Fucking bullies

[Bald Eagle]

"Are they my shoes you are wearing?" was a fairly common question in Wainuiomata when I was a kid...

You had shoes

[MSTRS:Me]

"Are they my shoes you are wearing?" was a fairly common question in Wainuiomata when I was a kid...

You should have sent them to the Principal for a jolly good caning. To teach them the merits of correct grammar.
"Are those my shoes you're wearing?"

[ducatilover]

Funny. I first went to school in Wainuiomata, then Naenae College. Defending yourself was a regular thing!

Seemed to be they way it was.

You had shoes

Only once every year

You should have sent them to the Principal for a jolly good caning. To teach them the merits of correct grammar.
"Are those my shoes you're wearing?"

It was Wainuiomata, not known for eloquence.

[Usarka]

Bwahahaha........a bully who became a cop.........how bizarre !!

One of the "main" bullies at my school went on to become a cop too.....

[Camshaft]

Bwahahaha........a bully who became a cop.........how bizarre !!

not realy, bullys love power so cops is a gud choice for him to bully people for a living, not saying all cops are bullies, but ive met a few tht thnk there job is to make your life hard

[Murray]

Funny. I first went to school in Wainuiomata, then Naenae College. Defending yourself was a regular thing!

I went to Wainui college in the 70's never really had any trouble. Did have one guy in my class who was a bit of a bully but when he got smacked over by someone half his size and everyone laughed at him it stopped. Went there for 5 years and never saw it as a major problem and thought most of the teachers were pretty onto it!

Of course there was the threat of the strap or cane in those days!!

[wingnutt]

bullying as an age old problem, even in my day, and I'm old bastard.

my son had problems with it, and I suggested learning martial arts of some sort.

he took to it like a duck to water, and went on to brown belt with black tips.

what came out of it, was more than I expected, it matured him mentally, and physically, it gave him the confidence to walk away, which he did most of the time, as he now saw the bullies as just brainless wankers and cowards.

it taught him that violence proves nothing, but gave him the means if it couldn't be avoided. it got rid of the anger and frustration he was feeling.

there was only one occasion, when he had a leg in plaster, and on crutches, where a moron thought he could take him, and found out real quick that he didnt need two legs to makes things hurt.

[Brett]

Sounds like the principal has his head in the sand. It's bound to escalate and will probably end badly. :-(

My daughter has been bullied before, by boys and girls. With the girls it was psychological, so I told her to be mentally stronger and just ignore them, they're just looking for a reaction. With the boy it was physical so I told her to knee him in the nuts.

Both times the school didn't really do stuff all, the bullies just deny it and if no one else see's it, they take their word for it.

I think as a parent you have to educate your children about bullies. Tell them the best way to avoid trouble, is to walk away. When that is not an option and you know you're going down, hurt them as much as you can.

Because it is easier to believe that nothing is happening than it is to realise that there is a problem and work out how to fix it. Head-in-the-sand syndrom...the problem really rears its head when it has become too big to be handled easily and this is now what many schools and organisations face.

It is always easier to pull out the seedling than it is the whole damn tree.

[Brett]

The other problem now that never existed 16 years ago when I was 10 was that back then kids could get into a fight and it was all fisty cuffs and no one really got hurt. Now days there are street kids/youth gangs in most towns and they do generally carry screw drivers, small knives etc. and it only takes one stab in the wrong place for it to be all tickets.

As a kid I was raised that if someone bullied me verbally, I should be strong enough to take it, if they bullied me physically, I was to fight back and win. However I would struggle to encourage the same with my kids due to the very real threat that the school yard brawl could turn into something much bigger out of school or could end in someone upping the ante with a weapon.

Same goes for adults, once upon a time guys with a dissagreement would have a scrap and many times go on their way and the thought of upping the violence to cause grevious bodily harm was not really considered.
Now, if you even are assumed to have been "cheeky" to the wrong guy you run a real risk that his views are so warped that he considers causing you serious and permanent damage as justifiable.

I have been training in Close Quarter Battle for a little while now and the guy who heads our programme is the Master Instructor for the NZSAS in Papakura and they make fundamental to our training that if we can safely evade the situation, then that is the choice to be made rather than feeling the need to 'be the man' and always confront someone.

[Brett]

what came out of it, was more than I expected, it matured him mentally, and physically, it gave him the confidence to walk away, which he did most of the time, as he now saw the bullies as just brainless wankers and cowards.

it taught him that violence proves nothing, but gave him the means if it couldn't be avoided. it got rid of the anger and frustration he was feeling.

there was only one occasion, when he had a leg in plaster, and on crutches, where a moron thought he could take him, and found out real quick that he didnt need two legs to makes things hurt.

Absolutely, knowing how to use your body as a weapon definitely makes you more self confident but at the same time makes you feel less of a need to prove yourself.

[JimO]

i didnt get bullied as i had a couple of older brothers but at the high school i attended there were a couple of 5th formers who used to pick on the 3rd formers until they started on a skinny guy with curly white hair, turned out he was a pretty good boxer and gave them both a seeing to, same guy punched a teacher who was giving him a hard time when he was a 5th former and got expelled

[Virago]

Bwahahaha........a bully who became a cop.........how bizarre !!

One of the "main" bullies at my school went on to become a cop too.....

C'est la vie...

The bullies became cops. The meek and mild swats became accountants. The prefects and hall-monitors became teachers. The ones who stole your lunch or bus money became politicians.

Life goes on, and nothing changes...

[rachprice]

I went to that school and funnily enough they didn't punish a few friends for hitting back but punished the ones who started it first!

[admenk]

Absolutely, knowing how to use your body as a weapon ....

I like to think of my body as some sort of heavy tank..

[eelracing]

C'est la vie...

The bullies became cops. The meek and mild swats became accountants. The prefects and hall-monitors became teachers. The ones who stole your lunch or bus money became politicians.

Life goes on, and nothing changes...

Don't forget the kids round the back of the bike sheds smoking became bikers.
(the seat sniffers raced them)