To be honest, I've never seen a case where someone does better in high school than they did in gradeschool. It usually is a free fall starting from grade 5. I guess the way the system is set up can be to blame for this. Private tutors are the norm here though. Most people hire them, and the ones that don't fall behind. No one goes to private tutors all night though, and the sessions take place either at the kid's house or at the tutor's house.

The public edication system over here isn't very good, but it's better than the private system (and people couldn't afford to send their kids to private schools anyways).

wow wtf @topic? in germany some guy was filmed for beating someone and he's in jail now!

3 days suspension from school? wtf are you serious? do you know what a sign this is? your country has to show other bullys that if they do this they have to be scared of a hard conviction! you know what a sign this is?

"hey you can beat anyone if you like to, you don't have to expect anything bad for you"

this kind of crime will nevber end in your country with 3 days suspension wow can't believe that.

I wouldn't be surprised if it was because of the education system... i mean people who do bad are put in a "worthless" highschool afterall.

The thing about schooling is that in reality it's MOSTLY about time, effort and attitude.

Espiecally math, which ironically is the subject most people feel there is a specific barrier around.

Who cares if its homophobic? Bullies are stupid no matter their motivation. The student should of fought back, and beat the living crap out of the bully.

Bully should be put in jail for assault.

BTW, Chillicothe is 20 minutes from where I live... Go there all the time. I know if I saw this behavior on the street, I'd step in and beat the crap out of the bully. Our culture has been so wussified, no one wants to aptly defend themselves from a jerk like that. And a 3 day suspension proves why the behavior exists.

A term that bullies would usually use. It's this mentality that leads to bullying in the first place.

What mentality, exactly?

i think he means something along the lines of calling someone who doesnt want to fight or is unable to defend themselves from a much larger person a "wuss".

What MrBubbles said.

It's annoying when people say they disagree with bullying, and then go and use terms like 'wussified' to describe people who try to be civilized and non-violent. In the good old non-'wussified' days bullying was seen as being perfectly OK.

Wrong.

My dad was bullied when he was in grade school. Do you know what he did? He took the kid on, and beat the crap out of him in 4th grade. The bully learned his lesson, and they became best friends for the rest of their lives. Why? Because my dad showed him that bullying was not okay. Talk to most Americans that went to school in decades gone by - they will readily tell you that bullying was not okay, and it was dealt with not by the principals or school teachers, but by the kids themselves.

If you were attacked by someone with the intention of taking your life, would you decide 'hey, I need to be non-violent, because thats the civilized thing to do', or would you protect yourself? There is nothing wrong with being non-violent, but when you are being attacked, I don't think that its civilized to simply take the beatings and do nothing. People should have the right to defend themselves. Time and time again, those who choose not to defend themselves harm themselves in the end - look at women in abusive relationships that take the beatings. Many die because they choose to be 'civilized' and 'non-violent'. Maybe, just maybe, its alright to stand up for yourself - heterosexual, homosexual, atheist, Christian, whatever - and recognize you have a right to exist and defend yourself from physical assault. To prevent that or diminish one's right to self-defense devalues that person, and promotes violence.

I agree with the right to use violence in self-defence, I disagree that you have a responsibility to.