What Are Your Thoughts On The Bullying Law Enacted On New Jersey's Schools?

by **ammi** » Wed Jan 15, 2014 12:40 pm

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/31/nyregion/bullying-law-puts-new-jersey-schools-on-spot.html?_r=1&hp

by **Zebadiah** » Sat Jan 18, 2014 8:53 am

I agree with the issues that if this is implemented improperly it will lead to a culture of tyranny of the oppressed. TheLightWorks 28 months ago

by **garret** » Thu Jan 23, 2014 2:46 am

@COT: nowadays if you fight back against bullies their parents complain to the principal... and you can see where the kid learned it. TheLightWorks 28 months ago

by **Alberic** » Sat Feb 01, 2014 8:01 pm

1) It's an improvement over ignoring it(which was the case 40 years ago.)2) Reporting to the police can either build a rap sheet even earlier in life or wake up the doofus, uninvolved parents. You know which I think will happen.3) This is actually an attempt to mandate morality, using public schools to force a situation where we do "all get along." It's an experiment, and as such, I really expect it to fail the first 20 times. danielpauldavis 28 months ago

by **Bardric** » Wed Feb 05, 2014 6:41 pm

@TLW, yes you are right. It doesn't make a lot of sense to me. ChainofThought 28 months ago

by **August** » Fri Feb 21, 2014 3:51 am

I have mixed feelings about this issue and when I read about it I just feel old and outdated. When I was a youngster there was only one way to deal with a bully and that was to fight back. Once the bully saw that you were the kid who didn?t take his crap he left you alone. There was a bully in my neighborhood whom my brother forced me to confront when he called me names dealing with my skin color. Once I let him know that I wasn?t going to stand for it and that I was ready to fight. He backed down and wanted to be my friend. I in turn began to feel like a man(although I was only 10 at the time) because I felt like I could take care of myself.Most bullies are just cowards. ChainofThought 28 months ago

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