[Libertina]

Sorry Riverman, violence is not a "mean look. Saying so diminishes acts of TRUE violence.

[Riverman94610]

True,a "mean look"is very trivial and I have been a "victim"thousands of times!!
Yet as a current part time sub in the school system I am often shocked by the cruelty today's youth inflict upon each other.Is it lack of proper home training?Very possibly since kids emulate what they see at home and if they see mom and dad or mom and stepdad going at it like pit bulls this will be the model they pattern themselves after.
Again,the school's overreaction by banning tag and dodgeball is patently absurd.These activities are helpful in letting off steam and aggression in a pretty harmless sort of way.