[Esther Ruth]

Right - they are NOT taught to defend themselves - that is wrong - instead you talk talk talk, do anger management, or conflict resolution and try to understand why the bully doesn't like you, WWOD - What would Ophrah DO? Hugs all the way around, just hugs! Picked up a video years ago at library for kids, a redo of The Three Pigs - UN believable - the Wolf trashed their houses but they realized the wolf just was lonely, left out and sad, what he really needed was friends - so they made the wolf cookies - (baking cookies for the wolf!!) brought the cookies to the wolf, wolf eats cookies, everyone friends, all good on planet earth!

[Riley]

That kind of crap was just getting started when I was in school.

Unfortunately, as a student, you aren't in a position to point out the obvious- adults are sometimes complete blithering idiots. Especially when they create this sort of nonsense.

[T.Smith]

I got some seriously foul looks from some mothers at the mall a few months ago. I was relaxing on a bench while my son, then 3, played in the children's play area near the food court. My son came up to me and said, "That boy hit me.". My response, without a moment of hesitation, was, "Go hit him back, harder.". You would have thought I had just stomped on a kitten.

Well, my kid is about the nicest child you will meet. According to his teachers everybody wants to be his friend. He's not going to start trouble, but I guarantee he'll have the fortitude to stop some trouble.

[af_vet_1981]

Right - they are NOT taught to defend themselves - that is wrong - instead you talk talk talk, do anger management, or conflict resolution and try to understand why the bully doesn't like you, WWOD - What would Ophrah DO? Hugs all the way around, just hugs!

The problem is being coerced/forced through taxation to send children to school with other children who are unsafe. This boy fought back but was stomped unconscious. One solution is to only send children to school with other children who are taught (and accept) a duty to defend them as brethren.

As for this case, hang a jacket on the perp for a very long time because the odds are he is a sociopath.