Movies and media reports tend to favor dramatic events over real problems. Everything must be depicted at the extreme ends of possibility (usually far beyond) to keep the audience's attention. It's not enough for the movies that global warming will cause draughts and...
Bullying
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Bullying And Its Consequences
Kids will be kids. That idea has been the extent of the response to reports of bullying for many years. Recent efforts to address bullying on a broader scale have been frustrated by an entrenched idea that bullying is an acceptable or even necessary component of...
Progress On The Bullying Front
The U.S. Department of Education released the results of a 2013 survey on bullying. The results represent an improvement from 2011, but show that bullying is still a significant problem. In 2013, 22 percent of students aged 12-18 reported that they were bullied. In...