Big Bad Bullies

Bullying in school is common, and the victims of bullying are often left with horrible problems (like hey: school shootings). Despite the efforts of schools in trying to prevent bullying, it always exists in some form. If you’re a teacher and you’re thinking ‘Gosh David, there’s not bullying at my school, get your shit together’, well wipe that ugly smile of your face and face the facts. No matter the policy the school supposedly maintains, there is going to be bullying. Even if it’s little things like exclusion from games or the occassional tease, but these things don’t seem that little to the child that feels like he’s been fucked ferociously in the nostrils.

To sum up this particular problem with school, it’s basically the mingling between the good and the bad that I find unacceptable. Because sometimes the good wants to model the bad. Other times, if the good don’t follow the rules of what’s cool and hip, they get to see videos of themselves on YouTube being bashed senseless.

Another Problem with School

“Oi, Little Tommy, take this man, you’ll be so coooool”
“What is it?”
“A cigarette; all the cool kids are into this. You do want to be cool?”
“Umm, I’m not sure, aren’t those kinda…unhealthy?”
“How do you think you’re going to get invited to all the cool party’s if scaredy-cat Little Tommy is too wimpy to take a few intimate whiffs of this beauty”
“Oh well, OK, I guess. I do want to be cool”
Little Tommy takes the cigarette, and then dies 15 years later (aged 28).

What I just described is another aspect of the horrific nature of school. Though that example may not be applicable to every school, or its severity, It is prevalent in a some form.

WIthin school, there exists children. Stupid children. They are everywhere and as if their existence isn’t torturous enough, they try to bring down nice children into their realm. In school, nice children (nice = good mark, good manners, etc) and nasty children (nasty = bad marks, bad manners, etc) have to be in the same vicinity as one another and due to the gregarity and garrulousness that define human beings, those nice and nasty children start chattin’. For some reason, nasty children are seen as ‘cool’ and so because humans have an overwhelming desire to be popular and that sort of thing, nice children will begin to model nasty children: not a good thing. Like we don’t have enough stupid people roaming around this planet.
The severity of this situation can vary greatly depending on a number of things. Like the culture that is prevalant in the school, the school itself and the location of the school – to name a few.

Also, I’m not sure if you’re familiar with this, but there are videos on YouTube displaying violence in which children are fighting other similar-aged children. This is called cyber bullying and if you have ever seen one, you might notice something. Something that might be a wacky coincidence (it’s not a wacky coincidence). The children in these videos seem to be wearing the same clothes: exactly the same. It seems to me that there seems to be violence thats seemingly common and seemingly widespread; in the seemingly bliss paradise of school. Hmm, it seems (ok, i’ll stop now) like children are forming a society in school. A primative society where power is allocated to brutes. A society which has principles, that, if not followed, results in those who don’t follow them violent oppression. A society that sometimes extends into the real world. Hmm.