It's not for sale. You don't have to believe it but I taught social studies and that experience made me decide to never pursue that career. I would send the kid to the office, file the written disciplinary form, and nothing would happen. Lucky me I taught Civil War, Reconstruction, and up through WW1, so race and the culture/political climate of the south and north came up a lot. I would send him out of the room sometimes several times a week for using the n-word, making comments about women/poc being too stupid to have the vote, you name it. They had a meeting with his parents about *attendance * but never addressed the bullying of the only black student in my class. Student finally had enough of being called a n-word and shoved the kid up against the wall, they both got in school suspension, racist kid didn't show up for his.
Apparently they really just wanted this kid to graduate and get out of the school, he needed my class (along others) to graduate. I now believe that my mentor teachers probably never followed through and spoke to the principal on my behalf, and that the principal just wanted the kid out and to not anger the parents. I should have told my professor but I was led to believe that not being able to handle the situation myself would reflect poorly on me (one of the mentor teachers had the sink or swim philosophy). I now understand that the school was not doing its job to protect the students and myself as a learning teacher, and I should have been a stronger advocate for them and myself.