PrayersForMaura,
You are so right that bullying needs to stop and be controlled by teachers and principals.The ones that are bullied go through mental and physical torture daily.Sometimes they get it at home.Just picture being in school,getting picked on daily and sometimes getting abused at home.I have seen several shows that investigate bullying in schools.Many,many kids committed suicide.It is beyond belief that this is allowed to go on.What happened to Guidance Counselors,Social workers,ect.?When I went to school,we had them available in our school.If a child were slipping in grades,there were people who would find out why.
If anyone wonders why he was grades lower in school;
How can someone concentrate on school work when they are under constant fear about being bullied!Do not wonder why they stay back a grade or 2.
As far as the realistic pellet gun,BB guns,air pellet were sold for 18.00 at Walmart and other places.BB guns have become more and more realistic looking.Not the little plastic ones that little boys got for Christmas.These things look like real 9mm when it is pointed at you.