Has my Brother been Mistreated?
By MrKennedy
@MrKennedy (1978)
December 2, 2009 11:05am CST
Okay, before I begin this story, here's a little backstory about my brother. He is in his second year of secondary school, has made plenty of good friends, and has generally fitted in to school life with minimal fuss.
Unfortunately, 2 months ago, a boy in the same year decided to start harassing my brother for absolutely no reason at all. Now my brother is a peaceful kid who doesn't look for trouble or provoke others, so this ridicule the kid started directing at him appeared from nowhere. Now, although the kid never resorted to physical violence, he bullied my brother through continuous remarks and name-calling of a derogatory nature. My brother first turned to his teachers for help. However, they simply didn't want to admit that the school had a bullying problem, and waved my brother away whilst turning a blind eye and pretending nothing was happening. Frustrated, my brother decided to not tell my parents. It was obvious he was too embarassed, but had no reason to be as they would have definitely helped put an end to the bullying problem. Instead, my brother decided to deal with it by ignoring the kid. Matters got worse until eventually, after one particularly bad comment, my brother punched the bully in the jaw out of anger, causing the bully to run off bursting into tears.
What happened after this? My brother arrived home one day shaken up and on the verge of tears. He told us the story and revealed that the bully actually informed his parents who called the police. The police came to my brother's school and had words with him. If that wasn't bad enough, the police then ordered that my brother be "taken in for questioning" a few days later. Needless to say, my parents were fuming because my brother was being punished for standing up to bullies. Cutting a long story short, they treated him like a criminal, putting him and my dad in a custody cell and interviewing him, eventually releasing him after 6 HOURS! What happened to the bully? Absolutely nothing, not even a slap on the wrist by the school.
My question is, was my brother unfairly treated for sticking up for himself and not letting a bully walk all over him?
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2 responses
@lkbooi (16070)
• Malaysia
10 Jan 10
Hi MrKennedy, your brother should tell the actual situation about the harassing in his school to your parents at the very beginning so that they could handle this undesirable matter by seeing the school authorities to make sure that what actually happened within the two young students. And I think parents should have the right to hasten them to have exhaustive investigation. I suppose thing won’t turn worse like what you have mentioned in the content if appropriate action was taken earlier.
It’s really an irritating and sad story as well to know that your timid brother was treated in this unfair way. And what’s even worse was the bully wasn’t punished but left free to move around. I’m afraid that this will encourage the bully to become more arrogant and aggressive and would have more bullying problems in the school compound later. I wonder why the school authorities as well as the police didn’t take any well investigation first but just simply quarantine your brother for such a long time, any why not the bully. Yeah, it’s really unfair! 
Take care and happy posting 
Take care and happy posting @MrKennedy (1978)
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17 Jan 10
I agree with you about the telling of parents bit first, but my Brother, although placid and quiet, has pride for himself. I guess he didn't want to tell anybody because he was embarassed at what the bully was calling him and the names he was being rudely tagged with
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In my opinion, teachers don't have enough power nowadays (or at least where I lived, anyway). Any time somebody was being bullied and reported it to the teacher, not enough was done to protect the victim, and it would only provoke the bully further, who would usually continue their reign of terror beyond the school gates. I think this is the worst part, because once you are outside of school, teachers are unable to offer protection
Thanks for the response, and happy MyLotting
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In my opinion, teachers don't have enough power nowadays (or at least where I lived, anyway). Any time somebody was being bullied and reported it to the teacher, not enough was done to protect the victim, and it would only provoke the bully further, who would usually continue their reign of terror beyond the school gates. I think this is the worst part, because once you are outside of school, teachers are unable to offer protection
Thanks for the response, and happy MyLotting
@skater95 (62)
• United States
27 Feb 10
yep, thats just plain out messed up. They make a law for everything, so regardless of whether real good is done ( for instance the punch to show the kid his place ) they get in trouble if they break a rule. Although the teachers should have done something, if I was the cop i would have said that's what he gets for bullieng the kid, and I would have told your brother that punching is bad, because it is, but I would not have put him and your dad up for questioning. Thats just rediculous.
