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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • I’m not saying it’s right, just that’s their rationale. I literally discussed this with a middle school principal a few days ago and that was what she said.

    Regardless of what you think about the policy, the fact is that your kids will have to abide by it.

    Fact: if your kid is being bullied, they need to communicate to a person of authority. Answering a bully with violence is the wrong choice 99% of the time. They are usually bigger than you and have backup.

    Also usually it doesn’t progress to a fight the very first time, usually it takes weeks, and during this time you would have many opportunities to tell a teacher or something.

    Again, not advocating that this is right, but that’s their rationale.


  • Looking at it from the other side, it’s actually rare that an innocent kid is beat up without context.

    Usually there’s 2 kids that have a beef and have been egging each other on for days. Eventually one kid says something and the other kid snaps and makes the first move but the second kid was just as guilty.

    If you only look at “who started it” the second kid gets off scot free, while the first kid gets punished. Not really fair.

    "Zero tolerance " attempts to fix this by recognizing that both kids likely played a part.