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The Bully Society: School Shootings and the Crisis of Bullying in America's Schools (Intersections) 1st Edition

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Product Details

  • Series: Intersections
  • Hardcover: 318 pages
  • Publisher: NYU Press; 1 edition (March 6, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0814748880
  • ISBN-13: 978-0814748886
  • Product Dimensions: 1.2 x 6.5 x 9.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsa must read
By maryjason on April 9, 2012
Format: Hardcover
Dr Jessica Klein's 'The Bully Society' is a must read for students, teachers and parents.
It is most distressing that in modern society the cancer of bullying in all of its destructive
forms is still very much part of school life and until serious measures are taken by those who
determine policy and those who perpetuate such behavior are brought to task, nothing will change.
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5.0 out of 5 starsSpot on
By Authormedic on January 12, 2013
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This work hits the mark. As a former educator I saw many of the examples she cites happening everyday. I really appreciate the fact that she addresses the adults as part of this bullying society. As a physical education teacher and coach, I, sadly, may have perpetuated some of the messages she addresses. We don't see it until we step back and look at it from the outside. The children in our schools are constantly bombarded with messaqes (physical, verbal, body langauge, shunning, etc.) that reinforce this bullying society. And, unfortunately, it will take a complete societal shift to change it. I think the first step is to get our educators to read this book. If you are a parent, think about buying a copy and donating it to your child's school. If you are an administrator, get a copy and ask all of your staff to read it. This book should be on the shelf of every conscientous, child-centered teacher in the country. (And no, I do not get a dime from the sale of this book.) I am just that passionate about the subject matter. As a former educator, and a parent of 6 children from pre-K through high school, I want to see this Bully Society shut down. Thank you Jessie Klein for an eye opening look at what is going on in our schools.

Adrian Stone
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5.0 out of 5 starsNine Months after Publication and only TWO Reviews?
By Cinsational Reader on December 15, 2012
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I found the book a week ago .. and then yesterday, the school shooting in Newton, CT. My timing is eerily on the mark. Oh my god, if people don't find their way to this book in the aftermath of the horrific shootings .. I hope they do. I was quite taken with Jean Twenge's GENERATION ME and the amount of research and studies she cited in her book. This one THE BULLY SOCIETY is equally well done and truly a book that is masterpiece in what it tries to get across to the readers - WE LIVE IN A BULLY SOCIETY now. Entitled kids, I-Deserve-It kids, lonely kids, bullied by other students kids, grow up to be .. bullies.

And many of the parents are big bullies too.

There is an entire hierarchy in our schools today and this is important to know because it is the law in America that all kids go to school until they are 18 which means, our kids are there 5 days/week, 6+ hours a day. So for most of our kids that school is the center point of their lives. What goes on at school IS setting the standards for our kids. And the schools survive & thrive on the Bully Culture.

People, I am begging you, read the book. It's frightening. Oh that must be why there are only two other reviews. Nobody is reading the book. I guess people don't read the important stuff? I guess Facebook and other trivial nonsense is more important? I really don't know and I really don't want to judge, I just want to get your attention although as a parent in the trenches with a few kids in middle and high school, I see what is going on, I see my kids getting bullied, I see my kids bully back in retaliation, I see the damage it causes and the scars that the kids carry for life. I see an overabundance of lonely, unconnected kids.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starshaven't finished
By EMMACAR on December 23, 2013
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having 3 grandchildren and a TV, I wanted to read something that would help me to understand how the world became so different than their parent's.......I find it very interesting but also very hard to read. It's so depressing and scary - but I will finish it and share it with anyone that wants to understand more about the world the children have to live in today.
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4.0 out of 5 starsSchool Violence
By Nicholas D. Dussing on June 11, 2013
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I was writing my college term paper on School Violence. When I considered the subject matter prior to conducting any research, I was thinking about school bullying, which was the norm when I attended school in the fifties and sixties. The turning point for me was Columbine. In the late sixties, a truckline from my town in Ohio sold and relocated to Littleton, CO. My brother's fiance relocated there with her family, and in 1970, after his discharge from the Army,we went to Littleton for the wedding. When I heard of Columbine in the nineties, all I could think of was whether there were any of my old friends from Ohio involved. I started researching school shootings, and was shocked at the sheer number of them that I discovered. Near my current home in Connecticut, we just went through the shock of the Newtown school shootings. The book detailed more instances of gun violence at our schools. The books were an invaluable source of information for my paper.
The only part of the debate that I don't understand is the view that armed guards are not necessary. In view of the number of innocent people who have died at the hands of these murderers, I can see no alternative. If they ask for former military members to patrol the halls of our schools, count me in.
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5.0 out of 5 starsAn Important Book
By Matt on January 12, 2013
Format: Hardcover
Where has Jessie Klein, the author of this book, been during all the television shoutfests over the latest school shootings? She would have much to add to the debate. Her portrayal of the world our children grow up in is just chilling. It's a world of economic and sexual conformity, where the tiniest bit of deviance is punished not just by social exclusion, but with out-and-out nastiness and, well, bullying. What makes it worse? In Klein's view, the many of the adult witnesses are not blissfully unaware or powerless bystanders. They are participants in the bullying. Not only do they refuse to intervene when they see it, they signal approval of the bullying behavior they witness. Why? Because all too many of these adults are bullies themselves, treating others with disdain, rudeness and meanness. This book really opened my eyes to a dark side of behaviors we witness and experience every day, and I would urge everyone with an interest in this issue to read it.
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