Feelings to Share; I'm Proud

[Paolo]

My 15 yo. Nephew just called to say that he has been suspended from school for 1 week for fighting.

THREE times he complained to the Principal about being bullied. The Principal did NOTHING about this same kid. Yesterday, the kid - in the presence of several buses loaded with witnesses - and a video camera - attacked my boy.

And "C" mopped the floor with him!

This kid started it, "C" finished it. Bigtime. According to several friends, there was blood all over. "C" walked away from it. The other kid needed help.

I think a brand new $100 bill is in order as a reward - as well as some beer, cigars, and a hooker .

Now do I take satisfaction in this? Yes I do. Am I proud? Yes, I am. I'm proud for several reasons.
1. Last year, "C" got sent to the ER by the same kind of neglect at his old school. Even with video, and a teacher present, the school did nothing and we ended up having to sue them and the attacking kid's parents to get anywhere. I call that a lesson well learned for all parties. Especially since the kid that attacked him last year goes to "baby jail" until he's 18 if he screws up again. Maybe HE learned something.
2. This kid more than likely won't do it again, since he's got a reputation and just got the shit kicked out of him by a smaller kid, thus ruining said reputation. Perhaps he'll learn from this and not end up in more serious trouble later on in life. And if he doesn't well, we've explained all the legalities as to just how and when to beat the shit out of someone who really really needs it and NOT get sued over it.
3. It also shows the other kids that have had problems with this kid that there IS something that can be done about him.

And next, "I" start bullying the Principal with a call to the State about his negligence. Maybe I can get him fired.

But if I can't, there's always the old Dodge Ram bumpers that chew through Cadillacs really well. As the lady on the movie "Fried Green Tomatoes" said, "I'm older and I have better insurance!"

Well, that's it for sharing my feelings tonight.

I hope you all had a nice day, too.

[numnuts]

Good for your nephew! That's what I call righteous justice. I've always felt there were three sets of laws. Man's laws, God's laws, and then my laws. Your nephew did the right thing, and thanks be to the higher powers that he had the physical wherewithall to do so. He played fair long enough, and I'm glad that he was able to return what was trying to be handed to him.

Buy him a video game and tell him to enjoy his week off. It's well deserved. Then go about your business and see how you can 'educate' the administration in the meantime.

I also agree, that kid had it coming to him, and if he's smart, will learn a healthy lesson, which if he pays attention, will make him a better person because of it.

Koodos to all.

[A-1]

And next, "I" start bullying the Principal with a call to the State about his negligence. Maybe I can get him fired.

Paolo,

I would take it to the news media. Complain to the school board. Tell them that victims who defend themselves should be rewarded and not punished.

Make a media event out of it. Challenge the Principal to a debate. Accuse him in public of being a Master Debater...

Stay away from the school, though.

Newspapers, Television...maybe sell the story to the National Enquirer or NEWS or some other check-out line rag...

...such stuff makes good copy...

...and buy the kid a coke from me!

A-1

[SplitDik]

Yeah, get him on an Oprah episode about being bullied or something.

[tugon]

Paolo you should be proud of C. Damn I wished I had done that when I was in school. Of course I was more afraid of nuns than bullies.

[Jesus]

I'm on the road right now, but I'll have something in the mail to "C" as soon as I get home the middle of next week. Give him my best. I'm proud to know him.

[Blaise]

Amazing story.

[Taylor]

Outstanding and kudos to him!

[Paolo]

Thank you.

[Riverwind]

P,

A couple years ago while still living in St Louis, my grandson J. who had been told "you dont fight at school" came home with an assortment of bruses where two of the schools finest had worked him over. We told J, he was never to start a fight not finish one. J smiled went to school the next day and right after school with his uncles and grandpa watching it started again. Do you know how much force can be generated by a flying spin kick? The fight was over in about 4 seconds. They never messed with him again or anybody else, J was taking it personal.

