FACEBBOOK FIGHT CLUB

So, originally, I was going to write about a 45-year-old virgin from Britain, who flew here to the US to have sex with a sex surrogate for the first time, and then I thought, "Isn't that just a legal term for a prostitute? Don't they have hookers in England? Or did Jack the Ripper kill them all?" Then, I wanted to write about another teacher in Texas who had sex with another student, but this time the student smartened up and began blackmailing her to get him alcohol and weed, which might not have been a bad story, but how many teacher-student sex stories do you want me to write for you before we realize there's a problem here? Unless, we really like those stories? Well, like I normally do, I found the diamond in the rough that I would like to discuss today. Facebook has a "Fight Club" page! No, I don't mean a Tyler Durden Fight Club page! I mean there was a page up of kids actually sending in videos of their school fights! I am beside myself as I sit here chuckling. 

Don't get me wrong, I do not condone fighting, especially, at the high school level because fighting has probably come from some sort of bullying. I do have to say, though, back in my grade school years, many, many years ago, I have thrown down and I've witnessed some amazing fights and rumbles. Can you imagine if we had video cell phones back then? We'd be able to go back and see how much of a bunch of idiots we looked like. Well, students at the Bridgewater-Raritan High School in Somerset County, NJ will be able to do just that. A page on Facebook called "BRHS Fights" encourages students at the central New Jersey high school to share videos of student brawls. As of Wednesday, the page has not been shut down, but the incriminating footage has been taken down. 

The anonymous creator, who set up the page for students at BRHS, posted that they would "rather stay anonymous than be known as the idiot who got caught." "BRHS Fights" racked up more than a thousand "Likes" since it was set up two weeks ago with at least five videos posted. The page's creator initially asked Facebook users to send videos via message or email and they will post them for all to see and that their names will not be disclosed. According to school officials, they had no legal recourse to remove the videos, but did want them taken down.

The altercations were obviously captured on cell phones at spots on and near the high school grounds. One video included a "4th Period Cat Fight" between two girls outside the school and a lunchroom row. Some students say that they're ashamed of the negative attention, but I'm sure those were the nerds and the ass-kissers in the school. One student was quoted as saying, "It's a shame that people are fighting all the time. It's even more of a shame that people are putting it on Facebook." I would tell that student to go hug a tree! People fight in high school. Not everyone is going to get along. Plus, at that age, sometimes it's good to get a little aggression out as long as their doing it with their fists and not firearms. That same student also stated, "I can see the next day someone walking into school and saying, 'I saw you on Facebook. I saw you got beat up on Facebook. You suck at fighting,' and if that happened to me, I would get hurt. I would feel you could never show your face again at school." Is this person for real? Before there were cell phones and Facebook, kids in high school used to get their asses kicked all the time. Just because it wasn't glorified through media doesn't mean that it didn't happen. The losers still walked through the school being laughed at and do you think they wanted to show their faces in the school ever again? Probably not, but they did and it built character back then. People need to stop being so coddled!

A school official said that there's been a rash of fights breaking out at the school with at least seven in the first two weeks of March. Well, now you know why! The school administration knew the identities of the students involved in the fights before the videos were even posted and those students were given multi-day suspensions. Facebook commenters called the page "disgusting." I think it's a harsh look at reality. The bottom line is that fights happen in schools. You don't want your kids to be a part of it, but sometimes it's inevitable. I would take seeing video footage of a school fight on Facebook over a kid gunning down the entire school any day and I'm sure many of you will agree!

KIDDIE FIGHT CLUB

Everyone remembers the movie Fight Club, right? Well, it looks like a daycare center in Delaware is housing the next Tyler Durden! That's right! I said a daycare center. God, I love this story! It turns out; three employees of a Dover, Delaware daycare called The Hands of Our Future LLC Daycare were arrested Monday after police say a 'disturbing' cell phone video allegedly captured two toddlers participating in an organized fist fight. The daycare currently has its license suspended pending a hearing. 

The center's employees, 19-year-old Tiana Harris, 21-year-old Estefania Myers, and 47-year-old Lisa Parker, are being accused of forcing two 3-year-olds to strike one another in the head and face repeatedly this past March. The Dover police captain remarked that the video, which showed two children just whaling on each other, was 'shocking, disturbing, and infuriating' to watch. He went on to say, "These are our most precious cargo and to have adults responsible for caring for their well-being to have them behave as such is sickening." Wait a minute! When I was younger, I was always pitted against my other cousins in fist fights. It's just what we did as boys! We fought! Why is this sickening? Back when we were kids, we didn't have video that can go viral like we do today, but boys will be boys. Let them fight! It's how we became who are today.

 While the footage was not released publicly, police said one of the children could be heard yelling, "He's pinching me," while one of the workers responded, "No pinching; only punching!" Allegedly, one of the children was crying and did not want to continue on, but was pushed back into the fray by one of the adults. Okay, seriously! Who has never been here before? It sounds to me they were only teaching the boys how to fight. Court records show that Parker was forcing the toddlers to fight while Harris and Myers looked on and laughed spurring on the altercation. 

Some parents from the daycare were shocked saying that they knew these three teachers and have even been on field trips with them and never saw anything irregular. One parent stated that she was pissed off because she felt that if her daughter was around anything like this, she should've known that day. Harris, Myers, and Parker were charged with assault, endangering the welfare of a child, reckless endangering and conspiracy. The daycare's owner couldn't be reached for comment. 

The only wrong that I see in this is that these kids weren't their own. I agree that they shouldn't be egging these kids on to fight. That was wrong. As for the fighting though, boys will be boys, so let them fight! It's the only way they will learn how. When did we become a society where we coddled our children to a point where we're borderline putting them in a bubble? For instance, I recently bought by nephews and niece a 12 foot trampoline with a net for their backyard. My sister decided to return it after hearing horror stories about kids breaking their arms and legs. So, what? Kids are durable! No one coddled us from those things when we were growing up. They sent us out there to ride our bikes (without helmets), eat dirt, get our bumps and bruises, and fight who we needed to survive. Kids today are nothing but a bunch of wusses! I know I'm going to catch some backlash for saying that, but those who have something to say, just reflect back to the time when you were growing up and you won't have a thing to say to me!