At least on this aspect, sounds like your K-12 had much more lax discipline than the Catholic Schools I attended. And from reports from older neighbors who attended those very same schools a decade or two before…the disciplinary standards were much more strict when they attended than was the case with my experiences.
If a child was found to have a pattern of instigating fistfights…even a second time, that child would likely be well on his/her way if not already expelled with prejudice with the parents being pointedly told by the principal to find another school for that child. .
Nowhere near the gravity of a student getting caught with a weapon on school grounds.
Indeed. Noticed that here on CC with the presence of some parents who make excuses for behaviors “because they are boys” which would not only not have been acceptable to the teachers/admins of the 2 Catholic elementary schools I attended, but also most parents in my old neighborhood.
Especially the retired Marine SNCO veteran and former drill instructor from his reaction to the punishment* the teacher doled out to his 8 year old son for talking and disrupting the teacher’s lesson in class.
- He felt while the teacher was being kind and well-meaning, it was too lax and felt the need to impose hos own much more severe punishments to drive home the point that behavior was unacceptable, period.