SpaceMarine93 wrote:This is a morality issue, a mundane but big one.
This is an issue EVERYONE would go through in their lives, especially in America - BULLYING. We all met bullies at some point in our younger years that generally makes school life miserable.
They are pricks who pick on other people just to make themselves feel stronger and better. The depravity of the bullies is self-evident:They insult and humiliate you, they beat you, they force you to give them money like a bunch of proto-mobster, they force you to do stuff that is repulsive, they makes you feel helpless, fearful, afraid. Some go as far as to brutally torture and 'violate' their victims in every sense of the word.
In other words, they are dicks, they are scums, they are sociopath, they are the closest resemblance of demons on Earth. :twisted: They are everywhere in schools.
Does every post by you have to comprise of you hyperventillating about some godsdamned thing or another?
And yet, despite the prevalence of the problem, the school administrations, people expected to eradicate this problem often are ineffectual at doing such tasks.
PLENTY of schools that have serious problems with bullying regularly pretend it doesn't happen and outright deny its existence. :banghead:
Believe it or not, things have improved dramatically within the last fifty years with respect to bullying. Teachers and administrators receive better training about what constitutes bullying and what to do about it. A few decades ago, the solution to bullying? The person being bullied should learn to stop whining, man the fuck up, and give it right back to the bully. With their fists. Not really an effective solution, that, as all it taught kids was that violence is the solution to all problems.
It almost as if teachers and principals are either complete morons, oblivious asswipes, naive clowns or apathetic dicks who simply look like they can't be bothered to do something about the menace that everyone would experience at one point. By the time they do, it is either too late or too little. Rarely does it helps.
Here's the thing . . . there is a judgement call that has to be made by everyone involved. Someone, somewhere, has to make the determination that a person is actually being bullied and do something about it. Frequently, the person making that judgement call is the one on the receiving end. They're the ones who end up having to make the call to report that they are being bullied. Oftentimes, it's a matter of perception and individual tolerance.
Here's another thing. Little children are the meanest, cruelest, orneriest creatures this side of a tiger with a toothache. They're still learning that it's been a few million years since humans stopped settling their disputes by flinging poo at each other. Their social interactions can be far more aggressive than older people are comfortable with, but a lot of it is normal and even essential to their emotional development. Yes, there are children who take it much too far, and they should be treated while their brains still retain the plasticity of youth. There is a good reason why parenting guides strongly encourage parents not to be "helicopter parents," as children who are completely shielded from their peers, and from life in general, tend to grow up profoundly maladjusted.
It's a major stumbling block to dealing with serious bullying in schools. All the tragedies that happened because of bullying over the years, such as school shootings, could just be avoided. Hell, the complete monster of a bully named Bobby Kent wouldn't need to be murdered by his victims in 1993 if the school could just do something about it!
And don't get me started with apathy for bullying by people that are NOT school authorities.
Let me ask you people, one simple question: HOW COME?
Here you go with the hyperventillation again. Nobody
needs to be murdered (especially through vigilante 'justice'); and we generally don't condone such talk on this board. Let me ask you this . . . where should we draw the line? School authorities cannot tell at a glance that a given child being picked on is either A) Thin-skinned and the person picking on them just needs gentle reminding about sensitivity or B) Genuinely being targeted by a future sociopath or C) A potential future sufferer of delusional paranoia.
But, again, where should we draw the line? Should we declare zero-tolerance at the school and that anyone accused of being a bully ought to be hauled off-campus by the cops (in handcuffs, if necessary)? Who is to say that such a solution won't drive the problem off-campus? Also, is bullying the 100% causative factor for a person who engages in a school shooting? Is it even more than 50% Or are there other factors involved, like home life, relationship troubles, or undiagnosed mental illness?