case with bullying an elder especially on the school bus the wood shed would be appropriate or not more. We teach kids basic stuff in life to survive and after seeing this the parents of these kids have lacked parenting skill but the parents cant be there 24 hrs a day. After all of this, if you are afraid to discipline your child that is one thing, but you cant question another because she is not afraid to do it and nip all action on where it starts
Jun 26, 2012
I can't even watch it…it just breaks my heart. Horrible! I am crying and it isn't even my grandma… :'[
Jun 27, 2012
I was a bus driver in 1990 and I wound up in a phsch ward in buffalo general the green suite bthey use to call it for six weeks it was thebus monitor that picked on me all the time she was trying to run the bus and me the bus driver it botherd me so much it drove me crazy and I havnt worked since then so I got bullied by the kids and the bus monitor the use to call them bus aides I wasnt very happy that I had to stop working becouse of that problem.
and never worked again.
Jun 27, 2012
I wound up in the phsc ward for six weeks the kids wasbuuillying me and the bus aide I haven't worked since then that was a awuful time for me I would never be a bus drive or a aide ever agin it was bad back then to first I was a bus aide then I became a bus driver in buffalo they never did any thing for me just put me in a nut house for six weeks I will never forget that ordeal not ever.
Jun 27, 2012
I think all of you are forgetting this woman was set in the place of authority. To be sure the kids acted appropriately and , stay safe, and are respectful. Of course its difficult to watch a whole bus full of children but when it is being directed to you I think you might know it is happening. She shouldn't have been there if she felt tormented and couldn't control the situation on the bus. She should of forfeited the position. The children definitely need punished but what about her not doing her job? All of you need to place your pity where it needs to be and that is not with her. The whole bus was obviously loud and who's to say what the rest of the children were doing? She wouldn't know as she was crying for herself and not caring for the kids she was responsible for.
Jun 27, 2012
This is really showing what a sad state that our world has gotten to now. Also how much parents are afraid to discipline their children, my children would never get away with this! even if I had to go to jail for disciplining them. But the great thing is "hey you brats who did this, look who reaped the best from this ugly video, Karen Klein, and I am so glad she did!" The sad thing is what she had to endure. She is a better woman than I would have been, I would have been in jail now from beating the crap out of those kids and/or going to tell their parents how much they had failed their children.
Jun 28, 2012
If these kids can bully a grandmother, I wonder how they treat their classmates.
Jul 4, 2012
1 year off the bus, will lead2 late4 school walking2 school kicking it with friends. how about adding washing & cleaning those buses until the end of the year and they just might think twice the next time their on the bus.