So I’ve been getting bullied all school year in jasper Jr high school in TX on January 15 2026 I had enough of I so I beat the living crap out of him so now I’m in daep (for those who don’t know what it is its a Distant Alternative Education Program). My dad says that in 8 business day if the boy named [NAME REMOVED] is not in there with me I will be un-enrolled from jasper isd and the media and a lawyer will be contacted.
Welcome.
In my Jr High I was bullied by jerks who werent athletes at all (then i got into weight lifting and my dad taught me to box).
Most schools today have strict anti-bullying rules, but too many staff just ignore it when they see it happening. But it has been happening since there were schools. Girls do it too.
I suggest actually reporting it- or having your parents do so- in writing to the school board and Principal.
it hasn’t been but 2 months since a girl here in jasper in 7th grade committed suicide because of bullies and we actually report it.
To put it bluntly, because athletes are seen as more important.
It’s not right. But the admins are unwilling to go after the starting QB of the football team.
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Welcome to the Straight Dope Message Board, @Haydenlilly.
I have removed the name of the student from your post, as the posting of real names violates the privacy policy of this message board. You are free to discuss your issues here, just don’t use someone’s real name in a post.
Also, I have moved your post from our Factual Questions forum/category to In My Humble Opinion, since your post is more of an advice and opinion topic than something that is purely factual.
I don’t understand. You are apparently well able to defend yourself, so how is it you put up with bullying for so long (“all school year” I presume means since September, so around 4 months or more)? Your thread title references athletes, but apparently you were able to beat him up so severely that you are being punished?
Or was this bullying not physical, but psychological? Perhaps online? You seem to think that school authorities should have been aware of this bullying, so it must have been out in the open. Would you care to mention what form the bullying took?
If you truly have been wronged, it sounds like your father has the situation well in hand. Popular students generally get away with more than other students, and there’s not much that even parents can do to change that. Teachers and administrators are human, and tend to respond positively to the same traits in students that make them popular with their peers. This can be disappointing and disillusioning for teens, who may expect adults to be fair; realizing that life isn’t fair is one of the hallmarks of maturity. Perhaps you can consider this a growing experience for your formative years.
I think this is a good post. Neither physical nor psychological/cyber bullying should be tolerated - especially not for 1 year. I presume you and yout parents alerted the school?
But additional details are needed before I’ll agree that “beat[ing] the living crap out of” the bully was warranted.
My son was verbally bullied for some time. We repeatedly raised it with the school. Nothing permanent was done. One time in middle school my son sruck back physically. (Did not “beat the crap out of him,” but definitely landed some hard strikes. He was suspended briefly. But amazingly, the bullying stopped! 
In retrospect, I regretted having previously insisted that my kids never respond physically to bullies, and instructed them that the school personnel would protect them.
Not to be flip, but you live in Jasper. It’s far from being one of the lights of civilization.
That said, the proper response is to go to the teacher, then the principal, then the district. And then the TEA if that doesn’t work.