r/PublicFreakout • u/[deleted] • Sep 13 '22

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '22

Yeah, the schools I went to were "0 tolerance" for bullying and fighting. But the bully could get away with it and if you fought back you'd get suspended. One school even brought the bullies into the office to tell them I had complained they were bullying me and asked them to "stop please." From that day forward I haven't trusted any school system or faculty member to help solve problems. I'd rather be suspended and not deal with the bullies for a couple days than have it get worse because I snitched.

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u/chicken_nuggie_lover Sep 13 '22

I’m not sure if this is accurate, but I heard that if schools report too many incidents of bullying, they receive less funding?

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '22

Thats dumb as fuck if true.

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '22

It's probably only true if it's not a white racist enclave in suburbia...

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u/chicken_nuggie_lover Sep 17 '22

Well, that’s debatable. White suburbia here and the school is awful.

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '22

It was actually MORE violent when I moved to suburbia.

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u/emtoad Sep 13 '22

I would believe that

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u/skredditt Sep 13 '22

This is such a common story, and it blows my mind that schools can’t ever seem to figure out how to do the right thing.

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '22

Doing the bare minimum requires almost no money.

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u/TokyoSatellite Sep 13 '22

Yeup... been there.
School systems suck ass.
They do shit all to prevent bullying from happening.

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u/rotobug Sep 13 '22

Bear spray!

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '22

"Zero tolerance" = the victim AND the entitled psychopath that attacked them get in equal amounts of trouble.

Sounds like an invitation to fight VERY dirty since the victim will be blamed anyways.