Can the Philippines end violence against all odds? In a rural elementary school in the Philippines, a teacher administered a penalty of one whip from a bamboo stick on the students’ buttocks for every incorrect answer in an arithmetic quiz. In an urban high school, a male student was beaten up by his classmates as an initiation into their gang. His girlfriend, also a classmate, got it worse. She was raped by her male classmates for her initiation. In an upscale private high school, a student with a learning disability was bullied by his classmate, and when he fought back, the father of the bully charged the school, ... Continue reading... https://apolitical.co/solution_article/can-the-philippines-end-violence-against-all-odds/
