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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another question about STA-- and actually other boys schools too.  How do they handle boys who bully or get in another boy's physical space in an intimidating way?  We think about single sex schools but sometimes I worry about the "Lord of the Flies" breaking out on the playground.  [/quote]

I don't know why you think that would be the case because it's single sex.  I don't ever hear of bullying at StA.  Doesn't mean it doesn't happen, but it's certainly not widespread.  [/quote]

I am sorry if my post implied that I thought just because STA was single sex there would be bullying.  That is not what I think, nor meant to imply.  However, when you read  literature on boys and their social environments you learn that they attempt to create social heirachies within the class and attempt to create a pecking order, which once established has the effect of decreasing aggression amongst the boys.  (See Michael Thompson).  If some of the "normal" social tendencies with boys go arwy, then how is it handled?  Another parent who has a child at Mater Dei told me that anyone who strikes another child or intimidates another boy is sent home in a Barwood Taxi-- that is their way of handling such behaviors.  So I am wondering what discipline strategies STA has in place should such an incident occur?[/quote]

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