I heard that Lord of the Flies is an allegory for British boarding schools

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Jan 24, 2023
9:23:54pm

MetaLearner Starter

I heard that Lord of the Flies is an allegory for British boarding schools

Makes sense to me.

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Saddened that I just heard about a kid my 7th grader knows that is bullied

gwalker

1/24/23 6:17pm

I’m convinced kids are more evil to each other than adults

cougarbart

1/24/23 6:24pm

There is a reason Lord of the Flies is so horrifying; it's so plausible

BYU'01

1/24/23 7:51pm

I heard that Lord of the Flies is an allegory for British boarding schools

MetaLearner

1/24/23 9:23pm

Im terrified for when my kids are middle school age.

sidsie716

1/24/23 6:25pm

I’m sending my daughter to junior high next year and I’m terrified

Ted Lasso

1/24/23 6:28pm

It's the same as when you were there. Kids are just idiots. Problem is

Adwight

1/24/23 6:41pm

Mine had more issues with bullies in grade school. Our Middle School...

WJCougar

1/24/23 6:43pm

Middle school sucked

Born2Fish

1/24/23 7:03pm

Kids are literally the worst. Tough to navigate in this world of no consequences

Heath Squashwell

1/24/23 6:26pm

RE: Kids are literally the worst. Tough to navigate in this world of no consequences

jacobugath

1/24/23 7:18pm

We have had multiple experiences at my kids elementary school where kids as

cougarfan84

1/24/23 6:31pm

My son is going to middle school next year and we’re really nervous. He’s

1/24/23 6:32pm

There are lots of kids he will hang out with. He will find good friends

Adwight

1/24/23 6:42pm

It's contagious. But so is being nice. Thankfully, the schools my kids go to

byubyu

1/24/23 6:42pm

I was made fun of in Jr High because my Dad died. Those thing are really scaring

Nat Gas Man

1/24/23 6:49pm

that's just not right. kids can be brutal.

qwerew

1/24/23 6:57pm

Pretty sure some of those middle schoolers post on CB

jacobugath

1/24/23 7:18pm

Jocko willinks wrote a series of kids books

Bovine University

1/24/23 7:19pm

like sweet navy seal chokeholds?

demon_llama

1/24/23 8:15pm

Thank you for taking action. We need more people who care enough to help out.

1/24/23 7:38pm

I wish there was a powerful way to remind kids in grades 5-9 that lots of kids..

BYU'01

1/24/23 7:40pm

My brother died when I was 8, the neighborhood

cougar95

1/24/23 7:43pm

sometimes you got to finish a fight.

demon_llama

1/24/23 8:16pm

Only fist fight I ever got into was with my cousin who moved to my school. He teased & harassed me relentlessly.

Soupie

1/24/23 9:25pm

Once a kid on the bus was picking on a girl who was a couple years younger than me. A friend and I told him to knock it

durandal

1/24/23 7:51pm

Those kids need a visit from Ray Velcoro

cougarbart

1/24/23 9:30pm

The 2 most popular girls in my school were so kind and friendly to everybody, i

BYUfan92

1/24/23 9:49pm

I was in 6th my sister was in 8th. Some kid mad the mistake of bullying me…..

BYU Grounds

1/24/23 9:49pm

Curb stomping sounds a bit worse than bullying

cougarbart

1/25/23 12:04am

Message received. Need more of that.

IceBlue

1/25/23 9:27am

Breaking someone’s teeth and jaw because they were mean?

cougarbart

1/25/23 9:33am

You probably couldn't separate the literal from the figurative.

IceBlue

1/25/23 11:10am

Note of clarification...My sister beat the bully up, he never bothered me again

BYU Grounds

1/25/23 2:41pm

I was bullied every day of elementary school and early Jr high. It sucked.

Adwight

1/25/23 11:26am

good job

qwerew

1/25/23 1:58pm

"Thank you. I hate that kid!" LOL

Nagurski

1/25/23 2:35pm

I still dream(literally) of doing that to the people who bullied me. I really

1/25/23 4:55pm

I was bullied from 6 grade through high school. Even freshman year at BYU I was

1/25/23 4:49pm

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