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My schools had very little bullying and basically none of the violent variety. I’m pretty sure any belief that bullying is good is some twisted status quo bias.
by oneoff786 4y ago
My schools had very little bullying and basically none of the violent variety. I’m pretty sure any belief that bullying is good is some twisted status quo bias.
- Nextgrid 4y agoVery little bullying that you know of. Kids/teenagers will be kids and sometimes assholes. In general however, the system self-regulates well enough that it flies under the radar of authority, and indeed there wasn't any violence because it's against even the bullies' interests. And I'm not saying bullying is good, but it's virtually impossible to eradicate completely (if you think there is no bullying you just need to look closer), so short of getting rid of it, trying to at least get see the "good" parts of it in the form of a lesson on dealing with conflict is IMO the most pragmatic observation. This is even worse nowadays with social media where bullying "leaks" outside of school premises and can follow you around even across schools.
- oneoff786 4y agoIf we’re expanding the definition of bullying to include teasing and being mean, sure, that’s going to be a thing everywhere. But I’m very confident nobody in my school was getting beat up or robbed. If people had been, it likely would have been my social circle if nothing else. There was, in general, very little drama and people were free to be who they wanted to be.