The pussification of America begins in elementary school

So, last week as I go to pick up my five year old son from after school care, a couple of his friends come running up telling me about a boy who pushed my son down and proceeded to bend his fingers (at school, not after school). Mind you that my son is in kindergarten. It took my wife and I a while to get him to even admit it, because as he said, one of the bigger kids would get him.

I did two things: Since it was too late to call the school, we (my son and I) had a talk about defending himself. Taught him what to do in a roundabout way, so as to not give him the idea of going straight to the boy and hit him. So, at the end of this, I tell him that if someone does that to him again to tell the teacher - and if the boy doesn't stop, then do what I taught him to protect himself. And you know what he said? He said that couldn't do that because the teacher said anyone who hits would get in trouble.

The next day, I emailed and called the school. Of course no one would return call, but the teacher forwarded my email to the principal who emailed me back in return, saying "thank you" for bringing this to light and that they would be handling it. And guess what? The boy is still picking on him.

What I gather out of this is that the school isn't going to really do shite except keep my son from defending himself. By the way, I told him that if the boy does it again that he is to do whatever he needs to in order to make it stop. And he was adamant about the rules. Guess I can't blame him for following the rules.