League_Girl wrote:
Wow, even five year olds aren't innocent anymore.
Yeah I always got in trouble for defending myself. I still do these days and I am seen as the bad guy for it. I call it sticking up for myself.
Children are not innocent, this is a common misconception. If anything, they're the worst of them all, because children know no morals, no right or wrong, etc. Two 10 year olds were recently tried in court for raping an 8 year old, and before that two kids kidnapped a younger boy, beat him, possibly sexually assaulted him, and threw him on the train tracks where his body was chopped in half by a train.
This story is nothing in comparison to what a child can really do - which is part of the message of Lord of the Flies I guess.
But anyway, I digress.
I was very lucky to have my bullying sorted out early in secondary school, as I had a good head of year who was respected and somewhat feared, yet was nice to the good kids.
As for defending myself, I've never gotten in trouble for it, because I'm one of the good ones and therefore have a good reputation amongst the teachers and other staff, whereas any fights that have happened were against someone with a bad reputation who gets excluded all the time - so which one do you think they're gonna punish?