The Right of Self Defense – Schools Should Try Harder

Schools continually say they are against bullying. They claim they are doing everything they can to stop bullying. I say Bullyshit. I don’t believe a word they are saying. If you want to stop something, then make it a zero tolerance policy. Too many chances are given to bullies and quite often, when the punishment is finally given, it includes the bullied? How is this supposed to have a positive effect?

In the region of the country we live in, my son is a minority. For quite some time he had to deal with the harassment of fellow classmates. At times, the harassment would be physical. I figured this would be the case early on. So, I enrolled my child into Martial Arts and he’s become quite adept at it. The rules we have instructed him to follow are: If someone hit’s you, tell the teacher. If someone hits you a second time, tell the teacher. If someone hits you a third time, Kung Fu their face.

So, as you can image this is exactly what happened. They called us and notified us they would be expelling my child on the next offense. This did not sit well with me. I scheduled an appointment with the principal to discuss the matter. I informed him it was his faculties’ fault that this happened and not my child’s. They should have stopped it the first time my child reported it. I said, “Look, put yourself in the following hypothetical situation: I punch you in the face. You call the police. They do nothing. The next day I punch you in the face again. You call the police and nothing happens. I punch you in the face on the third day. Are you just going to continue letting me hit you in the face and do nothing?

His response was it didn’t matter they could not allow this to happen. My next question was, “Why does the bully get 3 times before a warning of expulsion and my son only gets 1. He denied knowing anything about the first two events.

We settled on my son bringing the matter directly to the principle from then on and he would handle the matter. To his credit, he was good for his word. But I ask you, how many times does it come to this in schools all across the nation. How many times has it been dealt with too late and someone has died?

The good news now is my son is very good at martial arts and has tons of confidence. Kids just look at him and realize they don’t want to mess with him. Awesome.

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