Tell C well done and enjoy the new video game. Yes go to the board of ed and file your complant, it does work.

River

[MacTheWolf]

The last public high school I taught at was filled with toughs. One day there was a fight between two males about 25 feet from my classroom. Since I was only a substitute teacher, I waited a minute to see if the teachers broke it up. Nobody did so I intervened by stepping between them. Naturally I was clobbered a few times but it stopped the fight. FINALLY, a lone teacher showed up in all his magnificence...he was only 5' 1" tall. He grabbed each of the toughs by the arm and proceeded to escort them to the Vice Principal's office.

I saw him later on that day. He thanked me for intervening saying few of his fellow teachers ever try to stop fights. I was apparently the first substitute teacher to stop one.

I asked him if the two toughs gave him any trouble on the way to the Vice Principal's office. He just laughed and said, "they wouldn't dare." It was then I found out he moonlighted on the weekends. He taught Korean style karate at a local dojo. Apparently the walls of his dojo are covered with awards he won after getting his 7th dan.

I'm convinced now that we need a martial artist instructor in every Middle School and High School. Coundn't hurt.

[Blaise]

Whoosh! What a great story.

The last public high school I taught at was filled with toughs. One day there was a fight between two males about 25 feet from my classroom. Since I was only a substitute teacher, I waited a minute to see if the teachers broke it up. Nobody did so I intervened by stepping between them. Naturally I was clobbered a few times but it stopped the fight. FINALLY, a lone teacher showed up in all his magnificence...he was only 5' 1" tall. He grabbed each of the toughs by the arm and proceeded to escort them to the Vice Principal's office.

I saw him later on that day. He thanked me for intervening saying few of his fellow teachers ever try to stop fights. I was apparently the first substitute teacher to stop one.

I asked him if the two toughs gave him any trouble on the way to the Vice Principal's office. He just laughed and said, "they wouldn't dare." It was then I found out he moonlighted on the weekends. He taught Korean style karate at a local dojo. Apparently the walls of his dojo are covered with awards he won after getting his 7th dan.

I'm convinced now that we need a martial artist instructor in every Middle School and High School. Coundn't hurt.

[jab]

My 15 yo. Nephew just called to say that he has been suspended from school for 1 week for fighting.

I agree completely with every last bit of your posting, but think that you should fight the suspension itself because it's a longer-term infraction that might hurt the nephew.

I think I'd ask the family lawyer about this. A letter from the family lawyer to the state credentialing board, laying it all out (including the requests for assistance and the assault that followed three such requests and the suspension resulting from self-defense), would be most colorful.

And it might cost the principal his credential. (It should.)

The board of education should be horrified, at the the financial exposure that is there: "if you're bullied and complain, the principal will ignore it, and you'll get beaten up - and you cannot defend yourself without being punished." That's a tort waiting to happen.

The Oprah angle is a fun one.

[Phole]

Congradualations to "C" for standing up for himself. I was bullied all through school. I was a skinny, weak, kid with no father (he died, not his fault) and no decent male influence until my mother re-married a great guy when I was about sixteen. By then I was the biggest coward around. I even got bullied by some of the girls. If I could go back in time and tell myself something it would be that old nugget " a coward dies a thousand deaths". I lived in fear for a long time. I did have a couple of small victorys. One time the biggest bully in school had my friend on the ground with a knee on each shoulder. His crotch right near my friend's face and he was whispering what he wanted my friend to do before he would let him up. I just snapped and made like I was going to kick him. There was a teacher nearby that did nothing to help. He looked at me like he was going to kill me, but I didn't care. We had enough of his BS. The bell rang and we ran to class and nothing ever came of it.

[n3rf]

Amazing story.

This statement is truly PROFOUND. Thanks Blaise.
By the way our children, kids and grownups shoud "learn" to deal with
the stuff using their Brains and then there is no need for using Fisticuffs.
What about that ??? Regards Johan N3RF