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I was a little awkward in middle school but I wasn't bullied for it. In the 8th grade there was this 7th grade skater punk in my drama class who would call me a nerd (because I wore glasses). One time he tried to kick me but he missed, then I front kicked him in the side of his pelvis and he rolled backward. Though that wasn't the best way to handle it, sometimes you have to fight back to show that you aren't going to take **** from anyone. He didn't mess with me much after that.
Yes I have been bullied before, usually it was about my sexuality. I just ignored it if I could, I only ever had one person say they would physically hurt me but they never did in the end. I found it impacted a lot on my school work, especially when it would make me feel down. It takes a lot to believe in yourself when you have people telling you horrible stuff all the time (even yourself). Sometimes family members would be bullies as well, that was hard to deal with.
My things I used to do was
Try to always be with friends
Try to always be in a 'safe place'
Always look for opportunities to make friends or be friendly to people
Find adults you can trust
Ask them to stop (this doesn't always work, but in a few cases it did)
I did learn quite a lot from it though
How to be patient
To realise I am an important person and it wasn't a reflection of me, but more about what they are/were
Not to blame myself for just being me
To always seek help if I need it and can't seem to find a way to deal with a situation myself
Always think before I act
To grow up and be more mature about life
much more.
So in a way I was grateful that I was given opportunities to grow and learn! If I didn't have people who believed I was crap and not worth anything then I wouldn't have had something to look at and say, hell no! I'm much better than what they believe and I know better then them because I know me better than them!
My things I used to do was
Try to always be with friends
Try to always be in a 'safe place'
Always look for opportunities to make friends or be friendly to people
Find adults you can trust
Ask them to stop (this doesn't always work, but in a few cases it did)
I did learn quite a lot from it though
How to be patient
To realise I am an important person and it wasn't a reflection of me, but more about what they are/were
Not to blame myself for just being me
To always seek help if I need it and can't seem to find a way to deal with a situation myself
Always think before I act
To grow up and be more mature about life
much more.
So in a way I was grateful that I was given opportunities to grow and learn! If I didn't have people who believed I was crap and not worth anything then I wouldn't have had something to look at and say, hell no! I'm much better than what they believe and I know better then them because I know me better than them!
Colour Bandit
Senior Member
I used to be bullied a lot, all the way through primary school and on and off during secondary school... I've found that being bullied has made it harder to make friends and I tend to keep my emotions bottled up...
Though recently a boy at my school, who was a lot younger than me, committed suicide due to bullying. I didn't know him, but it was sad and everyone was very subdued for awhile... But things about it were a bit iffy:
The family told the school not to talk to press at all or post anything on social media about it. Though literally hours after the school found out the mother was on Facebook and Twitter broadcasting about her son's death... and that 'the school had killed him'.
Now the school can't defend itself and suddenly in our last school examination we've been dropped from the top band of schools to one of the lowest band, even though in the report they had very little negative things to say.
Also the mother is trying to get a law passed, Ayden's Law, which makes bullying a CRIMINAL OFFENCE, I can just imagine how this will be abused and how much problems it will cause ('Sorry Timmy, we can't let you become a teacher as you picked on a boy when you were seven years old and have a criminal record because of it')
Though recently a boy at my school, who was a lot younger than me, committed suicide due to bullying. I didn't know him, but it was sad and everyone was very subdued for awhile... But things about it were a bit iffy:
The family told the school not to talk to press at all or post anything on social media about it. Though literally hours after the school found out the mother was on Facebook and Twitter broadcasting about her son's death... and that 'the school had killed him'.
Now the school can't defend itself and suddenly in our last school examination we've been dropped from the top band of schools to one of the lowest band, even though in the report they had very little negative things to say.
Also the mother is trying to get a law passed, Ayden's Law, which makes bullying a CRIMINAL OFFENCE, I can just imagine how this will be abused and how much problems it will cause ('Sorry Timmy, we can't let you become a teacher as you picked on a boy when you were seven years old and have a criminal record because of it')
NinjanaMin
Queen of the Crazies!
I used to get bullied all the time when I was at school - but no where near to the extent of my best friend (we went to different schools)
I used to get name calling because I dressed a little eccentric, it wasnt really a good thing to dress to suit you in my old school, everyone kinda looked the same and never stood out as much as I did...... my friend had physical bullying and I know it caused her a tonne of issues...... we both agreed though that in some way it made us much stronger these days and we still both dress to suit our own tastes!
