September 15th 2015 - Bullying

September 15th 2015 - Bullying

Something I absolutely hate!  Bullying!  I was bullied at school to the extent I had to swap schools because of how bad it got.  I will not stand for it in any way.

My eldest son came home from school on the 2nd day of the new term with a huge bruise on his knee from where a lad (kid X) had tripped him over and he hit the floor.  I didn't think much to it until he rang me on monday of this week at 9am saying he could hardly walk as his knee hurt.  I asked why and he said that kid X had tripped him over again and he had hurt the same knee as last week where he hit the floor again!

I was not pleased and told him to go and tell his teacher and ask the first aider/nurse for an ice-pack and to ring me if he needed to come home.  The teacher said that they couldn't do anything about it and the school nurse wasn't in, so he couldn't get an ice pack.  He spent the day hobbling around and being laughed at by kid X.  I rang the doctors but they had no appointments left.

He was still struggling to walk today, his knee is still swollen and bruised so I rang the doctors and we went down.  The doctor said that he thought it was just bruised and muscle hurt but as he can't see through skin he cant say there isn't a chip to bone but its too swollen for them to do an xray.  He has been advised to rest, no sports for a week and to document anything and everything that kid X says and does incase we need to get the police involved.

Kid X is nothing but a bully, him and my son have had conflicts for nearly 3years now.  My son will only take so much before he hits back.  Kid X is known for picking on people and being nasty.  He was banned from the school bus last year due to fighting and picking on people.

I have spoken to the vice principal of the school and filled him in fully on what is happening etc.  He has assured me that it will be delt with as he doesn't want bullying in his school.  He has told my son that if kid X says or does anything then my son needs to go and find him to report it.

Bullies are horrible people and they do it because it makes them feel better.  Having been a victim of it I am not having my kids go through it and if it looks like i'm a grass then so be it!