[metesky]

Time to start expelling bullies so the better kids can learn.

I have a very good friend whose young small son was being harassed on the school bus on a daily basis by an older, bigger boy.

He tried to make the principal aware of what was happening and was warned repeatedly that his boy would be punished if there was any retaliation.

Totally fed up, he finally told the principal that if anything bad happened to his son he would have both the principal's arms broken.

"No need to get upset, Mr _____"

Indeed

Meanwhile he had been teaching his son self-defense.

As soon as the principal backed off, the very next time the bully struck, he got his head handed to him.

End of story. No cops, no lawyers. Problem solved.

[Tennessee_Bob]

Sounds like my situation when I was in fifth grade. I was always getting picked on by the class bully, until we went on vacation in Montana. My cousin Larry had just returned from his second tour in Vietnam and announced "It's time you learn how to fight."

We went out in the backyard, took off my glasses, and he told me to "get ready to fight." I got my fists up, and he announces - "First rule - there's no such thing as a 'fair fight,'" and kicks me in the crotch. After I got up, he says "Lesson is over."

We go back to Colorado Springs, and first day back in school, the bully and his friends surround me. I take my glasses off, he gets his fists up, and I ask "Do you know the rules of fighting?" and kick him in the crotch. I put my glasses back on and walk home.

Never had another problem after that.