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School problem

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Winduptorch · 12/05/2018 20:16

Hi, first time posting so please be gentle! My son is in year 10, he recently started seeing this girl in year 8, there is only 13 months age gap, if she was born a few days early sh e would be in year 9. ( hope that makes sense) since then in school my son has been called names such as nonce and peado, I've been in touch with the school a couple of times and they've spoken to my son and addressed name calling and bullying in assembly as my son didn't want the teacher to talk to them directly as he said it would make things worse. Yesterday I got a text from him saying I might get a call from school, I replied back but got no answer from him. He came home and said he was talking in break time with his friends and gf when a year 8 boy come up from behind and with a finger pushed it in towards my son's backside (obviously he was wearing trousers ) he done it again and each time my son turned around and told him to go away, but not that politely, he then done it a third time much harder and actually hurt my son as his aim was spot on, my son run after him pulled him down and kicked him.
My son went into school and a teacher told him to take 10 minutes to calm down, my son didn't tell the teacher what the boy had done, he just assumed they had a argument /fight as the teacher is aware of the name calling. I'm going into school Monday morning to speak to the head. I know I'm not BU but as this is the only thread I read I just wanted other people's opinions and if anyone can give me some advice on how I should expect the school to deal with this. I should add even though my son was upset and hurt he was much more upset that he kicked someone,

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MaisyPops · 14/05/2018 21:57

Of course he didn’t assault the other boy in the true sense of the word. He acted in self defence! And so he should have done, IMO. It was likely more reflex than anything too.
It was not self defence!

Self defence is 'i am in a situation and respond with violence to get myself out of this situation'. (As in child a is violent and threatening to child b, child b takes a swing at them to get out that situation and prevent themselves getting beaten up).

Running after someone, pulling them to the floor and being violent to them is not self defence. It is deliberately creating another violent situation. That's retribution.

Both need dealing with.

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