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Standing up to bullies is the kind of thing that gets young people expelled from school. Something about those zero tolerance policies. We're teaching our kids
by busterarm 3y ago
Standing up to bullies is the kind of thing that gets young people expelled from school. Something about those zero tolerance policies. We're teaching our kids to be helpless. The only option we give them is to appeal to authority and it absolutely fucks them over when they're involved in a situation because of their own choices.
- giantg2 3y agoI agree. "Standing up to bullies is the kind of thing that gets young people expelled from school. Something about those zero tolerance policies." So it's not really the standing up part but the policy that gets them expelled.
- busterarm 3y agoRigid, uncaring administrative bodies can often end up being bullies too.
- giantg2 3y agoI think it's mostly that they don't want to get sued for making a bad judgement call, so they default to ham-fisted policies where no judgment is applied. But of course the schools get sued all the time anyways, usually due to stupid policies.
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- theGnuMe 3y ago>Standing up to bullies is the kind of thing that gets young people expelled from school. I think this is false. You can stand up to a bully without physical fighting or retaliation.