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My school has a bully circle. Get on my level.

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tripnip
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This year my school just started a new program where once a week we sit and a circle and talk about our feelings what the hell has this world come to? Lucky enough i have one semester left of high school. does any other schools have to do this? Apparently my highschool has the most reported bulling reports in a highschool in Colorado/claim
Jan 17 2013 12:05AM
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theBearJew
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One day you should talk about how you hate that fucking circle you sit in. Go on a rant about it, when they try to stop you, say no, and continue to rant, be sure to use the F word a few times and just let em have it about how dumb it is.
Jan 17 2013 12:30AM
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Stickity
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poop. like right in the middle of someone talking just walk to the middle of the circle and drop a deuce. it'll be wild. panties will start dropping.
Jan 17 2013 12:32AM
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iSmokeweed
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bullying builds character in weaker kids

i am 100% pro bullying
Jan 17 2013 12:33AM
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theBearJew
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I agree with this to an extent. I used to punch my friend every so often in the arm when we were younger, I look back on it now and realize that was a douche move but whatever, I did it. I'll never forget the day he hit me back, then I stopped punching him. He asked me one day why I stopped hitting him, and I answered "Cause you started hitting back."
Jan 17 2013 12:36AM
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Chunter
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I was expecting a picture of a bunch of bullys in a circle pushing around the school nerds. I got neither a picture nor a bully circle. This thread blows.
Jan 17 2013 12:38AM
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Puns
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I don't know how I feel about people learning violence as a solution
Jan 17 2013 12:39AM
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CaptainDiabetes
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Call every one in the circle a faggot and walk out. Then theyde be all like woaaahhh!
Jan 17 2013 12:49AM
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tbayskier
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You should feel excellent, you pussy liberal.
Jan 17 2013 12:51AM
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RimJobber
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I lol'd
Jan 17 2013 12:56AM
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Rafiki
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ya sick claim bro
Jan 17 2013 12:57AM
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RimJobber
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Also, I bet OP only knows about this because he was the one who got bullied
Jan 17 2013 12:59AM
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thenightman
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what ever happened to people standing up for themselves and fighting back? Talking about it isn't going to do shit. Either put up with it or stop it yourself, the pussification of America infuriates me.
Jan 17 2013 12:59AM
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theBearJew
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If someone is being violent with you, I don't see why you shouldn't be violent back... What solution would you offer?
Jan 17 2013 1:53AM
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Stickity
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intimidation. i got a kid who was 6" and 100 lbs bigger than me to back off just by telling him to fuck off and insulting his man hood while holding my ground and giving zero fucks. i felt so cool that day, not gonna lie.
Jan 17 2013 1:56AM
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Puns
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appeal to reason? emotional leverage?

I'm not sure, I agree that there are scenarios where violence is okay, where it is a solution. I spose I am just often frustrated by the way that violence is really one of the only tools men are taught to deal with their problems. They don't get taught so much how to talk and express their needs as much as they get taught to punch or yell.. I dunno I see that as a problem that creates more unnecessary violence in our society. Especially where the 'manly' or 'cool' way to deal with a situation is commonly seen as violence.
Jan 17 2013 3:35AM
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ESAND
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Just walk in say "You can get anything you want, at Alice's restaurant.". And walk out.
Jan 17 2013 4:08AM
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feihlination
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omg. fuck this thread. violence is not the answer.


do all you fuckheads forget that a lot of these school shooters were these bullied outsiders?


Jan 17 2013 4:30AM
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HWW
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I'm not a violent person - the biggest fights I've ever had were probably when I was about 11 or 12, and they were nothing at that.

I have taken part in "aggressive" sports and found ways to control my own body so that I know what I'm doing, for example, with my fists, or legs. Some people never have the chance to do this.

Over the age of 12, maybe 13, I've never hit anyone. Ever. Simply because there has never been a situation in which I felt it would do any good - because I have normal morals and don't think violence is a solution to anything.

