I've been hanging out in "group 1" for my entire academic and professional career. Sometimes it helps to see how the "group 3"s are doing.
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Replying to @captainsafia
Strange and sad that, in some ways, most of our lives were unceremoniously carved out for us on the first day of 4th grade. What a world.
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Replying to @captainsafia
Bullying is wrong but is often a symptom of a bad home life. I'd encourage compassion. What can we do to stop kids from becoming bullies?
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Replying to @keenahn
Child psychology is complex. That's not something that can be addressed in tweets by unqualified professionals.
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Replying to @captainsafia
Fair enough. I'm v happy that you succeeded. I'm pushing back on the notion that anyone should feel good that kids turned into adult losers.
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Replying to @keenahn @captainsafia
That's an interesting contrast, most of my bullies are as successful as anybody else, imho quite successful, and were good students.
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Also the ones I know more about amusingly had/have more supportive parents. Some are even taking part in peace-related work (my country is
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officially still at war with itself and another).
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I think the power dynamics that emerge between bullies/bullied are subject to internal/external stresses like any other situation.
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So the experiences that we each have with our bullies are different and color our perceptions of the world in different ways.
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Certainly. If I do check on bullies on Facebook, I'm pretty down the rest of the day.
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