The rise of 'curis' at the start of the school year unleashes fear of bullying in classrooms
The use of anonymous caricatures of teachers and students, spread and amplified by social media, is rapidly spreading through high schools.
In a remarkably short time, the beginning of the school year has been filled with "curis" on social media platforms such as TikTok and Instagram. These are humorous drawings, sometimes biting and at other times offensive, crossing the line into cyberbullying. Created anonymously and using digital design applications, they depict teachers, classmates, and typical scenes from the students' educational institutions.
"We see them in almost all institutes," remarked José María Fernández Díaz, director of a public institute in Mejorada del Campo, Madrid. To make detection difficult, the authors sometimes write the name of the school backwards (Altabir instead of Ribalta, for example), use the name of the municipality, or employ abbreviations, usually accompanied by the school emblem.
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