jamny said:
(HULK) said:
Keerock said:
Angry Beavers said:
You have made the school aware. I would follow up with up daily, both in writing ( email) and verbally over the phone until they have an acceptable solution including Greg not be allowed to participate on the track team, suspended, expelled etc.. Next time Greg acts up and hits a kid, sounds like someone ought to let the school know rather than assuming they know. It also wouldn't be a bad idea for your son and his buddies to kick this kids ### - which is what it sounds like this kid needs on at least some level.
Terrible idea. They'd be better off playing football with a hornets nest.
The kid is an outsider with anger issues that tell me, something is going drastically wrong in his life. He is lashing out on his classmates to feel power, something he probably has the opposite of (helplessness) at home. It seems to be escalating, meaning he is becoming more desperate.
Getting a gang together to beat him up would potentially push him over the edge. That is how school shootings happen imo.
Yeah, I can't imagine how this could be a good idea. Maybe back when I was a kid but nowadays it seems like only a matter of time before the kid retaliates in an extremely violent way.
Sorry to hear about your dilemna BB. I don't have kids but it seems like you are handling it the right way, if not a little too calmly. GL
Really? I am not suggesting the kids organize a witch hunt and a public lynching, but if my kid is going to get punched at school and no one with any authority is going to do anything about it right there and then, I have no problem with my kid at least trying to kick the ever living crap out of this kid. My kid loses, so be it. That is a whole lot better than being a target., WHEN HE DID NOT START IT AND WAS DEFENDING HIMSELF AGAINST A BULLY THAT NO ONE AT THE SCHOOL SEEMS WILLING OR CAPABLE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT, so be it. Even if my kid ends up with a shiner, it will be the last time the bully picks a fight with him cause' no bully enjoys getting hit.
Before everyone tell me how crazy how I am, my then 6th grader was in the exact same spot last year with the typical school nonsense. The day before Spring Break ( in fact before the last period before spring break) the class bully tried his crap on my kid. My kid hit him back and it was game on. My kid got an extra long Spring Break and a shiner as a result, but someone at the school finally took notice. The best part was when the superintendant asked why didn't you say anything, I forwarded them all of the emails that had been sent to various teachers and the principal without a single response. Amazingly the suspension was over turned.
You have to do what you think is right for your own kid, clearly. Personally, someone picks a physical confrontation with my kid, I have no problem with him or her defending himself as needed as opposed to just taking it. Obviously it would be great if the situation can be resolved without such an incident, but the unfortunate reality is that it sometimes take an incident to bring about a resolution. Good Luck.