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Salrite posted...

Granted, y'all probably should have caught on when he said he was 7 or 8. Obvious trolling. A seven-year-old can't be held responsible for their judgement, let alone be considered a "pedo" at that age. Your reaction kind of proved his point.

No one would seriously think a 7 year old is a pedophile. Duh? I think you are missing the point. Everyone reacted to him publicly saying this shit as a 15 year old. Regardless of whether it is true, we then also have to address the appropriateness of such a joke. And because he made it publicly, we also have to address the discomfort such a joke would cause to other students on the room who actually have been sexually assaulted and might now feel less comfortable in class.

On top of that, the kid's joke included this claim that he has some rare disease that causes psychotic breaks during which he can attack random people. As the teacher who has been given absolutely no heads up about this, it's obviously absurd. But 5 other children who don't know this sit within his hitting distance, so there's that element, too.

And now we also have to address the discomfort that kids in the room might feel about mental illness being used to make such an outlandish and inappropriate joke.

All this needs to be navigated regardless of whether it was an honest statement or an obvious joke.