I disagree. If anything bullying is what takes place between equals. It’s the way that people who are ostensibly the same, create a difference in order to satisfy an egotistical, sadistic urge. That’s why the focus of bullies is usually so arbitrary or contrived: She can’t apply foundation. He asked a girl out that…

Yeah. Also when there’s “mobbing” going on, individual things the person does might be within their control, and some of it might even be stuff that isn’t ideal to do, but it’s the way that everything that person does is under a microscope and is used to justify the mob’s rage.

“He stresses that his family members were legal immigrants.”

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As a TA, I hear these kind of statements from my students a lot, but I don’t see it as a big deal. They’re just using “I feel” as a replacement for “I think.” And despite what Worthan argues, it’s not impossible to correct or build upon these statements. If I can do it with less than a year of teaching experience…