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<blockquote data-quote="ez bake" data-source="post: 2284530" data-attributes="member: 229">My son got the same for a fight and the principal told me that they had video of what happened and the other kid hit my son in the back of the head and my son started to walk away... and then changed his mind.&nbsp; My boy is a 13 year old middle child, with ADD and very regressed/introverted, but he&#039;s also 5&#039;9&quot; and can almost grab the rim on a 10ft basketball goal and he&#039;s one of the hardest hitters on the football team - so he had no issue defending himself.The Principal said my boy did exactly what he (the Principal) taught his kids and he commended him for (almost) walking away.&nbsp; But he kept saying &quot;it&#039;s policy, we&#039;ve gotta suspend him&quot; which I find to be an extremely crappy stance to take, but I appreciate his position with crappy kids/parents suing, etc.We&#039;re trying to regulate common sense out of places like businesses, schools, the government, the church, etc.&nbsp; You can&#039;t have a policy for everything that could possibly happen so there needs to be some leeway for judgment on the part of the person in-charge (IMO).You need to have your wife talk to the school about him doing his work - Old Fart is correct in that your son should be able to do the work while he&#039;s missing class so he doesn&#039;t fall behind.Funny story - like a lot of guy fights, this one resulted in my son and the kids he fought being close friends.&nbsp; Count your blessings, if they had been girls... holy crap you&#039;d be in for like 10 years of horror.&nbsp; <img src="/images/smilies/smile.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="ez bake, post: 2284530, member: 229"] My son got the same for a fight and the principal told me that they had video of what happened and the other kid hit my son in the back of the head and my son started to walk away... and then changed his mind. My boy is a 13 year old middle child, with ADD and very regressed/introverted, but he's also 5'9" and can almost grab the rim on a 10ft basketball goal and he's one of the hardest hitters on the football team - so he had no issue defending himself. The Principal said my boy did exactly what he (the Principal) taught his kids and he commended him for (almost) walking away. But he kept saying "it's policy, we've gotta suspend him" which I find to be an extremely crappy stance to take, but I appreciate his position with crappy kids/parents suing, etc. We're trying to regulate common sense out of places like businesses, schools, the government, the church, etc. You can't have a policy for everything that could possibly happen so there needs to be some leeway for judgment on the part of the person in-charge (IMO). You need to have your wife talk to the school about him doing his work - Old Fart is correct in that your son should be able to do the work while he's missing class so he doesn't fall behind. Funny story - like a lot of guy fights, this one resulted in my son and the kids he fought being close friends. Count your blessings, if they had been girls... holy crap you'd be in for like 10 years of horror. :) [/QUOTE]

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