Bullied Bus Monitor Karen Klein Sees the Best and Worst of Humanity in 24 Hours

I tried to blog the Huffington Post article on this topic, but HuffPo seems to interfere with copy-paste, so here’s Storify instead.

This is the kind of socialization I’m glad my home-schooled kids are missing.

A shocking video of middle schoolers verbally abusing a poorly-paid, hearing-impaired grandmother of eight hired to keep them safe on the school bus went viral on Wednesday. Over 5,700 online strangers rallied to Karen’s side, donating $110,000 to fund a vacation and maybe even an early retirement! —Bullied Bus Monitor Karen Klein Sees the Best and Worst of Humanity in 24 Hours (with videos, images, tweets) · bendoernberg · Storify.

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  • This was terrible. I was, and still am, horrified. Truly heartbreaking. On the other hand, it's great that people are supporting her though! Go Karen!

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