• Best of luck to the class of 2024 for their HSC exams. You got this!
    Let us know your thoughts on the HSC exams here
  • YOU can help the next generation of students in the community!
    Share your trial papers and notes on our Notes & Resources page
MedVision ad

Do bullies still exist in uni? (1 Viewer)

chamelia

Member
Joined
Nov 11, 2004
Messages
864
Location
Behind Your Electric Chair
Gender
Female
HSC
2005
I think perhaps she means to say that considering the lack of racial diversity within the university community there was never the chance for significant amounts of racial prejudice to surface in the beginning.

Wasn't she?
 
Joined
Jan 23, 2009
Messages
68
Gender
Female
HSC
N/A
But the main reason for the lack of racism was because it was not very diverse and the majority of people were white.
that sounds very contradictory lol

are you saying more diversity and less white ppl creates more racism? *scratches head*
 

Templar

P vs NP
Joined
Aug 11, 2004
Messages
1,979
Gender
Male
HSC
2004
that sounds very contradictory lol

are you saying more diversity and less white ppl creates more racism? *scratches head*
But if there is no diversity and people rarely, if ever, see someone that's not white, then there would be no racism. Sort of like if there are no people with disabilities, you can't discriminate against them.
 

tallkid34

In 25 words or less
Joined
Sep 3, 2005
Messages
1,124
Gender
Male
HSC
2006
Bullying doesn't really exist at university. It's not as simple as that.

I would redefine it with the words "prejudice" and "condescending difference of opinion". Those sort of things are what you'll find running rampant at any university.
 
Joined
Oct 31, 2006
Messages
447
Location
Melbourne
Gender
Female
HSC
2007
If people have a problem with each other at university it is more likely to be a difference of opinion than anything related to the way they look, speak or act. At uni the differences in appearance are completely irrelevant - people are interested in your mind, your opinions, your theories, your arguments. If someone can make a valid point in a tutorial, nobody cares where they come from or anything of the sort. I think the bullying doesn't really exist at uni because uni is an intellectual environment and the people are mature enough to understand that everyone is entitled to hold and express their opinions.

Having said that, at melbourne uni the Socialist Alternative get a bit of shit, but it's all light-hearted! Even then, people use logic and reasoning and arguments to make their point, not snide comments about their appearance etc.
 

Cookie182

Individui Superiore
Joined
Nov 29, 2005
Messages
1,484
Location
Global
Gender
Undisclosed
HSC
N/A
OP sounds like a fucking pussy.

Who still even worries about "bullying" lol. Anyone that cares what others think or allows someone else to impact on their own social value is weak and correspondingly deserving of such ridicule.
 
Joined
Jan 23, 2009
Messages
68
Gender
Female
HSC
N/A
OP sounds like a fucking pussy.

Who still even worries about "bullying" lol. Anyone that cares what others think or allows someone else to impact on their own social value is weak and correspondingly deserving of such ridicule.
hey man, don't be a bully on the forum =P

wat about UWS, i heard from a friend that alot of lebs go there, is that a bad thing?
 

Avarice

New Member
Joined
Feb 9, 2009
Messages
12
Gender
Male
HSC
2009
I'm going to disregard anything said in this thread; tl;dr.

Bullies would generally be non-existant in University, I'd imagine.
Unless we're just talking about pricks like myself.

That type seem to gradually thin out as you pass your SC, and then completely disperse once you complete your HSC. University is for the kids who made it through school in shining colours, so to speak, not the kids who felt like fucking things up for everyone else because they couldn't make the grades.

Edit:

OP sounds like a fucking pussy.



Who still even worries about "bullying" lol. Anyone that cares what others think or allows someone else to impact on their own social value is weak and correspondingly deserving of such ridicule.

This kid knows his shit.
 

xsavagex

Member
Joined
Aug 3, 2006
Messages
237
Location
Sydney
Gender
Female
HSC
2007
wait so you're saying there can't be any diversity unless there's lots of different skin colours?

that's a fairly racist thing to say
No thats not what i'm saying. I'm not racist at all.

