AJRitz
DIS DAD #420
- Joined
- Jan 26, 2010
How things have changed.
I don't know that they've really changed all that much. When I was in 7th grade (nearly 30 years ago) there was a guy who taunted me relentlessly. He was always surrounded by his two buddies, so there wasn't much I could do. Around December, when talk around school turned to Christmas and I was clear that I didn't celebrate Christmas because I'm Jewish, the taunting got downright bigoted. It all came to a head one afternoon as we were leaving the lunchroom. The bully ran up behind me, called me a "dirty Jew" and dumped a couple of packets of salt on my head. I snapped. I caught him by the shoulder before he could run by and backed him into a corner.
I came close to breaking his jaw. We were both pulled into the Principal's office and we were both given three-day out of school suspensions (out of school suspensions mean that you don't get credit for any work/tests that are due while you're out). Oh, and my right hand hurt like hell. My parents were remarkably understanding though. Mom gave me money to take myself out to lunch each day of my suspension, and I enjoyed a few days of vegging on the sofa, reading and watching TV. I even had at least one teacher who I'm pretty sure held off a couple of days on a planned quiz, so that she wouldn't have to give me a zero for it.