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Help, please.
Help, please.
Last night I talked to my mom about my school and she said that because the other people there don't treat me well she's willing to pull me out. I said yes, and that's what I want to do.
She sent an e-mail to my principal, and I haven't been told if she's replied yet.
But I'm worried because the principal will want to talk to those kids, or tell their parents. My mom didn't say any names, but the principal might want them. One of the kids who treated me badly is my friend, who strangely is great to be around when he isn't at school. (probably because he feels that he has to keep up an image at school with his other friends)
I don't want my friend-or his friends-to get in big trouble, but I have great respect for my principal, who is a great woman. What do I do?
Chad says mvtv. Great idea, Chad, but it's already been thought up and it's called MTV.
submitted by Ronan
(January 16, 2017 - 1:24 pm)
(January 16, 2017 - 1:24 pm)
I'm not sure what you should do. If your supposed friends bully you, then they obviously don't deserve to have someone as awesome as you for a friend. Just have faith in yourself and remember that you're a great person. Better than them. Sometimes. Most times.
Also, I think Chad meant "Music Video Television." I don't know if that exists as well. Maybe it does. Maybe not.
(January 16, 2017 - 4:25 pm)
(January 18, 2017 - 8:08 pm)
This is definitely a hard decision, Ronan. I know people who act differently at school so they don't also get picked on. Not that I agree with it, but that is how some people are. I think the best thing you can do here is to think. Write down a list of all the good and bad between having your friends in trouble, or respecting your principal. From there on you'll find the solution.
I wish you luck!
(January 18, 2017 - 8:42 pm)
Ronan, if you're not comfortable with the principal talking to these people, let her know. I'm sure she won't do anything you don't feel completely safe with. She may want to talk to them to try and make these bullying problems stop. However, if you feel uncomfortable about it, that's fine and I'm sure your principal will respect that.
But your reasons seem to be that you don't want the principal talking to them because they will get in trouble. I think that's a very forgiving thing to do, but it seems like they did something to deserve punishment. I mean, bullying a kid so much that he/she actually leaves that school has to stop. And in my oppinion, the best way to make it stop is letting the principal know so that she can do something about it.
About that sometimes-friend of yours, who acts really mean in school, but really nice outside school? Definitely talk to that person about what they are doing. (But make sure to talk to them outside school. They'll probably listen to you better.) Try to make them understand that completely switching the way they act every time they go to school isn't right. If he/she keeps doing it... well, they may not really be the best friend.
It sounds like a destructive friendship, the kind that you're never quite sure about. This isn't an emotionally healthy friendship for you, and so if they won't stop you may want to consider getting out of that friendship. But I really hope it doesn't come to that.
Good luck, Ronan. I hope everything comes out alright.
(January 18, 2017 - 10:44 pm)