School Bullies Better Get Out Of My Sight

I dislike school bullies and I was never one of them. I was quite lucky that I never encountered these nonsense throughout my schooling years, probably I was a "chilli padi" back then & no one dare to disturb me :P

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Last month, I remembered YS's form teacher told me that he was quite popular in the class and a group of girls always chase after him during recess time. This got me thinking for a period of time whether it was good or bad. Turned out it was BAD! Recently YS complained to me that this group of girls gathered 2 more boys to join in the chasing game & sometimes they will kicked, punched or stepped on him. 

After I heard all these from him, my 1st question was WHY? Did YS do something wrong to them? Did he disturb them? I was trying to keep myself calm even though my heart hurts when I knew they were bullying him. Of course, I was trying not to jump to conclusion. Personally, I do not mind children having fun playing together but to inflict pain on other people's body is a NO-NO for me.

Me: Why did you play catching with them?

YS: Coz they asked me to....

Me: Did you defend yourself when they bully you?

YS: No

Me: You learnt Chinese gong fu, why didn't you protect yourself?

YS: I can't use gong fu to beat them back

Me: I'm not asking you to beat them back, but its for self protection 

YS: But they have more people & I can't protect myself
Me: *__*

For a period of time, YS complained to me that even though he ignored them, they will still come and disturb him. I thought my son was able to solve this problem himself but apparently the problem still persisted. That's it, I can't endure any longer & decided to email his form teacher about what was going on & seeked his advice on this matter. The teacher investigated for me & guess what? The group of so called "bullies" were punished accordingly. 

Teacher told YS not to play with them anymore & they were warned not to play with him too. Although now they dare not touch YS anymore but the notorious group of girls still do the name calling. I told YS to ignore them coz responding to them will means that he is falling into their trap again. I told him he should not focus too much on them, instead he should learnt how to shift his focus on his studies & mingle with the more obedient students. 


I simply do not understand why kids nowadays are so notorious & they are only in Primary 1. During our younger days, at most when we do not like a person, we will just childishly tell the other party "I don't friend you anymore!" 


If they dare to hurt my son again, I swear to my heart that I will make a big hoo haa & ask to meet their parents. Don't try me, I can be very FIERCE if I want to.