Bullying in school and why I'm for it

= Opening = I must admit, this is a first for me to have the opportunity to debate some-one who legitimately supports bullying. That said, the fact that my opponent does support such a thing takes this debate to a completely different level; It means that this debate isn't one between two people of the same opinion, but a sincere clash of opinions. I would also like to point out, that I as well have been bullied through my life-time, and I myself have considered suicide because of the bullying. Please note that this isn't an argument, I would never post a personal example as an argument, I simply wanted to point this out. That said, I hereby make the statement; that bullying in school is an absolutely atrocious thing, to which there is no benefit. = Arguments = 1. Mental Development- My first argument will be that of mental development. For the sake of maximizing clash in this debate, I will assume that the realm of argumentation is restricted to the United States as both my opponent and I are Americans. From Examiner.com [1]"Brain research shows that the human brain goes through a slow maturation process between ages 10 through 25. The emotional make-up of a child is generally fully developed by age five... ...A Dartmouth College study reveals there is a significant shift in a personï¿½ï¿½ï¿½‚ï¿½ï¿½„ï¿½s brain after age 18, when the individual is emerging into young adulthood. The human brain reportedly becomes fully developed at age 25." This point will easily extend across every area of this debate; first of it makes several constructive argument which only prove to strengthen the Con stance in this debate. First, being that since these teenagers, and children's brains are not fully developed, their suicides are not fully rationalized nor thought through. to make such a claim that is sickens you that a child would kill themselves over this situation, is not only in and of itself a cruel and harsh statement; but it is invalid since these kids don't even have a full understanding of what they are doing. Second, a person can only judge something based on what they know; meaning that a child or teenager who has lived in the same place their entire life, and who as been subjected to bullying their entire life, can only assume that their entire life will be that way. Factoring this in with the fact their brain has yet to fully develop enough completely weight the dire impact of their decision. What we have to take this to mean, is not only the obvious fact that bullying is the cause of the loss of multiple human lives all around the world, but that also the impact my opponent tries to pull across (on bullying teach kids about "the real world) is invalid. First because it is an unjust assertion in regard to a person's mental development, second because in "the real world" people do not have to be subjugated to such treatment. Finally because the argument my opponent proposes is completely Nihilistic in the first place. = Conclusion = As of now I won't offer too many arguments, it would be too difficult for my opponent to respond otherwise. And since this is is only round one 1 I can't really ask for an Con vote just yet. So I'll simply hand the debate back over to my opponent; here's to a fantastic round! = Sources = [1] http://www.examiner.com...