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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So I reported a few months ago that I attended an Odyssey of the Mind awards ceremony and when South Lakes High school won an award, the Indian kids from TJ who sat in front of me remarked "is that a high school?" and then laughed.

Well today, I was at a youth athletic event and one of the kids had on a loud tie dyed "Haycock Elementary" t shirt.  One kid made fun of him and said he actually goes to Lemon Road now.

Parents got to have some influence on this self perceived elitist behavior.

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I could see the second example being not mean.  If a man was with the Cowboys and then was with the Redskins, and he wore his old Cowboys shirt, it would be a little funny to say, "Uh, you are actually with the Redskins now."  I don't see your example meaning that the child was making fun of him as in his education was downgraded somehow.[/quote]
 
OP here...the tone of the kid's voice and the laugh was actually in a demeaning way.[/quote]

To me, it sounds like you're looking for examples and you'll find them or, probably more accurately, will read into things until you do.[/quote]

Please.  Whether you think I was looking for examples or whatever, nothing was made up.

When you have a bunch of kids together and one kid tells all the other kids "hey, look at this guy....." and yelling out loud, it catches your attention.  Don't try to make excuses when none can be made.[/quote]

I don't see these actions as mean even if you accept as true the regular sized kid talking about a bigger kid or your comment above.  It truly sounds like a kid commenting about a child wearing a shirt from a school he doesn't attend anymore and it struck him as ironic like the Redskins/Cowboy example.  Don't get me wrong, I know there can be an elitist mentality with some kids, but I still think you are looking to find and assign fault.[/quote]

You weren't there, I was.  The tone of the kid who was talking to the Lemon Road kid was a dismissive tone.

Stop apologizing.[/quote]

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