I’ll add, since it wasn’t too clear. I’m a pacifist too. I have defended myself at times against a male who was about a foot taller, and one hundred pounds heavier than me. He backed away from the Celtic fire coming from my eyes. He ended up backing down from me, but it did not stop the physical assaults, and the projects being destroyed, and me getting called bitch-slut-whore, and sexually molested, and spit on, and tripped on the stairs and all the rest of it. 
Yeah, I got physically ill a lot too.
Thanks for all the advice, folks.
Keep us updated, ok? Sending you positive vibes. ~~~
Yes, keep us posted.
Ohhhh, one more idea… among many!
What about school clubs, or out of school clubs that focus on art? Community association stuff? There’s gotta be some like-minded people around that can help you keep things together…
Good luck - non carborundum illigiteum
Aslan, I am an Art teacher, and hearing stories like yours pisses me off to no end. Whatever else I do in the classroom, I do my best to make sure that each student is safe and their property is respected. I don’t win 100% of the time, but the lengths to which I go means that my students understand they don’t get away with that crap.
To put it bluntly, your teacher has no business being in the classroom if he (she?) refuses to do anything about the abuse you’ve taken. Those kids should have been yelled at, written up, kicked out, suspended, and perhaps even expelled.
It’s probably the end of the year where you are, so there isn’t quite enough time to do this all the way, but here’s my advice to you:
1st: write down everything you can remember, and put as much specific information - date, time, names, places, what was scribbled on your stuff, where you had bruises, what was said, and how the teacher reacted.
2nd: continue writing everything down as it happens. I wouldn’t recommend doing it in class, because it might be taken away from you. Also: only EVER give copies of your documentation. Never let the originals out of your hands.
3rd: inform your teacher that you are documenting everything that happens. That might be enough to make him shift his lazy ass. Anyone who works within a beaurocracy understands that nothing happens until the words are on paper. You can make all the verbal complaints you like, but until it’s in writing, you can’t make anything happen.
4th: if you can, find a stand up teacher to be your advocate - the kind who is willing to take on the administration and stand up to another teacher. Get advice from them on who is the best person to approach within the school system. Often times, the people who will fix stuff are not the ones with the special titles.
5th: if it’s still happening, write a formal letter addressed to the teacher, the principal, and the superintendent. Explain that they are not meeting their obligation to provide you with a safe education. Include all your documentation. Then, explain that if the situation does not change immediately, you will contact the lawyer you have already spoken to (have a name, even if it’s out of the phone book) about your legal recourse.
If there is anyone with the brain of an iguana working in that school district the letter will solve your problems, most likely by getting you transferred to the other art class. However, if it still doesn’t . . .
6th: don’t hesitate. Go to a lawyer and file suit against the district. Go to the police and press criminal charges against the kids. Go to your state board of liscensure and file a complaint against the teacher, the principal, and the superintendent.
Bitch slap them until they can be bitch slapped no more. It will not only help you. It’ll help the other kids stuck in the same situations throughout your district, and maybe even the state.
Oh, and to add to #5: send the letter by registered mail. That way, someone has to sign for it. It’s much less likely to “get lost”.
Aslan2 … I’d like to second dalovindj’s sentiments. High school, a place where people who don’t want to be are forced to go, can suck hard. Things will be better in college, a place where people go because they want to be there.
And then you’ve got actual life to deal with, which ain’t no bed of roses, but at least you can make it your own.
On another tack … Zenster, do you think you could go off the deep end just a little harder? Christ, you act like he shot your dog.
Your reputation hasn’t been besmirched. The Nobel comitte isn’t going to use this thread to deny you an award or anything.
Relax.
Your post is a violation of our rules. Phenolphthalein overdose can have serious consequences. Consider this an official warning – you are not to recommend poisioning people on this message board again.
j_kat_251, that goes about 10X for you.
Dude, Aslan, take care. I’ve never been bullied, outside of the family, so I can only imagine… I did have problems with the administration at my old school, though. I didn’t really want to make a fuss of things, so I went to the administration at my school… the other person, causing the trouble, was African American, and accused me of being racist. Nothing was done, but I did end up being homeschooled. You’re a freshman, right? So you have time to do whatever you like. Think about it over the summer, talk to your parents. Don’t downplay it. This is serious stuff. Good luck.
