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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NightShade" data-source="post: 2914348" data-attributes="member: 29706">I have stayed out of this till now and will not likely post again.  However I have met TR and he is as I can tell a stable well rounded person.  I have a MAJOR problem with "Stereotyping" which is what I have seen try and be placed on the situation by tlbn.  Every decent parent cares about their child and not only expects their child to follow the rules but also expect the staff and other children to do the same.  If staff do not follow the rules set out it's a parent's right to bring that to their attention and if staff do not follow the rules how can children be expected to do so?  On the same line if TR lets his son whooop up on the bully I can bet the staff would crack down immediately which creates a double standard but as that has not happened yet I could be wrong but I highly doubt it.I feel TR has done great in keeping himself and his son in check, which is something ALL of us should do.  This is especially true if we have a permit to carry since we are held to a higher standard if we don't and failing will just give more ammunition for the Anti's.As far as a little insight of my situation in school well I am a GEEK and always have been.  I am also a fat guy and was always overweight.  I ALWAYS dealt with kids and their BS and ALWAYS did my best to follow the rules no matter what.  If I screwed up I accepted my punishment.  I had the living crap beat out of me for ABSOLUTELY no reason once and ended up taking a ride to the hospital for it as they questioned if I had internal injuries.  The kid got a couple days suspension for it and there was NO denying it happened but he should have honestly been expelled.  I have been in two fights where I fought back when I got the crap beat out of me I was blind sided and on the ground getting stomped before I had the chance.  My second fight I was also blind sided but didn't go down and made sure the other kid remember it, I was twice his weight and I put him on the ground.  I ended up in detention but was pretty well left alone after that.  My third fight was my fault and I socked a kid in the face I went straight to the principal's office without being told and was waiting for my punishment before the teacher could even say anything.  I knew I had screwed up and took my punishment for it.  I also made a point to apologize for what I had done as in a way I had become the bully, it was wrong and I knew it.  I had let my anger take over and vowed never to do it again even though it brought me a lot of respect from my peers and NO one who knew me even tried to touch me after that point.My hat is off to TR and his son for handling things so well thus far.  All I can say is that I hope things get straightened out for the better and that if it comes to his son needing to defend himself that the other boy doesn't end up in the hospital over it.</blockquote>

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