Today in class we examined the topic of bullying. Jessica mentioned an elderly women being bullied by middle school kids on a bus. I think this is the clip she was referring to:
http://www.godvine.com/Grandmother-Gets-Cruelly-Bullied-by-Kids-on-a-Bus-But-Watch-This-1672.html
Also the whole class today was great because many opinions were shared and the participation was awesome! Road rage seemed to be a hot topic today; I think it was because everyone can make at least one connection to overreacting drivers. A solution that I thought made the most sense to why a driver could get a hot head is because, yelling is a release. People who have road rage are not psychopaths, according to the majority of the class, so yelling is a release of frustration. It's like crying, the release of emotions through tears may make someone feel better.
Before today I did not know what hazes were...it is strange how people could not only do crazy things but life threatening things to fit in.
What is your limit?
The video you linked kind of reminds me of the fan on fan violence clip we watched. In our small group, somebody mentioned how common (despite being obviously cowardly) it was that the people ganging up other fans would outnumber them by at least 1. Like, there would be at least 2 perpetrators on 1 victim. It's that mob mentality again. Kids are stupid; they do what other kids are doing for the most part. It upsets me to see that they, as a group, lack so much civility that they easily lose sight of their limits and give into taunting their bus driver because of her age and weight.
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