Aslan: I can only agree with what everyone has said. Document the shit out of this, and then call the cops. Send them to fucking jail.
Are you near graduating, or do you have to go back for more of this torture?
No, send it Certified, return receipt. Cheaper and you get back the card they signed to get it. Registered is intended for something with intrinsic value, like a packet of diamonds or something.
DD
Phenolpthalein hasn’t been used in Ex-Lax for sometime. www.drugstore.com
Poisoning?
See how bad it is? They took it out!
Nonetheless, sennosides (or any laxative product) when taken in the massive doses one might expect when substituting it for chocolate intended for consumption by minors, can cause fainting, low blood pressure, diarrehea or bloody stool. While rarely serious in a single-dosage situation, in the absence of knowing the precise dose taken, an emergency room visit is usually indicated. Further, absorbtion of other medicines is impaired.
Yes, poison.
Alternate Dumb & Dumber ending: Harry arrested for attempted murder after poisoning LLoyd.
Er… might I strongly recommend chilling the fuck out? For one: I was pretty sure I didn’t need to add a disclaimer stating DRANO IS A BURNY SUBSTANCE WHAT DONE CAUSES YOU TO DIE IF YALL EATS IT AND I NOT BE SERIOUS ANYWAY. For second: I don’t see anyone reprimanding the guy who offered to be a fuckin’ hitman.
Jesus. Anyway, back to the poison issue.
Let’s be vague here.
If you have a box of chocolate that happens to have some kind of unnamed substance added, and someone steals and eats the chocolate and then something happens to them, how exactly is this your fault?
If you leave a knife lying around and someone runs up and stabs themselves with it, can you be charged with assault with a deadly weapon? Nah.
If you leave a hairdryer lying around, someone takes it without your permission and then throws it into their bathtub while they’re taking a bath, are you responsible for homicide? Nah.
So if you leave a shit sandwich out on the table, you leave, come back and it’s gone - the person eating it HAS ABSOLUTELY NO RECOURSE WHATSOEVER, except maybe if he got a lawyer, who then argued that there’s some law intended for food vendors that involves tainting food for public consumption. In which case you could insist the shit sandwich was indeed for you, and you would have eaten it had some other sucker not beaten you to the punch. Then drive off in a pimped out Escalade shouting BOOYAH.
disclaimer: don’t do anything written above as it’s likely wrong. You’re supposed to drive an Explorer, duh.
manny, one simple question.
Do I suggest that Aslan2 offer the candies to these people?
Please note that I do not. When a person voluntarily steals something from another, they are entirely responsible for the consequences of their acts. Please also note that I did not not recommend that each piece of chocolate be stuffed with lots of doses. Adulterating an appealing food stuff with a laxative is a common element of urban lore. Please forgive me for resorting to it in my post. You have never seen me write anything remotely similar to this before and shall not in the future.
I will happily abide by your ruling on this, but mine was an innocent mistake and j_kat_251’s most certainly was not. Ex-Lax is an over the counter remedy and not rat poison or drain opener.
Note to Jack Batty: Cram it with walnuts.
Gee whiz … I’m sure you have a recipe for that.
Get over yourself. You’re not that important.
Standing ovation. [/hijack]
Enough aspirin can kill you. Just 'cause you don’t need a perscription doesn’t mean it’s not dangerous in high enough doses.
Better to fill the chocolates with pepper sauce.
Sorry. That’s wrong. Were a Doper to follow your advice, there could be serious criminal and civil consequences.
If the hypothetical laxative-spiked chocolates were left out with the intent (or even the reasonable possibility) that the hypothetical asshats would steal and gorge themselves on them, leading to hypothetical gastric distress and possibly worse, the person who left the chocolates out would be liable for his negligence or intentional tort (depending on the actor’s intent in leaving the chocolates out).
The person who left the chocolates would be liable in tort for battery and most DA’s with a few synapses firing would be able to find some sort of criminal charge they could make stick, like reckless endagerment or some variation of battery.