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Re: What do you think can/should be done about bullying??
« Reply #45 on: November 13, 2009, 10:21:20 am »
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I think bullying (were not excessive) is character building in a way. I'm not advocating it, but I think it's naive to suggest that bullying can be stopped. It's a natural thing for a person to do, and it happens even in adults. The world's a bitch, and if you can't handle being called "smelly" or "fat" for a couple of months, good luck.


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« Reply #46 on: November 13, 2009, 03:30:02 pm »
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u can take some comfort in the fact that the bullies get their own back, and probably worse....

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« Reply #47 on: November 13, 2009, 03:59:13 pm »
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u can take some comfort in the fact that the bullies get their own back, and probably worse....
Oh I like the cliff hanger at the end...

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Re: What do you think can/should be done about bullying??
« Reply #48 on: December 23, 2009, 09:55:37 pm »
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i just thought mentioning that i am 185 cm is a pretty nice thing to say, not mentioning the fact that im still 17 :)
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Re: What do you think can/should be done about bullying??
« Reply #49 on: December 24, 2009, 12:23:55 am »
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Bullying can be character building if the victim has a character to begin with, but often many victims don't have the confidence to deflect the bullying and grow stronger from it. Perhaps the best way to reduce the impact of bullying is to HTFU before you get bullied, because then it won't matter so much (and also, if people bully due to a lack of confidence as well then maybe bullying would reduce as a result of this too). I mean, it still doesn't make bullying okay and some kind of punitive action should still take place, but the lasting effects wouldn't be so pronounced.

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Re: What do you think can/should be done about bullying??
« Reply #50 on: December 24, 2009, 12:29:54 am »
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HTFU?
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Re: What do you think can/should be done about bullying??
« Reply #51 on: December 24, 2009, 12:30:58 am »
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harden the fuck up

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Re: What do you think can/should be done about bullying??
« Reply #52 on: December 24, 2009, 12:31:22 am »
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Parents have failed their children if they cannot either: take verbal abuse with a grain of salt and/or stand up for themselves.
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Re: What do you think can/should be done about bullying??
« Reply #53 on: December 24, 2009, 12:33:13 am »
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Hmm verbal abuse still hurts if its aimed at the right spot - look at Mao in Code Geass.
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Re: What do you think can/should be done about bullying??
« Reply #54 on: December 24, 2009, 12:39:02 am »
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Bullying can be character building if the victim has a character to begin with, but often many victims don't have the confidence to deflect the bullying and grow stronger from it. Perhaps the best way to reduce the impact of bullying is to HTFU before you get bullied, because then it won't matter so much (and also, if people bully due to a lack of confidence as well then maybe bullying would reduce as a result of this too). I mean, it still doesn't make bullying okay and some kind of punitive action should still take place, but the lasting effects wouldn't be so pronounced.
How exactly CAN you get a bunch of = or <5 year olds to harden up anyway?
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Re: What do you think can/should be done about bullying??
« Reply #55 on: December 24, 2009, 01:35:19 am »
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i think the solution is more complex than htfu
since bullies can find a way around it
it really just feeds off each other (bully+victim)

and i reckon bullying is most significant in high school years and then decreases after vce and decreases before yr 7

i made this thread before... the videos if i remember correctly are very sad
http://vcenotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,13635.0.html
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Re: What do you think can/should be done about bullying??
« Reply #56 on: December 24, 2009, 01:40:25 am »
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What the heck?

I am surprised at the last 4 posts, excluding Zachcharge.

ADULTS get BULLIED, yes 30,40 year old get bullied at work.

Someone in a previous post talked about hardening up, but also expressed how in most cases it doesn't fit (i think I remember).

People are forgetting we are NOT talking about "oh, ur fat hahahaha" one-off's.<<we CAN deal with these

Bullying is CONTINUOUS, NOBODY in the world, NOBODY can deal with being called names, verbal and or physical abuse all their life.

Have you's forgotton bullies don't "stop" or "go away" even when you "harden up" and tell them "okay thats enough now go away".

How do you "harden up", go to gym? U want every person in the world to "get muscles", or do u want them to say "oh, ur hurting my feelings can you stop"......what do u define as "hardening up"?  Or, is it "do it again/mess with u and ill bash you?"

Fail, fail, fail, all of the above choices are the ONLY ones which exist, and all of them still cause bullying to occur

1= U ignore it thus "hardening up" = bullies see it as giving in, and thus continue

2=u tell them "ill bash you" as a way of "hardening up"= they get angry and bully you more

3= tell a teacher or co-ordinator = they get suspended most LIKELY. These days more and more get suspended because bullying isn't accepted.

As the above poster said,  you also have the issue of those <5 years old

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Re: What do you think can/should be done about bullying??
« Reply #57 on: December 24, 2009, 01:42:03 am »
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i think the solution is more complex than htfu
since bullies can find a way around it
it really just feeds off each other (bully+victim)

and i reckon bullying is most significant in high school years and then decreases after vce and decreases before yr 7

i made this thread before... the videos if i remember correctly are very sad
http://vcenotes.com/forum/index.php/topic,13635.0.html
I will have a look at the vids after I get un-capped

But I agree, in VCE i NEVER saw ANY bullying, it was so shocking from my years in 7-10 where Highschool was really highschool as u see on American TV shows.

VCE was full of mature adults, and people who were part of EVERY group, i.e. everyone mingled.

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Re: What do you think can/should be done about bullying??
« Reply #58 on: December 24, 2009, 01:43:42 am »
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yes adults can be subjected to bullying... but i was saying how its most significant in high school i believe
and that once ur an adult, the bullying changes form and i believe ppl can handle it better in general than in high school

and yes in VCE especially yr 12 it does reduce quite a lot but its still there for ppl who do get bullied
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Re: What do you think can/should be done about bullying??
« Reply #59 on: December 24, 2009, 02:04:59 am »
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State and Federal Governments have completely failed students in the areas of bullying, sex education, alcohol and drugs.
Nothing angers me more than when I hear about people committing suicide because the bullying has gone so far.  Although I think it is a major problem, the amount of students drinking excessively and taking illegal drugs is growing exponentially IMO. It seems these days that what was once the minority, has become the majority.  And every time I hear of 13-17 year old girls getting pregnant, it sickens me.  We learnt nothing at my school about practicing safe sex.  Total joke.

Uniform education across all of these areas should be covered weekly at all primary and secondary schools.  If the government thinks those stupid exstacy and weed ads on TV deter students from taking illicit substances, then they have delusions.  Get people who have been on drugs or lost loved ones to drugs to come and talk in front of them.  That might actually scare the shit out of them and stop them from doing it.
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