Aarons Fist Fight

Yesterday I got a call from the nurse at Aaron's school. She told me that he was alright but that he had been in a fist fight at school. I was pretty calm and cool about the whole thing as she explained what happened.

The principal got on the phone and spoke to me. I don't think I like him just because he gets an attitude when you question what he says.

Anyway, Aaron was standing in the cafeteria line and 2 bratty kids come up and cut in front of him. Aaron tells them to not cut in line. One of the boys starts cussing in Aaron's face and calling him horrible names. Aaron pushes the kid away from him (Aaron is very sensitive to bad language) and the kid halls off and punches Aaron in the cheek. Aaron punched him in the forehead and then took a hit to the ear. Aaron hit his arm and shoulder (Aaron said he didn't want to hit his face, he was aiming for his body so that he wouldn't hurt him so much). It was broken up and Aaron was sent to the principal. The principal has to say that Aaron started it because he got physical first. Big difference between a punch and a push to get the guy out of his face!! I think that verbally attacking someone should be the first offense and after that Aaron was just trying to protect himself. The school system stinks with teaching our children about real life. Everything has to be politically correct and crap. Makes me a bit angry, can you tell!! So now Aaron is suspended from school until Wednesday. We didn't get mad at him, there was no punishment from home, well, except that he had to go to work with Blair today.

I called my Mom (Aaron's grandma) and told her what happened. She said, "You tell that boy to aim right for the other kids nose!" Aaron's uncle Jack said the same thing, well, okay first he said, "You don't want me to teach him how to defend himself cause I'll tell him to stick his fingers in the kids eyes and then shove your fist through his nose." If you can't tell, Jack wanted the rotten kid to hurt too. And then I ran into Darren, my nephew and told him about the fight, to which he replied, "Do I need to go talk to some kids at Aaron's school?" For those of you that don't know Darren, he is BIG and he can be scarry, of course not to his family. Okay maybe his brothers have been a little scared of him but that is different! I thought it was sweet that everyone cared and I felt the love and support from family, even if some of that support was words in a violent nature!!! lol
I think that I was more traumatized that Aaron. As his Mom my heart just broke. I thought of the pain he must of felt and being scared that someone was wanting to hurt him. My mind flashed back to when he was little bitty (okay he was 10 lbs 14 oz at birth so it wasn't when he was a baby okay) and his dimples would jump out at me when he smiled and he was so sweet and loved to cuddle. I thought of my baby hurting and scared and wanted to scream at that other kid AND his parents for not raising their child in a more respectful way. Unfortunately kids today aren't taught to respect others, they are taught (by not being taught) that whatever they want is good and no one else matters.

I still get sick thinking about it and Aaron seems to not even worry or think about it. I was on the verge of tears all day yesterday, but Aaron had this kind of silly grin on his face. He spoke of what adrenaline really feels like and that it was a crazy feeling and kind of cool. I am afraid he may become an adrenaline junky if we aren't careful. I am hoping that this fight will have done some good for him in that the other boys that harrass him at school will see that he isn't afraid of them and maybe they will leave him alone, or . . . this will be the first of many fights???? I am truly hoping for the first senario.