Posted on 08/14/2002 11:21:59 AM PDT by goodieD
Edited on 04/12/2004 2:10:06 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Hey! I was the fat kid and I'm still waiting for my money. But you know what it did to me? It made me tougher and helped me to develop a wicked humor. By high school, I could nail any of them...and the taunting stopped.
It's ridiculous that he gets any award because the students called him names. But from the article, it does appear that the Spanish teacher was out of line.
If in California, the 'school district' from the settlement side means the taxpayer. Another $130,000 + has now been directed from education to 'gay rights'. Why are the 'suits' always collecting from MY governmental units instead of the individual 'perps' who act without thinking? I didn't have anything to do with this person's 'victimhood', but as a California taxpayer my children will now be denied of those education $$$.
Ok. George, I'm sorry you're a homo.
That happened to me in high school. I'm not gay, never have been or will be, but a few people thought I was. Anyway, I ignored them for a long time, although it is hard to have the conservative beliefs I do and get falsely accused of being something I fundamentally oppose. They persisted in bothering me, calling me names, challenging me to fight them, so finally I got so p*ssed off with this happening day in and day out that I finally beat the hell out of the kid when he got up in my face, I pushed him into a locker and kept swinging at his head. He ran and I chased him down. I wasn't going to let up on him until someone took me off him or he was unconscious. Teachers broke it up and sent us to the office. I explained everything that happened to the vice-principal, told him why I did it, etc. Even told him that I have conservative beliefs and didn't appreciate being pegged as gay. The vice-principal basically agreed with me and was really hard on the kid that bothered me. I still had to get a detention "for the record," but I could tell that the principal fully understood why I fought the kid and that the kid brought my wrath on himself.
After that day, no one ever bothered with me again. As a matter of fact, I later became friends with the kid I beat up. And I didn't have to sue the school. Of course, that was quite a few years ago.
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