That was me, too. I had to spend way too much effort explaining how the little bully got his face smashed in. It just wasn't worth the hassle.
Heh, good one. Sometimes the oft-used ‘I don’t know’ doesn’t seem to cut it with parents and teachers.
LOL!
Our #2 son was the type to just kind of orbit the playground; he wasn't interested in sports, or the other kids, for that matter. When he was in third grade, we moved him to a different school, one that was supposed to allow him to move up in his studies as he mastered the level below, not waiting on the other kids. There was a bully in his class who had already run off one kid before Christmas. Then he turned his attentions to our son. David tried to avoid the kid, but he'd come up and push him down, or just bash up against him. I kept telling him to tell the teachers, but it didn't seem to help. So I told him that I didn't want him to start any fights, but it was OK to defend himself if the kid hit him again.
One day, our son decked him. When I went to pick David up that day, the Headmaster called me in, complaining that our son had been fighting. When he told me the circumstances, I told him that David had been complaining to his teacher for weeks. I asked him, "What do you do when one kid is bullying another one?" He said, "We try to let them work it out." I said, "Well, David worked it out, what's your problem?"
The kid never bothered David again. ;o)