LP>On Maury Povich yesterday, the subject was bullying at school.  One girl
  >(white), who looked about 10 years old, had had her clothes slashed and
  >even had a fork stuck right into her leg (the school nurse had had to
  >remove it).  It seems a couple of girls had taken a dislike to her and
  >even though they were supposed to stay away from her, they still found
  >ways to assault her.
This happens all too often at school.
LP>The mother was asked if she'd considered changing schools.  She said
  >that in that case the daughter wouldn't have learned how to stand up to
  >herself...!  How would the mother feel if she was constantly assaulted
  >by her neighbours and when she tried to move away, was told that no, she
  >had to stay where she was until she learned to make the bullies stop
  >being bullies?
I think childhood is the worst time in one's life.  During childhood,
most people are forced to spend hours everyday in a small room with
people they would never choose to spend hours with otherwise.
I would neevr choose to be a child again.  Adulthood really is much
better.
LP>The environment in the junior high school (grades 8 and 9) I attended
  >was much more anti-social than any environment I've experienced in my
  >adult life, with the exception of the atmosphere in a room full of
  >drunks - yet I understand schools are even worse today. I don't buy the
Junior high is, for most kids, the absolutely worst time in school,
according to most teachers I've talked to.  Peer pressure is at its
height.  Teasing is at its height.  So is bullying.
                       Sondra
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