Non Mopar rant! High school politics.

ramcharger said

Why the heck wern't the punk's parents held accountable? It's really not the schools/teachers job to instill moral values in poorly raised children. I would've made a personal visit to the brats parents first including the bullying issues.

I hope that didn't sound harsh as it was not meant to be.

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Harsh works for me. Unfortunately, the kid's father works for the same company I do and he's in a union position where I am in a management position, so that gets awkward pretty quick. I think the parents are decent people and on the surface, things look pretty favourable for the kid. Involved in sports, reportedly quite popular, real Al Bundy in the making. My kid tends to be the nerdish type and that makes him a target. One of the problems seems to be peer pressure, particularly drug use. My son will stay away and he's vocal about his anti-drug stance. His peers regularly go for a puff between classes. Yes, the star athelete's go too and they probably are the ringleaders here.

My beef is the teacher who refused to get involved. Schoolyard squabbles happen, unfortunately, my son would not likely end up on top. I have an older son who is quite capable of defending himself, however he is the one who makes friends easily and is prone to a few excesses in the social areas. In his early years, he was bullied due to his size. He was the fat kid. It all came to a stop when he finally lost it and pretty well pulverised some kid. That got him some respect, but I don't condone the method.