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Being rather contrary here, but is there any evidence that bullying actually improves some people's lives? As a victim of childhood bullying, the experience was
by b800h 4y ago
Being rather contrary here, but is there any evidence that bullying actually improves some people's lives? As a victim of childhood bullying, the experience was awful, but I learned a thing or two as well.
- dboreham 4y agoBuilds character.
- themitigating 4y agoFor everyone and are all the traits that it builds positive?
- ryanklee 4y agoEvery experience has something to teach, but that just means all experiences are alike in this one regard. It's an absolutely horrible way to justify the various strains of hell that run through the world. Please replace the word bullying in your question with the word rape or mutilation or imprisonment or starvation and see how horrible that line of thinking is.
- goda90 4y agoBullying encompasses such a broad range of actions, it's possible some cases can be a strengthening/educating experience in hindsight, but others can be absolutely life destroying. My experiences with bullying were pretty mild. I'd say they taught me patience and standing up for myself when it's the right time. But they were mild experiences. I can't imagine the impact of what I've seen in some videos taken by high schoolers.
- dsfyu404ed 4y agoI doubt there is any more upside to bullying than there is to any other bad experience that teaches healthy skepticism.
- maire 4y agoMy experience gave me tenacity and resilience. My experience was not as bad as some others on this list. I believe that is because girls are psychological bullies, and boys are physical bullies. My husband was chased and beaten up until he the beat up the lead bully. I met my lead bully as an adult. I was surprised to find out that she did not realize she was a bully. She acted as if we were childhood friends. One of her friends apologized to me, so others certainly realized. Her life did not go as well as my life. I suspect it was because the traits that made her a bully as a child did not work for her as an adult.
- skippyboxedhero 4y agoIf you look at countries that have large private and comprehensive education systems (and which aren't well-segregated like the US), it is very obvious that you are permanently ruining the lives of hundreds of thousands of kids every year. Whether you learn something from it or not, the purpose of school is to learn. If you went into work every day and had someone beating you up every day, would you be productive? Probably not (and btw, the only reason we have systems where this happens at all is because of what adults want, not what kids want).
- janef0421 4y agoThe same could thing could be said of almost any experience.