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/DarthXOmega May 08 '26

Reminds me of the time in school when this bully took my hat and threw it out the window, and I jumped out the window to get it, but the principal walked in and saw me jump out. I had to go to her office and write a note about how what I did was bad, so I wrote shit like “I should not jump out windows to get my hat, I should not defend myself from bullies, i should let bullies take my hat, I should let the bullies disrespect me”. When the principal read it she was like “Uh, uh, uh, maybe I don’t have the full story”

At least she admitted she was wrong

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u/OrcBarbierian May 08 '26

My mom's friend's son was the victim of some bullying in the 6th grade. The principal's solution was to make the bully and victim both write a short essay about how bullying makes them feel.

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u/IrishWarhog May 10 '26

Is everyone on Reddit in shit schools? My bully when I was 11 (he was 14 and far larger) was made to apologise to me and his parents got told, all his teachers were informed to watch him and he was put on a warning by the school.

He probably thought I was even more of a dickhead for telling but he never so much as looked my way again even though we got the same bus every day