This

chamelia said:
I think perhaps she means to say that considering the lack of racial diversity within the university community there was never the chance for significant amounts of racial prejudice to surface in the beginning.

Wasn't she?
is exactly what i meant. I dont have much talent in saying what i mean :)
 

rcr4fags

Member
Joined
Jan 4, 2009
Messages
177
Gender
Male
HSC
N/A
there are still bullies, and so long as your not a dweeb and stand up for yourself u will be ok

you may have to fight the guy or at least get into a verbal argument with him, bullies usually step down after that, the other people will around will see who is right and who is wrong. and the other people in your year will respect you for sticking up for yourself.

generally the bullies at uni people hate and despise.
 

withoutaface

Premium Member
Joined
Jul 14, 2004
Messages
15,098
Gender
Male
HSC
2004
But if there is no diversity and people rarely, if ever, see someone that's not white, then there would be no racism. Sort of like if there are no people with disabilities, you can't discriminate against them.
That's like saying if you fill a room with Klansmen there's not going to be any bigoted comments made because they're racially homogenous.
 

Templar

P vs NP
Joined
Aug 11, 2004
Messages
1,979
Gender
Male
HSC
2004
That's like saying if you fill a room with Klansmen there's not going to be any bigoted comments made because they're racially homogenous.
If you have a room of Klansmen who have never seen anyone other than another Klansman and has no real concept of the existence of blacks or whatever Klansmen want to lynch, then yes.
 

chuckyhol

Member
Joined
Jan 25, 2009
Messages
46
Gender
Male
HSC
2008
No Bullies at uni, your typical high school bully dropped out in year 10 and if he somehow made it to year 12 he is too dumb to realise what university is.
You wouldn't get bullies. The community is just too big and diverse for people to form cliques and besides that people really have better things to do with their time while on campus. I myself have never witnessed anything racist on campus, but university is just a cross section of the outside public so there is bound to be those people who share those ideals. You will still be hard pressed to find easily though.
bullies NO
Racism YES. its just not out in the open like high school
Well, i'm a bully and i'm going to university so I would say yes.
 

sl3epyAZN

Member
Joined
May 1, 2006
Messages
31
Gender
Male
HSC
2007
I dont think there is bullying at unis.. Most of the high school bullies are dumbasses and no way they would have made it to uni anywayz. Besides even if there was , i doubt they even have time to bully others or just fail uni.
 

Boxes

Banned
Joined
Aug 16, 2008
Messages
806
Gender
Male
HSC
2008
Sweetie, Lebs go to every Uni :rofl:, the people at UWS are extremely nice, I left the Uni and now Im at UNSW cause it was crap academic wise, but it's quite easy to make friends there.

But Lebs being lebs, they like to stick to their own.
i'm leb and i've got many friends of all different cultures.
 

Boxes

Banned
Joined
Aug 16, 2008
Messages
806
Gender
Male
HSC
2008
LOL whats even more funny @ UWS, you see people of all cultures together hanging together then you see a bunch of 20 girls wearing hijabs sitting in one group, hahah, and they say we're the ones who make them feel like outisders, please.
man, wtf? people who talk shit about their own kind are the worst type of people.

they're the shit stains of society.
 

Boxes

Banned
Joined
Aug 16, 2008
Messages
806
Gender
Male
HSC
2008
I'm not a Muslim anymore so they aren't my kind, I do have Muslim friends, but those are the ones who are westernized and dont practice their religion. If I walked up to them (the "Religious" Muslims) and told them I am not a Muslim anymore or that I'm Gay how do you think these Muslims will act toward me? I've had it happen before and it wasnt pretty.
no, i'm all for religion bashing.

but i've seen you talk shit about arabs. why?

do you feel that you need to talk trash about your own culture in order to fit in?

it's pretty low, dude.
 

Users Who Are Viewing This Thread (Users: 0, Guests: 1)

Top