http://terahertzatheist.ca/2011/11/02/is-zero-tolerance-the-best-response-to-bullying/ Science and compassion for a better world Wed, 26 Aug 2015 20:22:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.3 http://terahertzatheist.ca/2011/11/02/is-zero-tolerance-the-best-response-to-bullying/comment-page-1/#comment-39621 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:46:41 +0000 http://terahertzatheist.ca/2011/11/02/is-zero-tolerance-the-best-response-to-bullying/#comment-39621 Zero tolerance usually involves ignoring the specific circumstances of an incident or applying a predetermined response without consideration of what would be the best response in those circumstances. And of course zero tolerance policies often end up punishing the bullied for striking back, because the reason they struck back is irrelevant in a zero tolerance response. “You hit him. You’re expelled. I don’t care why/”

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