Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 01:13:46 07/17/01
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I agree with what Dann said about Odell needing to knock it off. Here is something for you guys. I have a lot of kids, and I often have to deal with situations where kid A punches kid B in the face. If I see the whole thing, sometimes it is very clear cut. Kid A will walk up to kid B and hit him. At that point I get involved and Kid A gets busted. But often it's not like this. Kid B will come roaring into the room, pursued by kid A, and kid A hits him, and I notice that kid A is crying too, and I ask her what the hell is going on, and she says that kid B kicked her. Fine, I ask kid B if he kicked kid A and he says yes, because she called him stupid. At this point I usually just tell them to leave me alone and go scream and punch each other somewhere else, preferably a long ways away, and preferably away from their mother, who gets really agitated when this stuff happens. It's amazing how often this group is like the kind of stuff I see in my house. If someone hits you, don't hit back. Come and get me and I'll bust the guy who hit you. If you've been hitting each other repeatedly before you complain, or if I find that you called him stupid before he hit you, you are out of luck. Andrew Williams was going about his business behaving in reasonably civil fashion, and Odell called him stupid and hit him. Andrew Williams didn't hit back and didn't call Odell stupid. So Odell is busted. Please knock it off, Odell. Don't call people stupid. Don't hit them. The rest of you, please don't call Odell stupid, and don't hit him either, or at least don't do it where I have to watch. If you are going to hit and call people stupid, do it via email. Please grow up eventually. bruce
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