Good list, you could also add the glorification of the suicides in the Public Schools via student assemblies sold as prevention. Also the current culture of “Bullying”, Kids are taught that words actually hurt and if they are bullied they should feel bad,sad,worthless and it’s not their fault.
glorification of the suicides in the Public Schools ... The fact that far more girls attempt suicide than actually commit it, says that it's a either "cry for help", or (more cynically) "an attention-getting ploy".
if they are bullied they should feel bad,sad,worthless and it’s not their fault
I was bullied as a kid. Who wasn't? It taught me a couple of things....
1. Either I could choose to put up with it, or I could fight back. If the guy was bigger than me, then the latter wasn't much of a choice, so I had to go with...
2. Stop doing the things that would get me bullied. If I *knew* that the guy was waiting around at East Cafeteria Entrance and looking to cause me trouble....then I used the WEST one. Etc.
Made me savvier, prepared me for real life - I always wonder what the current generation will do when they hit the workforce... As a manager, will I constantly be adjudicating "She was mean to me! Well, he looked funny at me!!" type nonsense? I'm not looking forward to it.