Since schools began, and I mean in antiquity, where many Greek and
Roman children went to be taught ....
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| Bullying Is Part Of Childhood |
..... but certainly since Tom Brown's school days, bullying has been part of the experience.
Some
children have an inherent mean streak in them, and others will back them to
avoid being bullied themselves .... So it was no great surprise to
find that a survey found that 1 in 10 (11 per cent) of secondary
school pupils said they had missed school to avoid bullies.
14 per cent of the victims said that they would change their route
to school, and 19 per cent avoided social media (a modern source of
bullying), to try and lessen the chances of being bullied. 19 per
cent even avoided 'friends' because of the issue.
The survey by The Anti Bullying Alliance, of 1,000 children in
2019 of secondary school age (11 - 16 or 18 if taking A levels),
reported that in all 35 per cent had suffered episodes of what
they perceived as bullying. The alliance asked the victims what
they would like to see done. These included schools finding out
how much bullying there was by secret surveys, and identifying
location hotspots.
Sadly this is an issue that can be reduced, but never eradicated
completely, as kids will be kids. Expulsions of the bullies would
certainly impact attitudes, but schools have rarely done so.
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