On TV and in movies, bullies are often depicted in the same way: as big, muscle-bound goons with limited vocabularies who push around people much smaller than themselves. While these archetypal thugs certainly exist, bullies, like us non-bully types, come in all shapes and sizes, and use a variety of tactics. We've done an extensive, anthropological survey of high school's many bully species, and have identified five distinct types. We now present our findings, for your education and safety:
Programs like Summer Success at Agua Fria High School in Arizona are helping students prep for ninth grade by teaching them how to do things like "plan course schedules, make friends, join teams and clubs or even find a seat in the lunchroom." We love that lunchroom-seat-finding unit and want to sit in out of sheer morbid curiosity. But we can think of a few crucial additions to Agua Fria's course schedule. Freshly-minted froshes, you'll need classes on how to:
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