-— There was a time when if you were getting bullied, you beat the snot out of the other kid when it reached a point, and it never happened again. -—
I’ve seen that happen plenty of times on TV.
What I saw in school was packs of jackals picking on weak, vulnerable kids. Day after day. Kids who were defenseless, and who couldn’t possibly fight back.
And teachers looked the other way. I never saw anything resembling justice.
I agree. I suspect that those who claim that all that's needed is for children to "stand up" to bullies have been watching too many tv shows -- or else they encountered some especially weak and cowardly bullies.
I wouldn't be at all surprised if this program were being badly administered (or being introduced disproportionately into some of the worst schools, which would skew the stats). The attempt of school authorities to do something about bullying, though, is one of the few things about modern schools that I consider an improvement. This topic was discussed at length in an earlier thread. Rather than repeat what I said there, I'll supply a link.
“What I saw in school was packs of jackals picking on weak, vulnerable kids.”
This kind of behavior seems to be the bedrock of urban gang behavior. Right in there with drive by shootings. Instead of encouraging kids to drink more water, maybe Moochelle could start a program of PSA’s saying that gang behavior is cowardly and bad. Support your local community—don’t ruin it. Obviously, that will never happen.