[Sloth]

If children are treated like prisoners in buildings that look like minimum security prisons, if they are marched aroung like herds of sheep to the sound of Pavlov's bell, if they isolated in unnatural same-aged packs, is it any wonder that they form protection gangs ( cliques) and bully? Is it any wonder that the school employees find themselves acting like bullies themselves?

The Stanford prison experiment should answer that.

[wintertime]

The answer is yes. If we treat children like prisoners and herd them around like livestock, yes, we can expect bullying from the students ( prisoners) and from the guards ( school employees).

From the Stanford Prison experiment:

“Our planned two-week investigation into the psychology of prison life had to be ended prematurely after only six days because of what the situation was doing to the college students who participated. In only a few days, our guards became sadistic and our prisoners became depressed and showed signs of extreme stress.”