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To: Les H who wrote (63846)	2/1/2001 10:43:29 AM
From: Les H	Respond to of 436258

Bullies Must Stop Hating Themselves The Governor's Prevention Partnership Bullying Task Force is a good thing [editorial, Jan. 23, "Stop School Bullies"]. The victims of bullying (generally the small, young, weak, naive) do need responsiveness, attention and support. The other side of the equation, the preventive side, is to work with the bullies themselves and to help them understand that what prompts their behavior is a feeling of their own powerlessness. A recent visitor to our school, playing the part of Malcolm X in a diversity assembly, said, "If you really love yourself, there is no room for hate." What both bullies and victims often fail to recognize is that bullies themselves feel weak and vulnerable, and their cruel behavior is an attempt to rectify that by picking on someone ostensibly weaker and more vulnerable. When someone feels good about himself, he is likely to feel good about those around him. People, young and not so young, who are negative, unkind, cruel and hateful are usually projecting all that they sense, consciously or unconsciously, about themselves. Both the bullies and the victims need help in understanding and accepting their and others' humanity so that "there is no room for hate." M. Burch Tracy Ford Head of School Miss Porter's School Farmington ctnow.com >>>Any wonder why education is so screwed up in this >>>country. What next? Grief counselors to help bullies >>>get over the trauma of beating up a kid.