Oddly, the bullying issue in schools is the only place where US society officially tries to focus on victims and cooperative behavior, rather than stringent rules and punishment.<p>As I said above, I think that punishment could prevent bullying, and that teachers and admins just don&#x27;t want to. There&#x27;s all kinds of goofy, illogical rules in place about &quot;drugs&quot; and &quot;weapons&quot; and other &quot;safety&quot; issues, where the faculty, staff and admins aren&#x27;t afraid to punish instantly. Those punishments are justified more or less by &quot;common sense&quot;, so why isn&#x27;t bullying punished?