While I am sure some are better than others, most don't actually enforce the zero tolerance policies that are on the books.

I'm' sorry to hear this, but I agree that it's becoming a very widespread problem. Not just the physical aspect of it, but also cyber-bullying. It seems that every week I'm hearing of another case of some type of bullying and at first I thought it was just more heavily media coverage, but your post and current events now make me believe that it's our society and the social networking, along with people of all ages that just don't care about their fellow human beings.

As a youngster and teenager, I was bullied because I dared to be different. By different, I mean I enjoyed stuff like Comic Books and drawing, which I got quite good at, and to this day, still do on occasion, and my love of Hard Rock/Heavy Metal and playing Guitar. Because of that, I was seen as a outsider /Nerd, and was bullied and insulted, most often by the "Jocks" in school. In my Junior year, I decided to join the Soccer team and suddenly, I was socially accepted by the "jocks' which made me sick to my stomach. Even though I was now playing Soccer, I still had the same interests and nothing else about me had changed, but yet, I was now "Cool"! To this day, I never forgot that, and it disgusts me to think of the mentality of some people who feel that they have to judge or chastize those who are different from the norm. We are all human beings and should not be judging nor humiliating those who we feel are different or make us feel insecure about our own selves. I have zero tolerance for bullies of any sort, whether they be at school, in authority, or in the media.

i actually got called a f** today because i dont like sports... now of course this was met with a torrent of unrepeatable things from my own mouth, but still, the idea that someone is inferior because they are different (in this case not liking sports) is asinine. in fact, i would go as far as saying that the "cool" kids are the inferior ones as they seem to have some serious issues thinking for themselves