Reply To: Dose of reality: Kids kicked out of school

GAW

You are a bigger Rotzeiach by keeping a bad influence in a school where that kid brings down his/her whole group of friends.

I am speaking from experience. This happened in a regular “frum” yeshiva. I had a really sick guy in my class and he brought down everyone he came in contact with. The thing is from the outside he looked like the sweetest kid, he had a good sense of humor so people liked him. Then once he feels “close” to you he introduced you to pornography. This guy used to steal porn and beer from delis and bring them to school. Then by recess he’d go with guys and show it to them.

The school didn’t even know he was this bad, they strongly suspected he was up to no good but at most they thought it was movies and music and they did know he was a chutzpinyak and had 0 respect for a Rebbe and that’s what eventually got him kicked out, he cursed out our Rebbe to his face for kicking him out of class.

I learned some very sick things from this kid which had a serious effect on me in my teenage years. Baruch Hashem it didn’t destroy me but it took its toll.

Such kids are a cancer and schools have to be extrememly vigilant. You don’t get it, 1 kid can destroy 10’s of kids or seriously rob them of their innocence.

For all those who think I don’t get it, I get it. I get it all too well because in my life I was exposed to such kids. They are literally like a cancer.

The world is not like it once was. Today you can ruin an innocent kid with a magazine or a short video clip on a phone or ipod. schools can’t sit on their hands and “mull it over” for weeks and months. They must take decisive action.

I’m not saying kick a kid to the curb but a bad kid must be transferred to a different school, one cut out for troubled kids.

Again, in 5 minuted a kids entire innocence and value system can be robbed from him. That’s why its SO HARD to be a mechanech today. We don’t even realize the odds they are up against.