Crystal makes a good point. My own experience when my son was bullied in a rural school, was that half the teachers were related to the parents of the other kids and would not do anything about it. Because we were foreigners, it was always my sons fault. After several attempts to reason with the school staff, and other parents, I gave up. My son decked two of the bullies, after I taught him how to defend himself, and the bullying stopped. One reason it stopped was I let the Principal know that if my son was suspended for fighting, I would take time off work and he would enjoy ice cream, movies,and have fun every day of his suspension. When I visited the school on one occasion a young lad charged me and head butted me in my stomach. I was prepared so he hurt his head, and fell down heavily, this was in front of witnesses both adults and children. I helped him up and told him he should be more careful because if I had fallen on him it would have hurt a lot more. ;-)