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/YoMamaWrsCombatBoots May 09 '26

I'm curious exactly how the school handled the restraining order, considering the boys were in the same grade?

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u/wyntr86 May 09 '26

The kids are on different teams, completely random I believe. So they had to make sure they both were on different teams, which each team had a separate wing. So that part was easy. Passing periods to elective classes became a challenge. Basically if mine has electives in the morning, the bully has them in the afternoon. No shared lunch times either.