Just as in prisons, bullying in public schools is a method of controlling the inmates. Here a teacher got other boys to beat up a kindergarten student. Yesterday I blogged about teachers and officials bullying a 15-year-old boy into suicide (no media outrage, of course). I also think that at least some of the people who become public school guards and wardens enjoy exercising power over the defenseless. It is, after all, government, which attracts such types. BTW, parents, through you are socialized otherwise, in any confrontation between your child and public-school payrollers, always believe your child, always stick up … Continue reading Bullying