In that thread about Philly teachers leaving because of bad kids...I spoke about how I had to act out because the school was filled with terror. Bully or be bullied. I spoke about how at 11 we gave certain teachers who were "soft" hell because I had to fit in...I stressed peer pressure. Posters werent even trying to hear me....They were so caught up in saying "what sounded nice" they couldnt even keep it real....instead they were co signing how my parents fukked up and that I was a piece of shyt 11 year old. Keep in mind..I didnt even speak on me bullying other students, I spoke on how we gave the teachers hell and it was due to peer pressure. No...u were just a piece of shyt 11 year old and your parents did a shytty job, dap dap dap. I had 7 fights that school year and I too was humiliated. 1 fight was in front of a bunch of kids and I took a serious L. Was clowned for it for a long time. Got tired of getting clowned after awhile got tired of being punched on. I started fighting back. I started acting out. I had to. It was prey or be preyed. Kids all over the world are put under these type of circumstances. How the kids deal with the circumstances differs from each individual. Peer pressure is a mothefukker and how a kid deals with it is undetectable.
I think I avoided the PA teachers/violence thread on purpose. Having gone through what you did, what would you suggest to people who have kids in bad school districts?
I have relatives who are recent immigrants who live dead smack in the hood, told them to get their kids in the top group academically asap, so that they avoid the riff raff as much as possible.
Lot of kids in poor areas wake up every morning knowing that they ain't shyt and never gonna be shyt. They do nothing but keep the other kids from learning and should be sent to alternative/special ed classes so that the regular kids can.
I wish I had compassion for the bad kids and what they've gone through at home, but I don't..fukk them.