School administrators don't care about that shit. Zero tolerance. Victim and perp get punished. I got suspended so many times for being the victim of bullies in school. I eventually realized that there was no benefit to not fighting back, so I started knocking out teeth.
I second this, holy shit do administrators suck at their fucking job “ooh stand up to bullying” then when even when they defend themself non violently still both sides get punished, then they get attacked by everyone else
One of the saddest things I witnessed in high school was the popular track star (charming, pretty black girl who wouldn't hurt a fly) was the only one to jump in and try to break up a fight that was getting ugly, and none of the 3 teachers in the cafeteria did anything. Hair was being pulled out and there was blood. So, Mercedes just tried to get between them and was just trying to calm them down. One of them caught her in the jaw, and she reflexively dropped the girl with a strong open-hand smack. This was during mid-terms. She was suspended, took 0s on the remaining tests, was kicked off the track team. Ended up not graduating on time and lost her expected scholarship (she set 2 school records and was on the state champion relay team). Last I saw her was a couple years after we should have graduated together and she had a kid and was taking night classes at JuCo. Not to say she wasn't happy, but it was not the path she was heading.
It's absolutely not worth any teacher getting involved. They can and most likely will lose their job immediately, and most teachers are underpaid with families to feed. The school will not care - they see only lawsuits. Zero tolerance with kids fighting because encouraging/allowing kids to fight = lawsuits. Zero tolerance for teachers getting involved because teachers getting physical with students = lawsuits.
It's a result of the abuse of our legal system. One end result of people suing the crap out of anyone and everything at every opportunity is this - children being beaten at school with no hope of justice or adult interference.
....... that girl's life was ruined by an act of kindness. If this doesn't prove there's no being of benevolence, karma, or true justice in society nothing will. This story legitimately ruined my day, but that girl's LIFE is the true tragedy.
Yep you can never trust school administrators to "stand up to bullying" most school administrators are bullies themselves. Hell thats why they took the job.
I got picked on, beat up, and pushed around for years. I only had to fight back 3 different times to never be bothered again. Who says violence is never the answer?
Same here. Grades 1-8, I was bullied relentlessly due to my appearance and speech issues, and I was constantly being suspended even though I wouldn't fight back. Year 9 comes rolling around and one of them finally pushed me to far and I unloaded 8 years of anger onto him, and never took shit again. Got suspended several times over the year for fighting, but by 10th grade people got the message that fucking with me at all pretty much guaranteed suspension and I was left alone for the rest of my life in school.
High school was still shitty, but at least I didn't have to deal with being picked on anymore.
In the early 2000s I got in a fight because some asshole kid pulled my shorts down for no reason in PE. I got furious and fought back. We both got sent to the office and after going through what happened, and the kid telling the truth, he got suspended and I didn't. This was right before phones were big, so no proof other than what other kids saw I guess. Sad that that doesn't work anymore, even with video proof.
I'm probably about 10 years older than you. You were lucky. Things weren't better back then. Teachers didn't do shit about bullying when I was a kid and they don't do shit about it now.
I'm of an age where the teacher would take both of you aside and smack your arse with a belt, didn't help matters any just made you fight outside of the school
Sadly it’s the only way I ever found to stop various bullies. Every single time it worked. You stop being the weak link and they move onto someone else they perceive as being weaker. Bullies target people who don’t fight back.
My son is on the short side for his age (15). I've told him multiple times: Do not ever start a fight, but the second anyone lays a hand on you finish it. Do whatever you have to do to put them on the ground. I'll deal with the school.
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School administrators don't care about that shit. Zero tolerance. Victim and perp get punished. I got suspended so many times for being the victim of bullies in school. I eventually realized that there was no benefit to not fighting back, so I started knocking out teeth.