LAOP is a teen who is being harassed by another teen at school, who has allegedly sexually assaulted three other teens. She warned him to leave her alone, but nevertheless he persisted. She, a black belt in Taekwondo, responded to his assaults by jabbing him in the nose. Guess who’s being punished?

Private schools are MUCH worse.

A public school has to answer to a school board of elected officials who fear for any negative press and lawsuits. That is why I think this girl should lawyer up and go to the school board. Once that happens and shit hits the fan, principal may not last long in his job and the school will take every problem she ever has again extremely seriously.

Private schools will bury everything. They give zero fucks. There is no election process and no one is held accountable by the general public. Moreover, they don’t WANT anyone from the outside (police, lawyers) looking into their shit (again, can’t be sued if you can’t find a problem, so don’t you fucking dare go looking), so any attempts to get justice are stonewalled.

While I may not love our public schools, and many things could be changed, I will send my kids to public schools over private 100 times out of 100. The horror stories I’ve heard from private school teachers about entitled students that are literally untouchable and the shit they pull (from cheating to full on assault and bullying kids into suicide with zero repercussions) means I don’t want my kids anywhere near that scene. At least in a situation like this in a public school officials can be held accountable.

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