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Even in lily white school districts, kids fight. What do they do to 2 kids who got into a brawl? In Catholic school, I saw that they got to stay, especially if rich Mommy and Daddy greased palms. In one case, a teacher slugged a priest who taught science. He got to stay. Not much of a collegiate career, but he became a cop. At my second HS, not as highbrow, it was not tolerated. There was quite an exodus at the end of junior year to public school for people who did not measure up for benchmarks in citizenship.
I'm also curious if 2 people where involved in a physical fight in college? It could happen, though I haven't seen it. How is it typically addressed? Is the transcript affected? I mean, this has nothing to do with academic performance?
Not sure what they will do in our local high school this year because they just started the demerit system. However, in the past, a fight was 5 to 10 days out of school suspension, which would go on their permanent record.
In college, the "college" won't do anything. If you have already applied to the school and been accepted, no worries, unless you have a scholarship - athletic or academic (and they're performing background checks every year). The worst thing would be to have your "fight partner" file a police report for "aggrivated assault". If you're a high-profile athlete, the police (occasionally) will contact the coaching staff and the matter is resolved internally. If you have an academic scholarship that does perform background checks, then you might loose it. Either way, if you're trying to get into grad school and they do a background check (as the good ones do), you might have to explain the situation.
This is a few years back, but in my HS the punishments would range from nothing, to a five day in-school suspension, I never seen anything past three days in-school, and never heard of someone getting out of school suspension, I do not think they had it. I know things have changed, it use to be they would not even punish the person for self defense, now they punish both parties regardless of the reasons or if the person was in self defense, makes no sense.
I never saw a fight or the results of in college, I imagine campus police would be involved and it would be treated almost the same as two normal adults fighting.
In my high school and middle school they did nothing, unless you unfortunately got into a fight with a child from a well to do family. His parents like someone else said would "grease" some palms and get you into trouble, but not their own child.
At Penn State, there were fights all the time at parties. Some of the football players got into fights. There was even as serial rapist or at least molester, I cant recall. But it was all off campus, so I guess the school had no jurisdiction.
At our high school, fighters generally get arrested, especially if there are more than two people fighting. The students are restrained by the security guards, the police are called, and the kids go out handcuffed in a police car.
In the adult world, fighting is usually an assault charge. The district attorney's office determines how the case will proceed.
Did you stop and think about how that comes across, and how offensive many people will find that statement, or are you making a statement about dark skinned students?
Last edited by DewDropInn; 09-16-2012 at 08:20 PM..
Even in lily white school districts, kids fight. What do they do to 2 kids who got into a brawl? In Catholic school, I saw that they got to stay, especially if rich Mommy and Daddy greased palms. In one case, a teacher slugged a priest who taught science. He got to stay. Not much of a collegiate career, but he became a cop. At my second HS, not as highbrow, it was not tolerated. There was quite an exodus at the end of junior year to public school for people who did not measure up for benchmarks in citizenship.
I'm also curious if 2 people where involved in a physical fight in college? It could happen, though I haven't seen it. How is it typically addressed? Is the transcript affected? I mean, this has nothing to do with academic performance?
Any first-hand experience or knowledge?
My high school would suspend them for 10 days, have 5 day straight parent visits, stick them in detention for 2 weeks, sit and be bored session, then kick them off to the degenerate high school.
I don't know what college one of the previous posters attended, but at the college where I work the campus police would on that in a minute. One or both parties would most likely get arrested. In addition, our student affairs office would also get involved, and that would be part of their record.
At the high school where I used to work, it's zero tolerance with 10 days out of school suspension.
At our high school, fighters generally get arrested, especially if there are more than two people fighting. The students are restrained by the security guards, the police are called, and the kids go out handcuffed in a police car.
In the adult world, fighting is usually an assault charge. The district attorney's office determines how the case will proceed.
We have actual full time police officers at our local high schools which make the handcuffing and arrests a lot easier. I think that results in a lot less fights.
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