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

[Beth]

Hi, Chris.  I'd talk to the principal and the kid.  And I'd make 
it clear that taking advantage of you is no game plan from now 
on.  I'd also tell him not to mess around with you because you're 
blind, and for any reason.  We already have a lot of problems in 
elementary and middle schools with bullies.  Bullies abuse and 
harass LGBT kids and handicapped kids who are labeled with the 
aggressive R word, which I will not use on this list.  We do not 
need a bully in your corner, do we?  AFter all, bullies can 
arrouse some pretty mean stuff in kids, especially good kids.  If 
this kid for instance dumped a bag of pretzels into a water 
bottle, tell him he needs to buy you another water bottle.  I 
stayed at a facility once where a kid dumped milk in my cereal, 
and someone told me he was doing so.  I screamed at him (don't 
try that because some people won't take kindly to that, but just 
be firm if you can.) and told him he better get me another bowl 
of cereal and leave me alone.  I didn'gt particularly like the 
kid in question because he was creepy and thought Hillary Duff 
was watching him through his CD player.  Talk about mentally 
disturbed.  Hmmmm.
Good luck.
Beth

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
To: NFB NABS list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:13:57 -0500
Subject: [nabs-l] asking for advice on problem at school

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

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