Sunday, August 12, 2012

You mean … You mean there aren’t that many cyberbullies?

But … It’s been all over TV! Kids and their moms were on Ellen and Oprah and … and some other shows!

“We assume it’s this overwhelming thing, that everybody’s being bullied and that it’s inescapable -- that’s not totally accurate,” says Michele Ybarra, research director at the nonprofit Center for Innovative Public Health Research in San Clemente, Calif.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/48557050/ns/health-childrens_health/

The “We assume …” came about because the dix in psychology and TV ratings and funded studies made it so.

And another thing … “two nationally representative surveys totaling nearly 5,000 pre-teens and teens …” Do head counters really believe they’ll get accurate answers from 5,000 kids? On what planet?

So now 15 percent say they have been “victims” of cyberbullying; last week’s or the week before that or whatever had the rate “anywhere from 30 percent to … 70 percent.”

Here’s an idea: Don’t believe any percentage outside of sports. Batting average, quarterback completion average – those are based on real numbers, not on interviews.

Wow. Not as many cyberbullies. Next thing you know, somebody will decide inaccurate the tossed around statement that 25 percent of women students are sexually assaulted while in college.

Link from www.fark.com

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