[nabs-l] asking for advice on problem at school

[Chris Nusbaum]

Hi everyone,

I had a problem at school today that I'd like to get your 
thoughts on as to what I should do next.  Today during lunch, 
another kid at my table dumped his bag of pretzels into my water 
bottle without my knowing; he must have thought it was some kind 
of funny prank.  Fortunately, I was sitting next to a good friend 
of mine, who told me about this.  Even after multiple people 
commented negatively about what he did, he said nothing.

Variations on this have happened before with this same kid as the 
perpetrater; only once before today this school year and 3 times 
last year.  The one time something like this happened this year, 
he put his dirty napkin in my Yogurt cup (after I had finished 
eating the Yogurt) without saying anything.  The first time (with 
the napkin,) I realized that this had happened as I was getting 
my trash together to throw it away.  Knowing who did it, since 
he'd done this kind of thing before last year, I said, "(Insert 
name,) why is your napkin in my Yogurt?" Knowing that he had been 
caught, he replied, "Oh...  sorry." I then talked to the lunch 
lady who is in charge of supervising all of us in the lunchroom.  
She said she would talk to him.  I wasn't there when she did, but 
apparently she had, as the problem (for about a month and a half) 
had been resolved...  that is, until today.

I feel that this is a person taking advantage of my blindness and 
playing a "prank" on me knowing that I won't catch him.  So, what 
do you think I should do next? Should I go to our principal? 
Should I talk to him directly? Any suggestions would be greatly 
appreciated!
Thanks,

Chris

"The real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight.  The 
real problem is the misunderstanding and lack of education that 
exists.  If a blind person has the proper training and 
opportunity, blindness can be reduced to a mere physical 
nuisance."
-- Kenneth Jernigan