I know, though, that if it came down to it, and someone started trying to get at me with nowhere to escape to, then I would be able to fight back. Sometimes it helps to be strong enough to defend yourself, because nobody who is trying to hit you will ever stop if you say "violence isn't right" or whatever.
Jan 17 2013 5:55AM
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Sneaky_Aziz
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Fucking this, my high school devotes a whole period every Tuesday to something like this bullying circle. If you don't like the way something is, change it. Don't bitch about it to everybody else so they can deal with it for you, ain't nobody got time for that.
Jan 17 2013 6:38AM
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[hamnuts]
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Apparently my school is starting up a Gay/Straight alliance
Jan 17 2013 9:45AM
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Folivora
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Sounds like an excellent way to start a spontaneous circle jerk. Just an idea.
Jan 17 2013 9:46AM
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seward
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well if you damned kids would stop killing eachother/yourselves you wouldnt have to sit in a circle and talk about your feelings.
Jan 17 2013 10:05AM
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nagger
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my school has this. I asked a gay kid in my grade why he doesn't go to their meetings and he told me "those kids are a bunch of fags".

and a bully circle sounds like a lot of fun if it's manditory. I would make up some wacky stories to tell. a bully circle at my school would quickly turn into a "make up a bunch of shit to get kids in trouble" circle

last year a kid wrote an "I care card" (these notes you can leave in the office for bullying) and said that this girl in grade 12 (hot girl with lots of friends) was part of a cult and had a variety of hunting knives in her locker and that she showed him all her knives. it was a good laugh and a half.
Jan 17 2013 10:19AM
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TNORTS
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I was bullied in middle school. It sucked then but I'm a better person now.
Jan 17 2013 10:51AM
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Huck_Norris
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Or better yet, just talk about your uncontrollable irrational fear of circles.  Tell them you have to square off when you smoke weed with your friends and cry about how nobody understands you. 
Jan 17 2013 10:54AM
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Chinchi
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I have one of these joyful institutions in my school
Jan 17 2013 10:59AM
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db21
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mine has this. i 100% support gay people but theres really no need for a bunch of hipsters and gays to get together to bitch and moan. i've never once seen a gay person being bothered at my school about their orientation and believe me theres more than just a few
Jan 17 2013 11:02AM
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SwagtasticWalrus
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I lost it. Right here in class. 10/10
Jan 17 2013 11:03AM
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Randy_Quench
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my highschool went to shit the year after I graduated. so i didnt get to witness the worst of the bullying bullshit. but I did have to go to some stupid afterschool detention for bullys. All because I jumped onto the shoulders of a friend on the football team.

Im just waiting until the kids get out into the real world and have no idea what to do with themselves when they realize the world isnt always a nice forgiving place.
Jan 17 2013 11:04AM
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db21
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also i totally agree with this. society, especially in canada, has made it so we let everyone get their way instead of sucking it up or changing. catering to evrry single person who cries about something is moronic
Jan 17 2013 11:04AM
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theblackrod
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this is gold. troll gold. do it.
Jan 17 2013 11:09AM
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Ac31stuff
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Jan 17 2013 11:20AM
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theBearJew
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I just feel like those solutions do not work. A bully who is violent is not going to listen to you try to reason with him about why he should stop. He is probably just going to call you a pussy and hit you more. In my situation he was a friend of mine so I don't really think it was hardcore bullying cause we were friends and it was just a punch, not verbal, or any excessive bullying. I just feel like a bully would just be fueled more because now he knows it not only bothers you physically but emotionally as well. Sometimes violence is the answer, not always but sometimes.

@twazzlers, you standing up for yourself and yelling back telling him to fuck off could be a form of violence, violence doesn't always have to be physical.

And to be clear, I am not an advocate for bullying nor do I believe that violence is always the answer. It is a fine line between bullying that builds character, and bullying that is just harmful.
Jan 17 2013 11:44AM
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roddy116
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haha what does your school define bullying as?
Jan 17 2013 11:49AM
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dilla_says_go
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i used to get picked on by an older kid in high school when i was a freshman. then i grew a few inches, put on some pounds and kicked his ass.
Jan 17 2013 11:51AM
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Puns
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Yeah, I realize it is hard, guess ideally the situation I want to work towards and don't quite know how to do it is a) where physical bullying doesn't happen because being physically dominant is not seems a positive or manly trait, so people won't hide their insecurities with it. b) where someone is okay with being a 'pussy' and not needing to prove physical dominance, ie in a scenario a id being bullied would peace it into the school or something and people would be like.. yo that was smart not, haha you pussy. I think it's stupid how people see feminine characteristics as an insult on men and men spend so much time affirming that they are indeed manly, as if how they acted could change that about them. At least, I don't believe being a man has anything to do with expression of violence or actions. Well I guess I just don't believe in gender roles either.. hmm...

