I can't speak for the "anti-bullying" campaign cause I haven't ever seen it in practice. Though if my area is doing it (which I doubt) they are awful, my High School in cases like fights would punish the victims just as badly as the bullies just cause the victim would defend themselves. My High School also lacked the balls to properly discipline the people who did cause trouble, so they essentially had free passes to even make metal shuriken's in the metal working room, throw them at the ceiling and have them stick there... with the constant risk one could fall and slice some poor student's head open. As for Bullying in general? It honestly depends on what you define as bullying. If you mean people purposely doing stuff for the sole purpose of making another person feel bad? That shit is just stupid and has no benefit and should stop immediately. I have no patience for those who become a bully. If it's just a matter of someone having thin skin though? As in they hear another person voice an opinion or mindset they differs from them and they start yelling "I'm offended! You bully!" then that's bullshit. People should be allowed to voice different opinions and thoughts without being told be quiet because someone disagree's with them. [quote=mdk] Depending on your definition of 'endorse....'For instance, I think the crusade against 'bullying' is very misguided. Every confrontation is reduced to 'which person is being the bully,' and then crucifixion. I wish more things were allowed to be settled with fights. I think jocks are better prepared for adult life than most nerds. Etc. Physical violence, to me, is not as much of a 'no-no' as most people like to act. [/quote] Eh... Jocks tend to be more popular/liked by the students as a whole. So even if the Jock is in the wrong, the student's will side with the Jock over the nerd just because the Jock is 'cool'. Jocks are also more involved in extra-curricular's than nerds, so Teachers are more likely to get to know the Jocks better than the nerds. This causing Jocks to get more support once again. The only cases I've seen teachers be on the side of the Nerds is if they either: a) Didn't take part in extra-curricular's, knowing students only by how they behaved in class. b) Were in extra-curricular's, but only in one's that Jocks tend to avoid, and victims of bullying tend to go to (EX: LGBT Club) c) Worked with students with special needs As for the adult life argument? Generally I'd have to disagree. Most jobs these days require skills in the mind, a high intelligence and a good education. A lot less depend on how fit you are, or how well you can throw a ball. Not to say Jocks aren't smart, but you don't need to be smart to be a Jock, you need to be good at sports. To a Nerd, you basically do have to be smart, and them be ridiculed by most of the school for it. The only jobs I see Jocks having an edge in are those that are dependent on physical work, and those jobs are shrinking each day as machines (made by nerds) replace them. The only real acceptation to this rule I would say are in certain towns/communities that almost completely spill effort's/resources to cater to the Jocks. To use a rather crude and extreme example, that case a year ago where a football team drugged a girl and raped her at three different parties. The entire town and school went out of their way to cover up the rape because it prevent the Jocks from becoming professional athlete's and gaining renown for the town. Would of gotten away with it too if not for the fact a hacker got wind of it, and made it his mission to expose the town for what they did. Hell the town went as far as to condemn anyone who was mad at the rapists for raping the girl, and then proceeded to victim blame the girl who was raped. Now, like I said above, that is an extreme example. But it shows Jocks can be basically set in life not cause they are that competent in their own right, but because an entire community is willing to back them because of what the town can stand to gain if those Jocks actually do happen to get somewhere big in life. If a nerd get's somewhere in life? It's normally the college/university they were at that get's the credit. If a Jock get's somewhere in life like sports? The town and school they played such sports in get's the credit. Essentially.... TLDR: Nerds are better off on average cause they have a more valuable skill set for the world of today. Jocks are only better off if the community actively goes out of it's way to get the Jocks into a better position in life.