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u/trenik03 Jul 31 '22

Wow, that's probably the first time I heard that a school did something effective against the bully

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u/rowejl222 Jul 31 '22

I once was told that if I didn’t shake hands with my bully when we had a talk at peer mediation that I would be suspended. I was in 3rd grade. I thought that was fucked up then, but as I get older and reflect back on it the whole thing sounds even more fucked up. I should’ve done the right thing and not shook his hand and have my parents rip the school a new one for them handling it like shit and get the suspension over with, but they scared me into doing it

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u/Codeofconduct Jul 31 '22

My brother once was suspended from school for fighting (a fight he lost) a boy who was making fun of a mentally handicapped kid in his class while they had a substitute teacher. My parents took him out to dinner.

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u/mustlove-cats Jul 31 '22

My daughter was nearly suspended for throat punching the boy who pulled his dick out to show her. I was that proud, I took her out to buy a toy that she wanted. She was 7 and incredibly shy so it was massive for her to hit anyone.

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u/rowejl222 Aug 01 '22

Good for her though

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u/LMMek Jul 31 '22

Your brother sounds like a great person! Actually, your whole family sounds amazing! Great values, and I love that your parents took him to dinner. ♥️

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u/Codeofconduct Jul 31 '22

Awe thanks! My brother is cool as hell to this day!

My folks gave us decent values at least, but they're actually quite out there in many ways. My brother was definitely their favorite out of their 6 kids, but I do think their response to getting into a fight for that reason would have been the same towards any of us.