[WolfyOne]

Originally Posted by ZimmygLrL

I was talking to my friend's daughter who is a freshman at the local high school and she was telling me about some of the things that are said to her bc of her size. I nearly fell over. I told her that she just needs to walk away from these people and if they continue to harass her, to go to the principal's office and tell them. This is affecting her GPA and she might not enter the tenth grade in the fall.

This is how lots of kids are these days.....very bold. The bigger the HS the worse it gets. The thing is, unless there is physical harm, the school won't do anything about words being said. It would be considered hearsay and chalked up to kids being kids. I wish there was an easy solution to how kids act today, but really, if they aren't taught right from wrong at home, they bring it with them through their life. If you don't get attention at home, you might look elsewhere for it. For example, lashing out at other kids, joining gangs, disrupting a classroom. Some kids have no idea what they are actually doing to another kid with hurtful words.

I hope the school can be of help to your friend's daughter. Another alternative may be home schooling or another school if it continues.

The future of our nation depends on these kids going into adulthood with the proper tools to survive or perhaps one day run it.