Yeah so basically I don't believe in building character through violence but at the same time I also don't agree with all the censoring that goes on on the playground these days with no certain kinds of tag or snow ball fights etc etc, I wish kids had the freedom of choice to be part of that..
Jan 17 2013 3:55PM
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nagger
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tell me more about your theory
Jan 17 2013 4:10PM
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987321654hgfd
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Seriously. I have a little brother in middle school and it seems like they're teaching them to be so soft these days. Everything is about feelings and making sure everyone fits in and feels like a winner. Fuck that, these little kids need to see it won't always go their way and learn how to cope when shit goes wrong. You're going to have to deal with bullies your whole life, might as well learn early.
Jan 17 2013 4:22PM
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nagger
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I feel you, but there are limits.

think of wolves. when the pup gets out of line, the alpha or whatever will bite the pup's neck and throw him down, and maybe scrap for a bit. this teaches discipline, and this is how society should work as well.

however

kids get too mean and don't know their limits. a poppa wolf will not injure the younger wolf, it won't make it bleed, and it won't beat it beyond recognition. some kids do that emotionally.

there is a difference between being taught how to hold your own, and being taught that you're not worth holding your own.

same shit goes for parents hitting their kids. obviously parent's shouldn't be striking their kids, but some kids are so fucked up and out of line they deserve a solid belting. my sister is one of those kids, she's publicly throwing scenes all the time (at age fucking 13) like on the show supernanny, and my parents just don't know what to do with her so they enable her. she's going to make for one fucked up young adult after highschool.
Jan 17 2013 4:34PM
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aquinn
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Both my parents are teachers.

My is a tech ed teacher. He and the gym teacher worked together a lot.

Apparently, when a kid was being a little shit, they'd send him into the bathroom and then send some big meathead in to beat his face in, whilst guarding the door.

They called it the assassin and i think it honestly worked.
Jan 17 2013 4:40PM
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Chief.
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i thought the same thing. i want to see a bunch of little kids getting beat up in a circle
Jan 17 2013 4:41PM
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arnie_grape
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That's pretty fucked up man.
Jan 17 2013 4:41PM
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Puns
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I think in our society, a lot more people could be a lot happier if we did away with heiarchy... think about it, oppression can only happen with a power imbalance, and power is only useful for getting people to do things that they would otherwise not do.. seems negative to me.

I know that's the way it is and has been, but the balance is getting closer and closer as we move away from slavery/surfdom and people realize that they are the majority and should have the power.
Jan 17 2013 4:56PM
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nagger
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you should consider moving to cuba. they have just what you're looking for!
Jan 17 2013 5:00PM
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987321654hgfd
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Definitely. I don't support ruthless torment but a little picking on and shoving isn't the worst thing.
Jan 17 2013 5:02PM
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Puns
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naw they still have centrally made desicion making/really strong heiarchy, not local decentralized voluntary association, and also you can't leave. my ideal world is no countries
Jan 17 2013 5:04PM
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tripnip
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I asked why don't people fight their own battles and the teacher went to go on and say about how bullying happens primarily over social media.
Jan 17 2013 5:06PM
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.tony
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Word. And half the people acting tough or actually hurting someone don't know how to fight for their lives. That's why you take the pain and laugh at them. I remember I got punched in the face and started laughing, the kid started getting all red in the face because of embarrassment, that was a great day. Violence is an answer, always. But is not necessarily the best solution, just remember that everyone.
Jan 17 2013 5:13PM
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theabortionator
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That's retarded.

Like most things we seem to fuck everything up trying to fix things. There are some very real problems with teachers not cracking down on intense bullying. People getting beat down in school shit like that.

We can't have them being the fucking feelings police.

what will that teach people for life lessons? That there will always be somebody there to help you if you get your feelings hurt? Great

And I'm against bullying and think it's retarded. People that go out of their way to be douche bags are lame. At the same time this bullying thing is getting blown out of proportion.


Why can't people go about shit sensibly. Is it too much to ask?


I feel bad for you, good luck.
Jan 17 2013 5:17PM
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spliff.Life
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seriously to this.


like omg you mean i wont always have an adult in society to back me up if im being bullied?!

being bullied a little bit, and having older kids at parties or on the ski hill forcing me to push my limits with levels of intoxication and trying new shit has definitely helped my development as a person and given me a stronger sense of who i am and what i can do
Jan 17 2013 5:24PM
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