Damn, this is f***ed up. A science and math honor student, too! Just what we needed in society. Why can't we just take the evil kids and throw them off the rooftops? No wonder home-schooling is growing! What we need is not less violence, but judiciously applied violence -- on the miscreants! And let's not forget the moron educrats -- including many teachers! It'd be nice to have a wholesale lynching to really make an impression and restore order in the clbuttroom. EXCERPTS "He was pushed to the limit by the school," she said, standing next to her son's bunk bed and clutching his favorite blue blanket. Davis, a supermarket cashier, said her son pleaded with her to let him transfer out of University Neighborhood High School on the lower East Side because he "couldn't take it." The single mother of three said she regrets asking the freshman honor-roll student to wait until September to find a new school. "My son wanted to get out of there," she said. "In my heart, I know he was trying to avoid the beatings and the stress." Department of Education officials said the school's staff gave no indication that the slightly built Sidney, who stood 5-feet-2 and weighed 110 pounds, was being harbutted by schoolyard toughs. The school's principal could not be reached for comment. But Chris Olivieri, 15, attested to the razzing and physical abuse his friend suffered. He said Sidney endured teasing for everything from the khaki slacks he always wore to his dry, ashy-gray skin. "He got beat up the day before he jumped," said Chris, who attends Newtown High School and grew up with Sidney on the lower East Side. "He got into a fight every day. He wouldn't back down." Davis said her son's guidance counselor would call her at least once a week, complaining that Sidney was always fighting and making him out to be the villain. "She was telling me my son was this great big monster," Davis said. "She said he was starting these fights. Every week, she was calling me saying he was having these altercations." The guidance counselor referred all questions to the Education Department, saying, "Unfortunately, I cannot answer any questions." Davis said the constant bullying caused her son to have headaches and she kept him out of school for more than 30 days this year. ... But because of Sidney's chronic absenteeism, school officials filed a complaint against his mother with the Administration for Children's Services, she said. ACS officials refused to comment. Davis said that when her son returned to school, the abuse continued. "They ripped up his coat," she said. Despite the alleged turmoil, Sidney excelled in the clbuttroom, scoring good grades in math and science, his mother said. But he also walked around with the Directory of New York City Public High Schools in his backpack, hoping he would find a school in the 528-page book where he could fit in. "My son was a great kid," Davis said, fighting tears. "He was a really sweet kid. He just wanted to be allowed to be himself." But on March 3, Sidney apparently lost all hope. His 6-year-old sister Shakeemah said she and her brother were walking to school at about 8:40 a.m. when an ominous look came over his face and he ran across South St. toward the East River. Shakeemah said she watched helplessly as her brother removed his jacket and climbed over the railing. "Please don't!" she pleaded before he jumped into the 34-degree water. "My son can't die in vain," said Davis, staring at photos of her son. "I want to find out what happened at the school, and I want it fixed."
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