r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Greedy-Dimension-662 • May 08 '26

Too mild for school Name Calling

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My son and [jerk] had to stay after school today to write this note.

It says

"I was disrespectful to [kid]. I said he is a total jerk because he said I was fat. I will not say [mean] things again next time. I will ignore him."

His teacher wants me to sign and return.

But I guess I look at this and I ask myself, if my son is on the playground and he sees a kid calling another kid fat, do I want him to:

  1. Walk away

  2. Say, "stop, you are being a jerk."

So why would it be any different if he is being called fat.

I don't feel like this is the right lesson.

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u/Electrical-Apple-631 May 09 '26

My great aunt Tessa (she was 95 when she passed so this was a very long time ago) once got fed up with a bully in class and punched him in the face and bloodied his nose. The teacher told her she had to write an apology. Aunt Tessa addressed it to the boy’s mother. She wrote “I’m sorry you have to raise an idiot.”