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7th grader saves classmate from bully with knife

Soapweed

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7th grader saves classmate from bully with knife, is punished for ‘playing hero’

http://gopthedailydose.com/2013/06/03/7th-grader-saves-classmate-from-bully-with-knife-is-punished-for-playing-hero/

by Sarah Hofmann

A thirteen year-old Canadian, Briar MacLean, was reprimanded by school officials for potentially saving the life of one of his fellow classmates. After defending the victim from an armed student, the vice principal chastised MacLean, saying that he should have gotten a teacher involved instead of acting quickly.

MacLean told the National Post that he was in a morning class in his middle school in Calgary when he saw a bully antagonizing another student. “He put him in a headlock, and I saw that,” he said.

The fight escalated when MacLean “heard the flick, and I heard them say there was a knife.”

MacLean instinctively jumped and pushed the bully away from the other student and then continued about his day unfazed. However, later he was called into the office and not allowed to return to classes for the rest of the day.

The vice principal called MacLean’s mother, Leah O’Donnell, saying that her son was involved in an incident where “he decided to ‘play hero’ and jump in.” The vice principal added that the school did not “condone heroics,” and that the proper course of action would have been to get a school administrator to handle it.

O’Donnell said, “I asked: ‘In the time it would have taken him to go get a teacher, could that kid’s throat have been slit?’ She said yes, but that’s beside the point.”

“What are they teaching them?” O’Donnell said. ”That when you go out into the workforce and someone is not being very nice to you, you have to tattle to your boss? You’re not going to get promoted that way.”

O’Donnell expressed dismay at the vice principal’s comments.

dailycaller.com
 

hypocritexposer

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thanks Soap. I posted this on another site, and said it reminded me of a friend that saved a drowning kid...jumped into a raging river and received a bravery medal, from the Canadian Government, for his efforts.

What are we teaching these kids nowadays? Will we discontinue awards for bravery, becasue we are "not a society that condones heroics"

What a disgrace.

Wouldn't want to be the World's Policemen. Next time a kid pulls a knife...we best just call the UN, so they can act, a year or 2 from now.
 

hypocritexposer

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ranch hand said:
Just like Benghazi....they are suppose to stand down :mad:

How true: "Stand down, so we liberals can make political points. We would like to make our schools look unsafe, by you not defending yourself. Hey, this might just work for all of society, not just the schools"
 

hypocritexposer

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Steve said:
“What are they teaching them?”

the lesson is simple... call the police and cower until they show up and save you... :?

sorry, not taking that advice....government will never save me, or anyone else needing my help. I'll save myself and others, and suffer the consequences later.

OT and his cohorts can sit and wait for help, if they choose. Damn cowards.
 
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