The kid told the principal that this teacher had "punched" him, the teacher admitted to having shoved him.
The kid did not do anything beyond telling another teacher and the principal, the police became involved when an officer overheard a conversation about the incident.
What's at fault here is the system. And there's a whole lot wrong with the teacher himself.
The kids parents would have dropped the charges and ordered their son to apologize to Mayfield.
What's wrong here is the mentality that you promote, of thinking that the solution lies with the authorities.
In my day, the principal would have called the parents in, discussed the issue with them. The parents would have made the student apologize to the teacher, and backed whatever punishment the school set with some of their own.
This is what these immigrants argued they would have done...perhaps, we need to let these immigrants reminds us of what the true relation between parents, teachers, and students should be.
Mira Luis, tú eres el que quiere promover una forma de pensar.
¿Tienes un hueso en particular que roer?
Para tí el sistema y el professor son los cupables y el niño es la víctima.
¿Si no quieres castigar al niño, porque no lo dices?
Look Luis, you’re the one that wants to promote a mentality.
Do you have a personal bone to pick?
To you, the system and the teacher are at fault and the kid is the victim.
You don’t want to punish the kid – why don’t you just admit it?