My background is in education. I have 18 years as a public school educator. I've taught every grade from fourth grade to post-doc studies. I've been through it. I've seen a lot of terrible things that children can do to each other.
I agree with a lot of the testimony here today. I don't think this piece of legislation is going to make a huge difference, because most of it is in the code already.
I'm going to ask some specific questions. I'm going to offer some ideas that might make a difference for young people in particular who are facing this, because this is a terrible social problem we're facing now.
Professor Shariff, you talked about an Austrian study that said when children are reporting why they do this, they say there are just two motivators: anger and fun. I know that's what kids would say because that's how they would articulate it, but I believe all bullying, whether cyberbullying, physical bullying, intimidation, or exclusion, is all based on power. I think power is the really key word. Would you both agree with that?