School bully gets what he deserves

[Grey Fox]

I was kind of a bully in early elementary school. I don't remember much of it but I remembered what made me stop. One angry giant size father really pissed off at me. He scared so much, I had trouble walking to school ( a 100m walk, if as much).

Later in life, I was bullied once but for some reason, I still don't know, the bully got his ass kick by the "back of the bus" gang after they witness what he did to me.

[viper37]

I got bullied a fair amount in 6th and 7th grade but then started fighting back and got suspended several times in 7th and 8th grade. By high school people mostly left me alone.

I got suspended once and I didn't even hit the other guy.  But I solved my problems otherwise.  Never got bothered again by these wannabe Hell's.

[Josquius]

The video is highly worthy.

Typical though what happened. Was always the same with me. People could pick on me just fine and get away with it, I smack them though and I get in trouble

[Martinus]

Obviously. Schools can't celebrate children fighting.

I was always amazed in school how the authorities seemed to consistently punish the kid who was provoked but leave the trouble makers to raise more hell untouched.

If a bully is going around provoking fights he probably should be punished also yes?

Yeah, but that is usually because it is the kid responding who is actually seen, while the instigator is not seen. So you end up with one kid who *certainly* did something wrong, and another kid who you only have the word of someone else that they did something wrong.

This is a bullshit excuse though - it basically happens, IMO, because the adults don't want to go to the effort of actually figuring out what happened. That would involve actually talking to multiple kids to sort out what really happened. Too much bother. So they just punish the kid they KNOW did something wrong.

Although this could be changing. Certainly one thing in my kids elementary school that I have been really impressed with is how seriously the principals and teachers take bullying. It is absolutely not tolerated, and they seem to put significant resources into making that clear to the students and parents, and from what I can tell, it actually seems to have worked. Interesting to see if it holds true when my son goes off to middle school next year.

A more interesting thing would be to see what happens when this pussified generation enters adulthood.

[Berkut]

Yeah, I bet Marty was all bad ass in school.

[Martinus]

Yeah, I bet Marty was all bad ass in school.

I was neither bullied nor was bullying others. School teaches social skills and life isn't always fair.

[Berkut]

Yeah, I bet Marty was all bad ass in school.

I was neither bullied nor was bullying others. School teaches social skills and life isn't always fair.

So are you all pussified then, since you did not bully or get bullied?

[Ed Anger]

I like running into the old school bullies in a store. Me: well off and successful. Them: in a greasy shirt, ugly wife and ugly kids. I just laugh.

[Barrister]

This thread makes me scratch my head.

I was never Mr. Popularity, but I really wasn't ever bullied either.  And I was a pretty big geek in school, no way around that.

Maybe a somewhat early puberty helped?  There was a point when I was one of the tallest kids in class...

[Ed Anger]

I was in a high school of 2000 people. There was usually 1 jerk + sycophants for each the freshman and sophomore classes. That shit went away after 10th grade. The bullies usually were left behind or were in gaol by 11th grade.

[Razgovory]

This thread makes me scratch my head.

I was never Mr. Popularity, but I really wasn't ever bullied either.  And I was a pretty big geek in school, no way around that.

Maybe a somewhat early puberty helped?  There was a point when I was one of the tallest kids in class...

Don't know what to tell you.  Maybe because you are Canadian?

[Habbaku]

I was never Mr. Popularity, but I really wasn't ever bullied either.

Pussy.

[dps]

My experience was that a lot of bullying was just overlooked.  I think it was partly considered just part of how kids played with each other back then, and a lot of it was just a matter of the school athorities didn't really know how to respond to behavior that they didn't witness personally.  Also, a lot of the bullying technically occured out of school--on the walk home for example.

[Razgovory]

My experience was that a lot of bullying was just overlooked.  I think it was partly considered just part of how kids played with each other back then, and a lot of it was just a matter of the school athorities didn't really know how to respond to behavior that they didn't witness personally.  Also, a lot of the bullying technically occured out of school--on the walk home for example.

The bullying I had was worst in Middle School.  I think a great deal of the problem was due to the school being brand new.  They were also trying new teaching methods (including one in the beginning where we were not issued any school books).  Eventually the teachers just sort of gave up on trying to keep order and would just call the police if a major disturbance broke out.  By the time I was in Eight grade they had a cop on duty there through out the day.

[Martinus]

Yeah, I bet Marty was all bad ass in school.

I was neither bullied nor was bullying others. School teaches social skills and life isn't always fair.

So are you all pussified then, since you did not bully or get bullied?

No. That's my point - there was bullying at my school but I managed to avoid it. IMO learning how is an important socializing lesson.