[blackdog]

We cannot live in a world where all unfairness, dangers, and evil wishers are kept in check. Being beaten up is a time tested method of those with no brains getting even with God and their parents for cultivating the next generation of ditch diggers.

Those who get beaten up for lack of mob mentality, learn by the experience and years later own the businesses which then hire the ditch diggers.

Those same people who get beaten up, eventually hold their own and authority figures who would prevent this process are just delaying it until the participants are older, out of the school system, and are ready to act the whole thing out with a gun. Children are a wonder to watch evolve. Our meddling in many cases just ruins the process.

In all cases I can think of, such situations eventually end up with both participants becoming friends. When you have been passionate enough as a child to split a lip, blacken an eye, and stood up to each other, it builds a mutual respect after the immediate emotion has wained. The school should start boxing classes. That would be more helpful than an army of school administrators and psychologists.

[Gigantor]

"In all cases I can think of, such situations eventually end up with both participants becoming friends. When you have been passionate enough as a child to split a lip, blacken an eye, and stood up to each other, it builds a mutual respect after the immediate emotion has wained. The school should start boxing classes."

I know you are sincere, I only wish that the world was like "Leave It To Beaver" as you describe. Unfortunately, it isn't, anymore.

[JMP]

........We cannot live in a world where all unfairness, dangers, and evil wishers are kept in check. Being beaten up is a time tested method of those with no brains getting even with God and their parents for cultivating the next generation of ditch diggers.......
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I like that Blackdog.

[johnb838]

allowing boxing is tantamount to child abuse. The teachers might as well be hittinganally raping the children with baseball bats.

[Chemist_Geek]

The school should start boxing classes. That would be more helpful than an army of school administrators and psychologists.

And fencing, too. Channel the kids' natural energy, aggression, and competitiveness into regulated pursuits like physical education, and teach them debate and rhetoric to discuss their differences.

Naah, then there wouldn't be anything for the Vice Principal to do all day...