Reply #53: are you a principal? teacher? school board member?

[nashville_brook]

you sound like you have a hound in this hunt.

if you are involved in the school system, i would hope that you would be able to see that there are numerous pathological/artificial power structures set up in the public school system.

jocks vs misfits
popular kids vs brains
rich vs poor
freshmen vs seniors
AP vs Voc Ed

competition and aggression are encouraged in all areas of school. good schools moderate competition before it becomes aggression. but the fact is, the structure in place at the school level provides the fertile ground for the nastiest power struggles many of us will ever know.

i don't understand your hostility -- but i would be interested to know where it's coming from.