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Myths and misperceptions about bullying Overcoming stereotypes and false perceptions of bullying There's no bullying here It's in schools which say "there's no bullying here" that you are most likely to find bullying. Bullying happens in every school; good schools are proactive in their approach and deal with it promptly, firmly and fairly. Bad schools deny it, ignore it, justify it, rationalise it, handle it inappropriately, sweep it under the carpet, blame the victim of bullying, blame the parents of the victim of bullying, make lots of impressive noises but take no substantive action. Bad schools (through their local authority or board) spend large sums of taxpayer's money on expensive barristers to fend off legal actions for their negligence. In most schools which claim "there's no bullying here", the primary objective is to protect the school against bad publicity and to divert attention away from the fact that the head teacher does not...

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