Accidentally burned a couple of fingers while pouring hot water for my mid-afternoon cup of soup.

First-degree, looks like. More ouchie than serious.

Sparky, that principal is not only a FUCKO, but he's incompetent. I'd love to hear his school board's reaction to his "handling" of the situation.

Connie!!!! Yay!!!!!

He certainly does sound incompetent, especially in today's climate.

I just called the Ohio Quit Line, talked to the counselor and will be receiving patches on or around the 9th of November, official quit date the 14th of November. Am a nervous wreck.

"boys will be boys and they were just roughhousing"

How long is the step between just being a boy and committing aggravated assault? Sometimes I wonder.

DCJ: Heh! Great story.

Aidan thwacking the 'puter and cursing: BWAH! I knew I loved that boy. I foresee many more great stories about Deena's babies.

Weather bad. Work dull. All by myself in the office with very little incentive to hurry up and do some more nothing. Feh. Do not want to go shopping and see scads of Christmas crap, it makes me want to get rid of all my stuff and start anew with a Japanese minimalist style.

"boys will be boys and they were just roughhousing"

I might have stated this in LJ, but my BiL who's in high school was horsing around with a friend who accidentally broke his leg two years ago and his friend got suspended for three days--and the school paid ALL medical bills. So even if this were consensual horseplay (which it so obviously wasn't) there would still need to be repercussions.

I hate the "boys will be boys" rationale. It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

I'm curious as to why you see this as liberal thinking.

I hate the "boys will be boys" rationale. It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

I'm curious as to why you see this as liberal thinking.

Pretty sure Ginger was joking.

I'm curious as to why you see this as liberal thinking.

Ditto.

I see this as bureaucratic CYA see-no-evil thinking. As long as you keep your distance, you aren't involved. The cliques will be cliques, there will always be a lower social strata, and bullying doesn't exist because it's just boys being boys and girls being girls.

Unfortunately, 15 high school kids in Littleton died because of that sort of stupid thinking.

I'm pretty laid back about things, but if Annabel gets bullied and the school has the same sort of lassiez-faire attitude they had when I was in school, I will find me some Scientology lawyers and sic them on the school and its administration. Because, you know, there's no better answer to evil than a greater evil, especially one that grabs onto its prey and will not let go.

It seems obvious that someone besides my sister should be taking responsibility for the injury. If my sister does have to sue, it will have to be for an amount much greater than what the other family/school would pay if they offered to cover her expenses because the insurance company has a claim on any recovery. So, she'll have to sue for their costs and hers and all the fees and she can ask for pain and suffering.

If they'd made a phone call and said, "we're sorry, our son did a dumb thing, and he's going to be mowing lawns until he can get a real job to help pay the bills. Can we reimburse you for what the insurance company doesn't cover?" my sister probably would have accepted that as fair. If the school's principal said, "our teachers are supposed to report every threat and are supposed to supervise classes, I've repremanded the two teachers involved and am calling a meeting with all the teachers to remind them of what is required so this won't happen again" she probably would have been satisfied.

I still would have wanted to kick the shit out of the kid, of course.

This time, Aidan turned toward his Daddy, smacked the keyboard hard with one hand, and said, "FUCK IT!" and then walked away.

The stuff I miss when I skim. Oy! Owen likes to bang on my keyboard but he's a little pre-verbal for "fuck it!" But that's only a matter of time. We're pretty sure the boy will swear like a stevadore.