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I know how this article/poll came about.
I wouldn't call statuatory rape "bullying". What these kids did was criminal and so was the school's lack of response.
I cannot submit my story because I don't want anyone to know who I am. The last thing I need is for my mother to see it. I still have to deal with her.
I was ugly, with buck teeth. My mother dressed me in things that kids made fun of. She cut my hair all ragged. She abused us. I wet the bed so she took my mattress out to the front of the house and made me scrub it in front of all my friends. I was pushed down on the playground up to the age of 13. Kids pulled my chair out from under me when I would go to sit down. THey made fun of my clothers. Called me names. All of the stuff bullies do. There were 3 leaders and the rest of the kids just followed along out of fear it would happen to them. When I was 14 we moved to another state. I got braces. I did my own hair. I was pretty now. I had a new life and it was wonderful.
your story is so sad. and its even worst that your mother was part of the problem. o hope that you are old enough or soon will be where you can move out and have nothing to do with her. and i don't say that lightly. but the best thing you could do for yourself is get away from her. a parent is suppose to help their children not hurt them in any way. except for the parents of bullies. now they should not only beat the crap out the kid but they too should be held accountable for their actions. the brats learn how to be bullies from home of that i am certain. good luck to you in your future and i hope that when you have children you teach them that just because someone is different then them you never ever pick on them or make fun of them.
Even at my age, I can still remember all of the teasing from other students and what is even more difficult is some from the teachers as well.
Warrior Mom I know how you feel because your story is much like mine in many ways. As I matured, I was able to handle it much better but it does impact ones life. It took me many years to overcome an inferiority complex because of all of the teasing - my parents were and my mother still is at the age of 94 very conservative. She never knew just until a few years ago about a few of the incidents.
Kids can be very mean but teachers can be too. I hope that would have changed a lot by now but gathering from this incident I guess not.
I involuntarily resigned from the job and the work I enjoyed doing and performed well, because of four years of relentless bullying by a coworker.
I had no other choice than resigning, I was and still am suffering from PTSD, if one has never experienced being bullied then one cannot fully appreciate or understand how devastating and traumatising being bullied is, and anyone is vulnerable.
My heart is broken for what happened to the high school student. Many targets of bullying commit suicide, it is a horrible experience.
Unfortunately bullying is condoned in schools and workplaces, and just like the Civil Rights movement, in order to change our realities, we must first change our perceptions.
Bullying is criminal behavior. Bullying is psychological terrorism, and terrorism is a crime, and bullying is also a crime.
Maybe this recent bullying event will help create an overdue Federal Bullying Prevention Bill, but I have my doubts.
Bullying can go several ways. This poor girl killed herself because of it. Her other possible option could have been to show up at school with a gun and stop it once and for all. Seems like some kids don't think five minutes into the future. Like that 15 y/o that beat and kicked that girl. Did he just expect to walk away?
When you're incessantly bullied, you don't even think that far into the future. All you know is that it has to END no matter what. 40 years after my bullying ended, I'm still looking for him. I know that if/when I do, all the feelings will come back and I will be 12 again. But this time, I will be armed. Pathetic of me, huh?
Curt, I agree how old feelings well up. I can't think of the name of it right now, but there was a movie where the main actor looks up a man who bullied him 25 years ago. Well the bully had been in a car accident, and now was in a wheelchair. The actor STILL attacked him even though the bully had apologized for his behavior all those years ago. And yes, the bully defended himself, and put a major beatdown on the grudge holder, all the while still in his wheelchair. Yeah, it was a comedy. Thought I'd better mention that.
my nephew was bullied really really bad when he was in first grade. no one would help him from the school. by that i mean teachers and worst of all the principle. they always asked steven what he had done to make this brat (the kid that was the bully) do that to steven. not ever did they talk to the bully about his actions. and the bullies mother was just as bad. she would tell steven he was nothing but a trouble maker. my nephews parents decided rather then have steven go through another year of hell they sold their house and moved to another town and there was never another problem with steven getting picked on again. i think kids learn how to be bullies at home. they have to learn it somewhere and i am sure that is where they learn it. there is no help for these kids that are getting bullied. even when the parent step in to help their children nothing is ever done. they hit a wall. the school doesn't do crap. the school should remove the bully from the school and the parents should be held accountable. only then would maybe just maybe the bullies would stop. let me tell you i just recently heard about what happened to steven (he's now a senior). because if i had know what was going on when it was happening i would have been at that school just waiting for that little brat and i would have beaten the crap out of him and his mother. no that isn't the answer but when his parents tried everything to stop it and was told that nothing could be done i would have done what i felt was right. i mean they (the victims) had to sell thier home and move to get it to stop. something is wrong with this picture. thankfully steven came out okay from the situation but only because his parents were smart enough and loved him enough that they just moved away. there should be ZERO tolerance for any kind of bullying. remove the bully/bullies from the school and hold the parent accountable.