Reply #46: I can't speak to the "mean girl" aspect, but bullying was a huge problem at my high school

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

I was not bullied myself but many were, most of it revolving around worthless white trash harassing the "terrorists" and "gooks" - who incidentally were predominantly the children of South Vietnamese and the Shaw's military officers who were granted asylum and resettled in Orange County. Not that such a detail was of any interest to them...

It wasn't tolerated so much as the approach to fighting it was naive and ridiculous.

There were no suicides when I was there but the problem was enormous and while well intentioned everything the administration did only made things worse, of particular concern was a no police involvement policy in ANYTHING that happened at the school (just imagine that today) they didn't want to do ANYTHING to the bullies because at any minute they could smarten up, ace their SAT's and goto Yale.

Although, ironically some of those who were the worst bullied at my high school are the most successful. Including a supermodel, now photographer. one of Hollywood's top film editors, and a rockstar, while the worst of the bullies are just fat, balding unemployable losers.