Nigeyy
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- Massachusetts, USA
What do you mean by "roar"? You mean he just tried to surprize you? I might be a bit out of the loop with the vernacular these days..... But if that is what the kid tried to do, I really don't think it merits beating him up!
I just hope the kid who did it is ultimately not a bad kid. Hopefully if the school does take on anti-social and possibly dangerous behaviour, it might just fall on his ears that he was an idiot for doing so. While I can see and understand to a point a very harassed school staff being unwilling to take on behaviour outside school hours (think about where you draw the line with this -what about if the kid did something at the weekend? On his holiday in France? Where do you stop?) I do think dangerous or idiotic behaviours going immediately to or from school should be considered, or in the neighbourhood at the very least. Like it or not, I think a school is an integral part of a community, and though its primary function may be education, appropriate social behaviour is also a valuable part of the community and life.
What can be done? I suppose the head or the teachers can acknowledge and express this is not acceptable behaviour and why. They might even try sending information to parents about this, though the priorities and costs involved might make it just impractical depending on circumstances. Now back to hoping the kid the is not a bad kid -because if he's not, he might just realize that wasn't a good idea and stop doing it. And if the parents do care, they're in the best position to influence their child.
Kind of a catch 22 situation here; if you can tell the parents they can hopefully influence their child, but the kind of kid who does this is probably the kind of kid who has "poor" parents in the first place, and who won't give a flying fig about it (probably did it themselves when they were that age and have just unfortunately reproduced and given further gifts of misery to the world).
Anyway, bottom line is that the school IMHO should be doing something about this, and push for it. The bad news is whether or not the school do something, it pretty much comes down to the parents as to whether or not the kid can truly modify their behaviour.
I just hope the kid who did it is ultimately not a bad kid. Hopefully if the school does take on anti-social and possibly dangerous behaviour, it might just fall on his ears that he was an idiot for doing so. While I can see and understand to a point a very harassed school staff being unwilling to take on behaviour outside school hours (think about where you draw the line with this -what about if the kid did something at the weekend? On his holiday in France? Where do you stop?) I do think dangerous or idiotic behaviours going immediately to or from school should be considered, or in the neighbourhood at the very least. Like it or not, I think a school is an integral part of a community, and though its primary function may be education, appropriate social behaviour is also a valuable part of the community and life.
What can be done? I suppose the head or the teachers can acknowledge and express this is not acceptable behaviour and why. They might even try sending information to parents about this, though the priorities and costs involved might make it just impractical depending on circumstances. Now back to hoping the kid the is not a bad kid -because if he's not, he might just realize that wasn't a good idea and stop doing it. And if the parents do care, they're in the best position to influence their child.
Kind of a catch 22 situation here; if you can tell the parents they can hopefully influence their child, but the kind of kid who does this is probably the kind of kid who has "poor" parents in the first place, and who won't give a flying fig about it (probably did it themselves when they were that age and have just unfortunately reproduced and given further gifts of misery to the world).
Anyway, bottom line is that the school IMHO should be doing something about this, and push for it. The bad news is whether or not the school do something, it pretty much comes down to the parents as to whether or not the kid can truly modify their behaviour.
