this big time. heres a sorta unrelated story but whatever, and it happened a few months ago, and im in 8th grade.first, a friend gets busted with pot in school, funny stuff.and a few kids get suspended for gun 'threats' but were just jokes, but i understand why they were suspended
second, a week or two later, i hear we're having an assembly with cops, didnt know why, figured for above reasons.
third, cops tell us how bad bullying is, even tho is doesnt happen in our district. they then go on to tell us how if somebody his us, we should NOT, repeat NOT fight back, and that we should run away. i was so angry the whole time. if somebody hits me, im going to hit them back. for the whole hour they basically told us not to ever fight back or defend yourself, just 'report it' to the all powerful 8th grade teachers.