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I can't find any clear evidence on school uniforms; the reports and data seems to be somewhat mixed. I think it's important to look at the data for these kind o
by Beltalowda 4y ago
I can't find any clear evidence on school uniforms; the reports and data seems to be somewhat mixed. I think it's important to look at the data for these kind of things, as you can make "common sense arguments" that go both ways quite easily.
More importantly, bullying generally affects only a fairly small number of children, and has been around forever; it's not like bullying was invented in the last 15 years. Not that I want to trivialise the effects of bulling in any way, but I'm skeptical it can be the cause of a fairly wide shift in the general population (we're talking about 44% of kids here).
- graymatters 4y ago> More importantly, bullying generally affects only a fairly small number of children That’s a common misconception. Bullying affects everybody, most of all the bystanders and the societal attitudes as the result. If bystanders don’t interfere to prevent bullying they accept it and only wish it doesn’t happen to them. That perpetuates the notion that the strongest, most violent and cruel rule, deeply rooting it in the minds of the growing adolescents and dictating the prevalent mentality of the society 10-20-30 years forward.
- Beltalowda 4y agoI think that is a little bit of a stretch to be honest. My experience is that a lot of bullies kind of "grow out of it". I know, because later became somewhat friendly with some of my former childhood bullies, and some have even apologized on their own initiative, unprompted. Children, in general, are kind of terrible human beings. Their brains are still developing and they don't quite have the same sense of empathy and compassion that adults do. People's brains continue developing until around the age of 25 or so.