The latest thing to happen to my happy little family involved my youngest (a fifth grader) and a bully (a third time eight grader). Apparently (and from at least fifteen eye witness accounts) this 8th grader was calling my daughter a whore and a retard. My daughter finally had enough of it and turned around (in the breakfast line) and called her a retard - then all hell broke loose.
My oldest daughter (6th grade) tore out of the cafeteria to find a teacher and this loudmouth girl cold cocked my other one. My sweet little child (who only stands 5'1") started kicking the other girl to get her off of her and once she had a little room made a run for it. Miss hits a lot got her in the back of the head with a roundhouse and then proceeded to straddle her and whale on my daughter while she was on the floor.
Now, my little one has two black eyes, a swollen nose and a lump on the back of her head the size of Austin. The shit stirrer on the other hand doesn't even have a scratch on her. When the teacher broke it up the 8th grader jumped up and said "I didn't touch her! She started it when she kicked me! I wasn’t doing anything!"
They both ended up in In School Suspension for 3 days - together in the same room. I understand the whole "Zero tolerance for fighting" rule, but since when is it okay for a principle to punish a little girl for protecting herself? I asked her what my girl should have done. Her answer?
"Lay down and take it until someone gets there to break it up." I told her that my daughter had my permission to defend herself and we'd see her in ISS over and over again if it ever happened again.
Oh well, I guess it’s time for boxing classes. Hopefully she’ll be able to knock the shit out of this creep so fast no one will know what happened if she goes after her again.