Why was I suspended? ?

Question

We have only been in school for a week and I got suspended but I didn't do anything wrong. This girl whose boyfriend I hooked up with suddenly pushed me into the lockers and started pounding on me and I had no choice but to fight back. it was like they expected me to stand there and take it! Granted she got 10 days and I only got 3 but I don't feel I should have been suspended at all since it was self defense why would they do this to me?

Answer 1

You should make an appeal immediately to either the principle or (if the principle was the one that suspended you) the school board.

My brother (who is now a doctor by the way) once got a short suspension by an over-zealous administrator because he and his best friend where flicking each other on the ear in class.  The kooky admin considered this "Fighting" and nailed them both.  My brother had a spotless record and appealed directly to the principle and the suspension was immediately lifted.

From my own story, I know for a fact that self-defense is a valid argument that does work for assaults in school.  I was assaulted on three separate occasions in school by bullies.  In the first, they attacked my friend who has CP (just because he had CP) and I cracked the thug's skull open with a padlock.  In the second, I was pushed into a locker by three punks who'd been menacing me for weeks (race related);  I threw my lunch into one's face, kicked the second in the gut and was preparing to punch the third when a teacher stopped it all right there.  In the third incident, a boy punched me in the ear to try and provoke a fight and I kicked him over a desk into a wall.  In ALL of these cases, I never had any disciplinary action against me by the school, and in all cases my attacker was suspended.

Appeal the decision, lean on your good record and I think you will get this lifted.

Answer 2

same thing happened to me i smell a controversy here LOL Seriously though i wood tell my mom we need a lawyer and take ur school to court

Answer 3

eh. my school system sucks too