I have mixed feeling about the end to Yaqui Delgado Wants to
Kick Your Ass. Although, the bullying situation was stopped I did not feel like
it was addressed in the right manner. Meaning I feel like Yaqui still won. She
got exactly what she wanted. One, to kick Piddy’s ass, and two, Piddy leaving
school. Yaqui is just going to move onto another poor soul who dares to hit
puberty and walk with a swishy behind. The people in charge were looking for
suspension with hopes of her getting expelled. Is it just me or is this really
messed up? Yaqui assaults someone, brutally, films it and posts it all over
social media. And this isn’t grounds for being automatically expelled? For the school
being a “Bully Free Zone” the zero-tolerance policy seems to be more like mid-tolerance
policy. With bullies having nearly free reign to terrorize who they please.
When Yaqui’s suspension is up what will she do then when she
comes back to school? Do they think that the suspension would give Yaqui a change
of heart and that she wouldn’t hurt anybody anymore? I highly doubt it. Yaqui has some very severe issues. She needs counseling. She needs help. By just
treating the side effects it does not actually treat the underlying cause. A
person who has depression can take anti-depressants to manage their symptoms
but it still doesn’t change the fact that they are depressed. The depression is
still there. The problem is still present. Yaqui is still a bully. Yaqui will
still bully, the symptoms of her bullying have just been managed for the time
being. In this way, the bullying situation is being ineffectively handled. Unfortunately
,
this is probably the sad truth for most schools. Kids never really get the help
they need.
Faith- I agree that the resolution seemed more of a band-aid than a full solution. Yaqui definitely wouldn't be stopped for long.
ReplyDeleteI disagree, I think Piddy won. Yaqui's goal, was to bring Piddy down to her level so she would no longer be "better than her." That didn't happen though, Piddy was able to get out and become successful while Yaqui will always be as she is.
ReplyDeleteI agree. Yaqui clearly needs to be counseled and punished for what she did.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, that this was inadequately handled by the school and that there was a strong level of incompetence in handling the situation. However, the schools resources cannot cover every bully in the school. The problem is another offset of income inequality.
ReplyDeleteI do feel like Yaqui still won. But I think the point of the ending is to show that in real life, the bully usually still wins.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you I'm not really sure what the school was thinking with the bullying situation.
ReplyDeleteI does makes me upset because this does happen everyday to students across the world. And it basically nothing you can do.
ReplyDeleteI feel like Yaqui still won as well. She was able to get rid of Piddy, and I wish her consequences were more severe.
ReplyDeleteIt is really sad to think about this stuff- that things do not always work out right/fairly. Its sad to think about the reality of all of that- that this can just happen anywhere.
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