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The Straight Story

(48,121 posts) Wed Mar 13, 2013, 04:10 PM Mar 2013

Boy says he was beat up, suspended from school after confronting bully

A middle school student in Rio Rancho said he stood up to a bully, only to get beat up then suspended from school.

Now his father is taking action against what he considers bullying at his son’s school.

Richard McClurg attended Eagle Ridge Middle School for about two months.

McClurg, a 7th grader, says he told an 8th grade boy to leave a girl alone.

But he says the older boy then turned on him.

McClurg says the older boy and three other friends beat him up as he was trying to walk to his school bus Wednesday afternoon.

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McClurg was suspended for fighting until Tuesday. He says the other boy was also suspended.

http://www.kob.com/article/stories/s2958568.shtml

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Boy says he was beat up, suspended from school after confronting bully (Original Post) The Straight Story Mar 2013 OP

I'm surprised the bully was suspended also get the red out Mar 2013 #1

Might have been a "Zero Tolerance" decision. lpbk2713 Mar 2013 #2

Sounds kinda like it. apnu Mar 2013 #4

Sometimes doing the right thing is not appreciated by the PTB aikoaiko Mar 2013 #3

Punishing both parties helps no one and solves nothing. HughBeaumont Mar 2013 #5

You can't just claim to know that suspended students don't view it as a punishment. JVS Mar 2013 #11

If assaulters gave one crap about what their parents thought . . . HughBeaumont Mar 2013 #13

"...beat him up as he was trying to walk to his school bus..." greiner3 Mar 2013 #6

This is not new. Especially when you're talking about stuff that's on the bus or in the immediate... JVS Mar 2013 #7

I believe it was the bus to go home from school Angry Dragon Mar 2013 #8

Misread. Opps. JVS Mar 2013 #9

this should be reported to police as a crime, as should all school "beat up" incidents nt msongs Mar 2013 #10

Exactly. That is what they are for. Mariana Mar 2013 #12

get the red out

(13,468 posts)

1. I'm surprised the bully was suspended also

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Wed Mar 13, 2013, 04:29 PM

Mar 2013

I would have thought he would have been given a medal.

lpbk2713

(42,769 posts)

2. Might have been a "Zero Tolerance" decision.

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Wed Mar 13, 2013, 04:35 PM

Mar 2013

If so, I disagree with it. It sends a poor message in this case.

apnu

(8,759 posts)

4. Sounds kinda like it.

Reply to lpbk2713 (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 13, 2013, 04:46 PM

Mar 2013

The article says several boys were involved, but suggest only two were suspended. Also there are witnesses to the incidents and school representatives were seen to do nothing. So I'm sure there's more "cover your ass" going on than actual policy application. But it does sound like a "zero tolerance" policy being applied.

aikoaiko

(34,185 posts)

3. Sometimes doing the right thing is not appreciated by the PTB

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Wed Mar 13, 2013, 04:35 PM

Mar 2013

And then again there may be more to this story that the school can say because of student privacy rights.

HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts)

5. Punishing both parties helps no one and solves nothing.

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Wed Mar 13, 2013, 04:47 PM

Mar 2013

To the victimizer, it's a purposeless non-consequence since they don't view time off of school for assault (a CRIME in the real world, last I checked) as a punishment and it sends the message to the victim that no one is truly going to be there to help you or solve the epidemic problem of assault.

Assault is a CRIME in the real world, last I checked. Let's keep emphasizing that. Assault is a CRIME. Calling it "bullying" is a "boys will be boys" bullshit whitewash that allows adults to wash their hands of this decades-long unchecked problem.

JVS

(61,935 posts)

11. You can't just claim to know that suspended students don't view it as a punishment.

Reply to HughBeaumont (Reply #5)

Wed Mar 13, 2013, 05:31 PM

Mar 2013

Whether they view it as a punishment has a lot to do with what their parents think of the punishment. I knew plenty of kids who did not want to be suspended because their parents would be extremely pissed off. Especially if the kid's suspension meant that the parents would have to take time off of work to look after them.

HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts)

13. If assaulters gave one crap about what their parents thought . . .

Reply to JVS (Reply #11)

Thu Mar 14, 2013, 11:28 AM

Mar 2013

. . . they wouldn't be assaulting in the first place. They wouldn't be committing a crime that's not regarded as a crime BY CHOICE. Assaulters aren't bound by thought or care, they just want a target and a punching bag.

greiner3

(5,214 posts)

6. "...beat him up as he was trying to walk to his school bus..."

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Wed Mar 13, 2013, 05:13 PM

Mar 2013

So the PTB can discipline off of school grounds?

That's scary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

JVS

(61,935 posts)

7. This is not new. Especially when you're talking about stuff that's on the bus or in the immediate...

Reply to greiner3 (Reply #6)

Wed Mar 13, 2013, 05:20 PM

Mar 2013

vicinity of the bus stop. The driver or crossing guard certainly counts as a school authority and a district in which crossing guards ignored violence would be sued silly.

Angry Dragon

(36,693 posts)

8. I believe it was the bus to go home from school

Reply to greiner3 (Reply #6)

Wed Mar 13, 2013, 05:22 PM

Mar 2013

JVS

(61,935 posts)

9. Misread. Opps.

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Wed Mar 13, 2013, 05:23 PM

Mar 2013

Yeah, this makes no sense. Then again, the school might be dealing with conflicting stories from the parties involved.

msongs

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10. this should be reported to police as a crime, as should all school "beat up" incidents nt

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Wed Mar 13, 2013, 05:26 PM

Mar 2013

Mariana

(14,861 posts)

12. Exactly. That is what they are for.

Reply to msongs (Reply #10)

Wed Mar 13, 2013, 06:39 PM

Mar 2013

It's such a shame that so many people still have the idea that assaults and such aren't really crimes if they take place in a school (or at a bus stop, or whatever). Yes, they ARE really crimes and should be treated as such.

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