I well-remember the schools when I was a kid—late 50’s early 60’s.  Forgive me for repeating myself, but I went to the toughest/poorest school in Windsor, On.  Loved it!  Ethnically diverse, academically strong, and a lot of good programmes in art, music, drama, sports.  I have so many fond memories from my five years there.  Some of the kids were very poor—no shoes, even undies were sometimes missing, never mind the malnourishment and head lice!  But we all got along.  Reading these blogs made me question why I was so happy there.  I realize now that one of the many reasons was that there was absoluely no bullying—we would have got into so much trouble if anyone had dared harass a fellow student!  We were fortunate to have grown up during a time when there was dicipline, phonics, city-wide exams, accountability. 
Upon returning from Asia to Ontario, as a family we found that, here in Ontario, children were not fortunate enough to have such positive experiences in public schools—bullying was rampid, many teachers had bad attitudes. 
It’s really simple hy bullying occurs today—the people in charge are not doing their jobs, therefore the children are suffering.  It’s so sad that the innocent have to be hurt because of uncaring adults in charge…
Honestly, why would anyone send their children to public schools nowadays?  If I had to do it over again, I’d not have gone anywhere near a gov’t-run school.  The kids get no education, plus they’re often psychologically damaged!