[CyberDildonics]

You don't think it might be a bit hyperbolic to make the generalization that schools in general cause bullying? What is it about schools that are different from other gatherings? Is it every school at every age in every country?

Do you think that the school might just be present in the equation and that this is a lazy and naive conclusion from a single correlation with no nuance or control statistics?

[mr_toad]

> What is it about schools that are different from other gatherings?

They leave large groups of children unsupervised for up to an hour at a time.

It should be obvious to any parent or anyone who’s had much to do with children what’s going to happen.

[Nasrudith]

Plus the forced into the same location dynamics - guess where we also see that? Prison. If you defined the school system behavior using prison system behavior it is hard to find anything present in schools not essentially present in prison. Graduation/release, lipservice of "development of skills" when they really worry about socialization the most.... Seriously could someone find anything that proves school isn't a subset of prison in its behaviors instead of just how people treat it?

[WarOnPrivacy]

I offer that it's the reliable occurrence of a gathering that presents opportunities for bullies to shape their craft. That the gathering is a school seems like a minimal factor.