Ok.. if you think that title’s weird think how i fealt hearing it said at a local grade school by the principal. lol I was working with a group from work to upgrade RAM for a local school. While in the main offiice at the school I over heard a conversation going on froma young man who was brought tothe office by a monitor. The boy was obviously upset and was saying little. I got the impression he gave his story once or twice and was quite sick of repeating himself and only getting into more trouble. From what i gathered the story went as follows: Boy in hall is having a dissagreement with a younger, smaller girl. THe smaller girl threatens the boy with kicking him in the “gentles” – a reference from the show HomeMovies on AdultSwim. Watch it wont you. www.adultswim.com- Understandibly the kid doesnt take well to this and when the girl starts to act on her threat he shoves her to the floor kinda hard. This causes her to get emotional and start crying. Ppl show up and they are all brought to the main office.
This is where I get to listen in direct. After the principal gets off a phone call, she listens to the story at hand. She’s told the boy says the the girl said she was going to ” kick him in the balls” The principal kinda surprised me with her reply. She’s was kinda gruff i noticed earlier in the day and her first response to this was quite empathetic. She tells the boy that even though this younger and smaller girl was attempting to kick him in the “balls” that he shouldnt have shoved her as he did. He should have restrained her effectivly and requested adult intervention. Sure, makes sense in hind sight. But i’m sorry, being kicked in the gentles _ i luv this term, is just NOT something to think rationally about. I’ve never been kicked, thankfully, but i have been nudge wrong, grazed and moved uncomfortablly, so having ANY forced pressure would not be cool.
What caught me odd was the principal’s next lines. She switched from the empathectic adult back to a ruff speaking intructor. She says ” and we dont say dick and balls. It’s penis and scrotum. If you are going to talk about this, use the correct terms”
I’m thinking ok.. as nice as it would be to be ‘adult’ about this I cant see ANY ONE especially an 8 or 9 year old talking about his PENIS or scotum around anyone except a doctor. Its just not cool.
What was the lesson?