I agree with TheWhiteOtaku for the most part. I think that there is not enough upstream think about these sorts of issues in America, and that was touched on. I think that rather than informant techniques, there should simply be education about tolerance and acceptance. If people were taught to understand how very different people are, and realized that making fun of the "different" kids just made them angry and further compounded the problem. If these steps were taken, the real problems would present themselves - and should be adressed by the school administration accordingly, not the students. If you figure out what percentage of students actually would kill other students vs. how many would be report, you'd see that there are more positive and effective ways of dealing with the problem.
One last note: I'm not trying to argue with anyone, I just want people to see that there are more ways of dealing with issues than are apparent. Thanks for reading this.
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I agree with TheWhiteOtaku for the most part. I think that there is not enough upstream think about these sorts of issues in America, and that was touched on. I think that rather than informant techniques, there should simply be education about tolerance and acceptance. If people were taught to understand how very different people are, and realized that making fun of the "different" kids just made them angry and further compounded the problem. If these steps were taken, the real problems would present themselves - and should be adressed by the school administration accordingly, not the students. If you figure out what percentage of students actually would kill other students vs. how many would be report, you'd see that there are more positive and effective ways of dealing with the problem.
One last note: I'm not trying to argue with anyone, I just want people to see that there are more ways of dealing with issues than are apparent. Thanks for reading this.