Re: School stories

On 4/6/26 20:44, Steve Hayes wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Apr 2026 07:45:57 -0700, John Ames <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> 
>> On Sat, 4 Apr 2026 13:28:36 -0700
>> Bobbie Sellers <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Generally hazing is done to test the Mettle of the new parties and
>>> group hazing build bonds between those who share misery. [...] In
>>> some of the USA's great universities like Yale and Harvard it builds
>>> bonds that are sustained for life
>>
>> That's certainly the public line whenever a pledge gets killed in a
>> dumb stunt and the traditionalists have to scramble to explain to the
>> cops and the media how this is Fine, Actually. Sounds a lot more high-
>> minded than "institutionalized abuse of newbies is the means by which
>> sociopaths who get off on tormenting people find a socially-acceptable
>> outlet for their disease."
>>
>> It's no friggin' wonder these people end up in politics and Management.
> 
>  From a US dictionary:
> 
> 
> 
> haze
> 3 of 3
> verb (2)
> hazed; hazing
> 
> transitive verb
> 1
> a
> : to harass by exacting unnecessary or disagreeable work
> b
> : to harass by banter, ridicule, or criticism
> 2
> : to play tricks on or force to do unpleasant or unsafe things as initiation
> haze the fraternity pledges
> 3
> Western US : to drive (animals, such as cattle or horses) from
> horseback
> hazer noun
> 
>  From Wikipedia:
> 
> Ragging
> Ragging is the term used for the so-called "initiation ritual"
> practiced in higher education institutions in India, Pakistan,
> Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. The practice is similar to hazing in
> North America, fagging in the UK, bizutage in France, praxe in
> Portugal, and other similar practices in educational institutions
> across the world. Ragging involves abuse, humiliation, or harassment
> of new entrants or junior students by the senior students Continued in
> Wikipedia
> 
> I understood "ragging" to be a synonym for "teasing" generally, and
> not as specifically applied to initiation rituals.
> 

	I do not think you would be wrong but that is where a lot of it is found in
schools following traditions passed down within 'in groups'.

	bliss