The mother is angry because the school won’t tell her what, if any, punishment has been meted out to the perpetrator.
And she is apprehensive because she feels like has to send her kids back to that school. There are likely more of those feral beasts back at the school who are friends of the attacker, if not the actual attacker himself.
The kid was what they call a “Ned” (I think). A skinny white guy with glasses. “Nedding” is the act of finding one alone and beating the tar out of him with a gang of your accomplices. (It might not be “Ned”, it might be some other goofy name, but I remember reading about it. I believe it.)
“.....The kid was what they call a “Ned” (I think). A skinny white guy with glasses. “Nedding” is the act of finding one alone and beating the tar out of him with a gang of your accomplices.....”
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I hear you. The good thing is that the kid resisted and didn’t comply with the bully’s demands. Push back—the best thing to do with a bully is to stand up to him/them.
Where things fall apart is when a school administration or the community WILL NOT SUPPORT kids who resist bullying. Out of “fairness” they’ll punish the kid who fights back the same as they will the bully. Yeah, that really sends a good message.
It doesn’t appear that this particular school was doing that—so that’s good. As far as telling the Mom the details of the punishment of the bully, the school may feel their hands are tied by “privacy legalities”. But for me, the more severely such bullies are dealt with and the more that punishment is widely known, the greater will be the deterrent effect. And of course the Mom—the good Mom that she is—wants to know that her son will be safe from retaliation.
So Son and Mom have done the righteous things here. It’s now up to the school administration to also do the right thing.
...then 'Ned' throws ALL their resumes in the garbage when they apply at his company some ten years down the road...'Ned' chuckles to himself...