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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Same thing happened to our kid in the DMV. Was relentlessly bullied verbally and occasionally physically by a cohort of other kids and when our kid finally fought back (verbally), our kid was called into the principal's office to explain themselves, the bullies were brought into the room, and our kid was forced to apologize to the bullies after they had started it. They did not have to apologize to our kid. The school never informed me of this, kid told me later. Grade school. When the adults turn a blind eye, the abused get blamed.[/quote]

The bullies know. Sometimes these are the kids of PTA parents or high status parents. They know how the system works and how to work it in their favor.[/quote]

That doesn't fly in high school.[/quote]

These kids learn the ropes in elementary and then by high school they have it down. How to keep their behavior under the radar or pass it off as innocuous, how to work the refs, and importantly how to select their victims based on status and the likelihood the other student will be believed or supported.

Baiting a lower status kid into getting upset is a classic bullying behavior and if a student is doing this in high school, it's a behavior they've refined over time. Often with the support of parents and/or teachers and admin who either cannot recognize what's happening or who recognize and think it's basically okay.[/quote]

Why do you think OPs kid is “lower status” the girls used to be friends and had a falling out. Happens in schools everywhere every day.[/quote]

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