High schools rife with hazing, Maine study finds

Associated Press by David Sharp | Apr. 17, 2009 (Special Report)

Authors of an ambitious survey of hazing in colleges and universities have turned their attention to high schools and discovered that many freshmen arrive on campus with experience — with 47 percent reporting getting hazed in high school.

As in college, high school hazing pervaded groups from sports teams to the yearbook staff and performing arts, according to professors Elizabeth Allan and Mary Madden of the University of Maine's College of ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Kristin Gorski - Apr 17, 2009 - 8:17 AM PDT
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Kenneth Sibbett
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 by Kenneth Sibbett - Apr. 17, 2009

A very good story on the hazing, or bullying that goes in college, high school.It is also happening in the Jr. High schools.People who have been through this remember it all their lives.

Having been an Army brat, I went to a lot of schools. With every school, it was get the new kid. Luckily, I could fight. My father taught me to take no shit from bully's, that behind their facade, they are just cowards.

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Kristin Gorski
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 by Kristin Gorski - Apr. 17, 2009

A carefully written news report about an important study which provides insights into hazing culture in high schools and universities. Informative—cites facts and context which would be important for teachers, parents and students to know about.

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Fabrice Florin
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