Comments on: Yep. I’m Doomed. http://www.sundriesshack.com/2006/02/20/yep-im-doomed/ Delivering the Best of the New Media Since 2004. Tue, 22 May 2012 02:51:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jimmiehttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2006/02/20/yep-im-doomed/comment-page-1/#comment-162417 Jimmie Tue, 21 Feb 2006 10:22:27 +0000 http://sundriesshack.com/?p=2282#comment-162417 I don't know that it's possible to stop bullying, though, Grumpy, without sucking the essential <i>kidness</i> out of children. Kids are going to form their own power blocks and one person's bullying is another person's "learning socialization" or "standing up for himself". I think what we're much better off teaching kids is how to stand up for themselves and defend themselves instead of the "surrender and cooperate" stuff we're doing now. I don't know that it's possible to stop bullying, though, Grumpy, without sucking the essential kidness out of children. Kids are going to form their own power blocks and one person's bullying is another person's "learning socialization" or "standing up for himself".

I think what we're much better off teaching kids is how to stand up for themselves and defend themselves instead of the "surrender and cooperate" stuff we're doing now.

]]> By: Grumpyhttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2006/02/20/yep-im-doomed/comment-page-1/#comment-162414 Grumpy Tue, 21 Feb 2006 08:22:07 +0000 http://sundriesshack.com/?p=2282#comment-162414 All the more reason why schools should really do more to stop bullying. I wasn't really picked on in school, mostly because I was bigger than the average kid. But I do remember the kids who were unholy tormented and distinctly remember the teachers who turned a blind eye to it. The "kids will be kids" excuse is just that, an excuse and a cop out for teachers unwilling to do their jobs. All the more reason why schools should really do more to stop bullying. I wasn't really picked on in school, mostly because I was bigger than the average kid. But I do remember the kids who were unholy tormented and distinctly remember the teachers who turned a blind eye to it. The "kids will be kids" excuse is just that, an excuse and a cop out for teachers unwilling to do their jobs.

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