Notice how the school is trying to weasel its way out of responsibility. The poor parents are now stuck with a big medical bill. Talk about adding insult to injury.
This reminds me of a friend of mine from high school in West Virginia. A bunch of us were playing tackle football during lunch hour one day and my friend took a shot to the head. He got up and we helped him walk over to the hospital which is just across the parking lot. He sat down in a chair in the waiting room and has never walked again. Sometimes injuries that at first don’t seem serious can later become complicated.
and still his loving parents sent him into that day after day... i do not understand this... this is their child! what is more important than that? a job? a house? food? i blame the parents...
Do they have any witnesses of the event at the school? The injuries seem pretty serious and there surely would be bruises corresponding with hitting the stairs a number of times.
And they don’t report it for 21 days?
Are we sure this isn’t a coverup of child abuse? I’m not accusing anyone of anything but this story seems odd to me.
Years ago teachers (male) would take the pukes out back for a little "chat" to keep them in line from picking on the smaller classmates. Now their little egos will be damaged if a teacher actually puts a foot up their arse.
My son who is 16 year old and large for his age has a problem with the smaller kids punching and harassing him because they know he can't hit back or face suspension according to school policy
My rule as his parent, which supersedes whatever nonsense the schools hand down is real simple, first kid that punches you without provocation, you have my permission as your parent to throw one punch to the solarplex.
Typically that fixes the problem quickly and other kids know leave him alone.
Prayers for this little boy.
That line alone gives me a pretty good idea of the "ethnic make-up" of the parties.
Sure, I could be wrong. I have been lots of times. But let's face it, if the bullies had been white and the victim not so the school admin. would never have declared there to be "no evidence...". etc. etc.
Actually, something similar happened to one of my grandkids, and he went to ER. The school’s response was shameful.
We got all of the grandkids out of public school, 3 immediately, the others as we could. Its been 5 years now and I have never regretted it, I only wish we had done it sooner, I wish I had done it when my own kids were young.
Compared to the average teen they are very well adjusted, very at ease with themselves and with adults. They simply aren’t like teens as I remember them from my own teen years, my kids’s teen years, or the average teens we encounter around about. The difference in their personality and character are worth the price. I regret we didn’t do it sooner.
We all know about the shamefully poor curriculum, the awful social environment, the efforts to foist attitudes that go against everything any traditional American believes in whether religious or not. Here But, obviously, private schools are expensive, homeschooling is scary or sometimes not an option, most people simply do not have the money when they are young parents to even think about getting their kids out.
But if you do it, you may have to look at several options to find the right one, but you won’t regret it. The grandparents may have to help, but it is worth it.
MY DAUGHTER IN 4th grade was doing no homework,i asked the teacher and she pointed out she had really[REALLY]good grades, i enrolled her in bible school, she imediately fell behind, but due to an exceptional work ethic caught up and got really good grades again,and had homework every nite. the best gift i ever gave her was getting her out of the government/union school.she eventually secured a masters in speech pathology, using study habits learned in private school along the way.looking back i wish i had removed my other children from the union grip.
Prayers for this young man. May his injuries heal completely.
Just one of many reasons my child will never ever ever step into a public school as a student.
If you have the ability and means to provide an education in any other way to your children and don’t, you engage in child abuse as far as I’m concerned.
Public Schools are to education, what public housing is to housing. There is no difference folks... Most would never ever move into a public housing development if they had a choice, yet those same people smile and send their kids off to public schools daily. Insanity.
The kid should have been taken for medical evaluation IMMEDIATELY after a fall down the stairs, even with no apparent injuries. Any medical professional should know that internal injuries can occur that aren’t immediately obvious.
What is it with these school nurses anyway?
I heard about this story this morning. Really not funny at all.
When I worked as an instructional assistant I followed four boys who were bullying other children during recess. They hated me when I put them on the wall for a time out.
When they tried to bully me, I promptly used the walkie talkie I had and asked for someone to come out and escort them to the office to see the principal.
Sad end to the story, however, about a month later )I was not working at that school at the time.) a child was killed at that time by four students. Even though they were not identified in the newspaper, I instantly knew who they were.