The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions

After school yesterday the girls started talking about a boy at school who was chasing everyone and trying take things from kids. He's in ED, a special class on our campus that helps kids from other schools who are having severe anger management troubles. Both Tessi and her friend plus Connor started lamenting the woes of this holy terror Ben.  Connor then said that he chased her today and had her pinned against the wall and wouldn't let her go for a while.  Immediately I launched into ass-kicking mode as I myself, had a bit of a stramash today with some ED kids while at Canteen.

I explained to Connor today that she has every right to defend herself if someone is behaving badly and hurting her.  I said the next time Ben or anyone else pinned her like that and refused to let her go she should pull her knee up between their legs and dry to drive it up to their chin.

Boy or girl, that hurts.

I got a few giggles but then all the girls agreed it was a good idea. Ben was a real problem.  Even Tool Cool for Words Teddy agreed. He didnt know the kid offhand but he offered to rack the kid for her tomorrow if Connor didn't think she could do it. Ahh, the bonds of love, I'm feeling it now. I continued on, saying that Daddy and I would go and talk to the principal and she didn't have to put up with this.

Feeling love and support Connor announced she did have "back up" with her friends and felt she could handle it.

Thats when she mentioned Ben was in Year 1.

Connor is in Year 3.

Then Connor added that Ben was very short for a Year 1, to which the younger girls agreed very loudly. "Yes, he's angry, but he is really, really short"

I have just told my freakishly tall Year 3 daughter - she is taller than many YEAR 5 kids, to rigorously defend herself by viciously kneeing a freakishly small Year 1 kid.

Obviously I back peddled as fast as I could and told her to try gently pushing back at his shoulders. To use her words to stop him and of course call a teacher for help.

I think you and I both know that I'm getting a call from school today.