Princess Margaret Secondary School, a medium-small high school with the population of 750, claims to have completely eradicated the common problem of bullying. It was not easy for the school to achieve this, located in Penticton, B.C. like any place there are bullies but we ask why not in the high school? Local student Gage Buchanan replies "the main reason for the bullies to be non-existant is because I don't put up with them. For example, I see some punk bully a kid, I throw that punk in a locker for the rest of the day. The solution is discipline!" Although the approach may seem to be unorthodox it has proven to be extremely effective. But would the rest of the country be willing to step up and intimidate the bullies to retire? It is definately not with out its risks. Another student Darren Hogg tells " this one time I was being bullied and when my friend tried to stop him he got pounded! Busted 5 ribs, the bully I mean because he punched him so hard." Although that was many years ago it still haunts him in the on going night terrors.
Research suggests that if the nation were to completely extinguish the wrath of the bully, intimidation is the best solution. Princess Margaret Secondary School is simply a perfect demonstration of this theory. Perhaps as this theory becomes fact we may be able to finally end this on going epidemic we call bullying.
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