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Time for Catholic school, maybe. At any rate, you will see this time and again in any institution that has an internal disciplinary system. The effect is twofo
by mynameishere 19y ago
Time for Catholic school, maybe.
At any rate, you will see this time and again in any institution that has an internal disciplinary system. The effect is twofold:
1. Small infractions are amplified in importance. Thus, it is possible to be socially humiliated for...writing on a desk, talking out of line, chewing gum.
2. Large infractions are covered up. Thus, beatings, which in the real world could result in prison, are punished with 3 day suspensions.
Both of the above are designed to preserve the power structure. Minor infractions are punished for the sake of exercising that power, reminding people of it, to prevent cracks from forming, etc etc. Meanwhile, large infractions are covered up so that the outside world doesn't realize that it needs to intervene.
- strey 19y agoI think bullying in public school is also a symptom of schools being co-ed. Take away the girls, and guys have much less motivation to show off their dominance. However, they do need an opportunity to interact with girls, which is why single gender boarding schools are also bad news. In boarding schools, guys will become more homosexually oriented, and again motivated to show off their dominance.