{"id":3650,"date":"2013-10-18T10:02:31","date_gmt":"2013-10-18T17:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=3650"},"modified":"2013-10-18T10:02:31","modified_gmt":"2013-10-18T17:02:31","slug":"anti-bullying-fail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2013\/10\/18\/anti-bullying-fail\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Bullying Fail"},"content":{"rendered":"

     Real bullying is beyond contempt.\u00a0 Physically harming or psychologically harassing someone who just wants out ought to be stopped.\u00a0 It turns out, however, that anti-Bullying programs actually make bullying worse<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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“University of Texas at Arlington criminologist Seokjin Jeong analyzed data collected from 7,000 students from all 50 states.<\/p>\n

“He thought the results would be predictable and would show that anti-bullying programs curb bullying. Instead \u2014 he found the opposite.<\/p>\n

“Jeong said it was, ‘A very disappointing and a very surprising thing. Our anti-bullying programs, either intervention or prevention does not work.’<\/p>\n

“The study concluded that students at schools with anti-bullying programs might actually be more likely to become a victim of bullying. It also found that students at schools with no bullying programs were less likely to become victims.”<\/p>\n

No, it does not come as a surprise.\u00a0 The study concludes that anti-bullying programs ‘actually teach students different bullying techniques \u2014 and even educate about new ways to bully through social media and texting.'”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

     It goes far beyond that, though.\u00a0 A perfect example can be seen by the following “anti-bullying” commercial:<\/p>\n