[Anna23834]

I'm almost 40 and I'm still trying to comprehend and heal from the cruel treatment I received in high school. Not only did few teachers notice or act, some were complicit and joined in, I think as a way of bonding with their students. Teachers want to be cool, too, and it's not cool to challenge what the media calls "high school subculture." What's worse now is how much that subculture is now mainstream culture. Craig mentioned a homely and mildly retarded girl being ridiculed at school; well, the same jokes now play on morning radio shows (not just Howard Stern). Making fun of someone's looks, weight, accent, etc. is a mainstay of popular humor, and adults are now modeling this behavior for kids. They may mock-scold themselves for doing it, but the message is that the fun outweighs the harm done.

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Name : Anna23834, Gender : F, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 39, City : Los Angeles, State : CA Country : United States, Social class : Middle class, 

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