too senstivie kids
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if it was an accident, then WTF. if he's a lil terror doing it all the time, fine, so be it. but seriously, PARENTS are the ones that need to start taking responsibility for their children. They are not some divine perfect godsend, they're an over-emotional turd machine that gets their bad habits from their households.
Well, the expulsion is probably exagerated. On the other hand i'm kind of worried to see all these people saying the kid was a wuss and that todays kids should thoughen up, etc. As long as we don't know all the details it's hard to make such a judgment. Besides, i can't really understand why people are nostalgic about the times in school/highschool/kindergarten/whatever when they got their faces smashed in.
I think most people would consider me a wuss, a pussy, etc. but i have always tried to avoid pain. Pain HURTS! And in my oppinion pain does not build character, it just sucks. So if i would be able to choose between enduring pain or avoiding it but being looked down upon for that, i would always choose to avoid it.
And seriously, crying is not the end of the world, especially since the kid is 12. Jebus F. Christ! Kids cry, they are kids, it's not that unusual. Yes, even over something like this. Older people cry too. Granted not over stuff like this probably, but still i don't generally consider it something shamefull.
I think most people would consider me a wuss, a pussy, etc. but i have always tried to avoid pain. Pain HURTS! And in my oppinion pain does not build character, it just sucks. So if i would be able to choose between enduring pain or avoiding it but being looked down upon for that, i would always choose to avoid it.
And seriously, crying is not the end of the world, especially since the kid is 12. Jebus F. Christ! Kids cry, they are kids, it's not that unusual. Yes, even over something like this. Older people cry too. Granted not over stuff like this probably, but still i don't generally consider it something shamefull.
What's the kid's gender have to do with anything. Being hit hurts regardless of that. Actually i think i've heard somewhere that women have higher pain tolerance than men. Not sure about that though. But it should not matter anyway. I'm sick of the idea that all guys should be though, and strong, and stuff like that.Klarinette said:
Violence happens at my school often, but honestly I don't know about middle or elementary schools right now.
Now I feel like you're being condescending. I mostly joke with those comments about the brat, but you don't know that, so it's fine. I'm not nearly as mean as you sound like you think I am.Logan Westbrook said:
If that was what you meant, then I just think you don't have the right idea. And don't think I'm being condescending of you, I'm just trying to make you understand where I'm coming from.
With the whole of the issue, I don't actually think he's a brat or anything. I think that might be a possibility, but again, I don't know the situation. At the end of the day, my opinion on the matter is that, having been hit by the racket at point blank, I think a few times around that age- 6th grade was Badminton- it's not physical toughness that keeps you from crying, like I said, it's an inner strength kind of thing... not sure how better to explain it.
I'm not advocating physical toughness, just that inner strength thing. I see that as an important virtue. Are we getting each other better? I don't want this to be an argument or anything, there's just some miscommunication.
I'd go into some feminist rant about menstruation and childbirth, but I don't feel like it, as I am both lazy and not a feminist. Also, a lot of guys push being stronger and tougher than women. I think we're just sort of taught that stuff, indirectly. And crying isn't shameful. It was the fact that he was crying over something so small. Do you know how hard you'd have to hit someone with a birdie in order for it to actually hurt? Besides, kids are made of rubberUncreation said:
As for the kid's gender... yeah, it doesn't really have anything to do with it. I was momentarily annoyed by the thought of getting a call from my own son's school (no, I don't actually have one), telling me he'd been hit with a shuttlecock and shit hit the fan. If the story was straightened out and I found out that there was no ill will involved, I'd demand the kid's punishment be revoked; accidents happen. If it was on purpose, the lesson is that there are jerks in life, there there, here's some ice cream. If it had happened to a girl, I'd still feel the same, mainly with hopes that she doesn't grow up to be a little powder puff who cries every time she's touched.
