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That's perhaps the single most idiotic conclusion one could possibly make from this story.

Okay? You wanna explain or just be a dickhead?

Kids don't generally get to pick where they go to school. At best, their parents may have some ability to either enroll them in a private school or move. Alternately, their parents may have no money to move or put them in a private school, or worse, they might not care.

> At best, their parents may have some ability to either enroll them in a private school or move.

Situations like this have happened before and there are ways that kids can be bused/driven to different public schools. If the parents don't care or want to see their kid suffer then they're horrible people

> If the parents don't care or want to see their kid suffer then they're horrible people

I agree, but I still don't see how that's a reason to blame the kid. There were dozens of adults in a position to do something, but the kid is the one person who had absolutely no ability to change the situation.

As harsh as it sounds then I somewhat agree. Feeling sorry for him will just create new abuser / victim. I used to teach maths in high school and this is typical stuff that can easily be solved, but it requires a more old school style

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