I actually went back to my old town and saw a tonne of people who were complete ***ts to me at school and as horrible as it sounds, it makes me quite happy that Im doing much better than they are....
I used to get name calling because I dressed a little eccentric, it wasnt really a good thing to dress to suit you in my old school, everyone kinda looked the same and never stood out as much as I did...... my friend had physical bullying and I know it caused her a tonne of issues...... we both agreed though that in some way it made us much stronger these days and we still both dress to suit our own tastes!
I actually went back to my old town and saw a tonne of people who were complete ***ts to me at school and as horrible as it sounds, it makes me quite happy that Im doing much better than they are....
Through first to third grade I got teased because I had a bad case of head lice.
In third grade I got teased because my sister had an obsession with pokemon (apparently it wasn't popular at school at the time).
In fourth grade I got teased because I was really skinny at the time because of puberty and a lot of my classmates thought I was dating a new student because I was hanging out with him a lot (we were only friends btw) and they teased me because of that.
In sixth grade I had my stuff stolen and there were rumours of me dating my two best friends.
This year so far I've been:
Poked in the back, thrown paper at and teased because I have been hanging out with guys lately.
I can tell that there have been people who have suffered worse than me though. I'm still being bullied sometimes but I've been strong through all these years so I can handle a few more!
In third grade I got teased because my sister had an obsession with pokemon (apparently it wasn't popular at school at the time).
In fourth grade I got teased because I was really skinny at the time because of puberty and a lot of my classmates thought I was dating a new student because I was hanging out with him a lot (we were only friends btw) and they teased me because of that.
In sixth grade I had my stuff stolen and there were rumours of me dating my two best friends.
This year so far I've been:
Poked in the back, thrown paper at and teased because I have been hanging out with guys lately.
I can tell that there have been people who have suffered worse than me though. I'm still being bullied sometimes but I've been strong through all these years so I can handle a few more!
Ok I don't think I've told anyone but my best friend before, but I don't see why I shouldn't share my thoughts.
I loved Primary School, yes, I was the awkward one at the back of the classroom that never said anything to anyone, and yes, I only really had one friend. But no one really cared, we were just a bunch of kids.
Secondary School on the other hand, is like, the worst nightmare I could possibly imagine. I get called a c*ink, a n***er and loads of horrible racist words. I can't figure out if its because I AM Japanese, or if they just find me as an easy target. They push me around all the time punch me in the arm and stomach, shove me into lockers blah blah blah. I just can't tell anyone though, I'm too shy, plus my tutor hates everyone in the class so he won't care. I once was crying in class and he was trying not to laugh like everyone else, I saw him. I can't tell the principal because he is never in, and when he is in he is way too busy, and when you knock on his door he says "Whoever it is, please come back at Lunch" and when I go back at lunch he says "Whoever it is come see me at the end of the day" and you can guess what happens then. I just can't pluck up the courage to tell my mum and dad because I would hate to see them worry, I know if I tell my mum she will cry straight away because the same thing happened to her. I won't bring back those memories for her, I just can't see her like that again. I don't live with my dad anymore, he moved to Japan after my parents split up so I can't tell him either.
The only person who knows is my best friend. She wants me to tell a teacher or some sort of adult, but I say no. If I don't give them a reaction and just walk away, they won't do it anymore. Because all they want is a reaction, to see people suffer. Its pure evil.
I loved Primary School, yes, I was the awkward one at the back of the classroom that never said anything to anyone, and yes, I only really had one friend. But no one really cared, we were just a bunch of kids.
Secondary School on the other hand, is like, the worst nightmare I could possibly imagine. I get called a c*ink, a n***er and loads of horrible racist words. I can't figure out if its because I AM Japanese, or if they just find me as an easy target. They push me around all the time punch me in the arm and stomach, shove me into lockers blah blah blah. I just can't tell anyone though, I'm too shy, plus my tutor hates everyone in the class so he won't care. I once was crying in class and he was trying not to laugh like everyone else, I saw him. I can't tell the principal because he is never in, and when he is in he is way too busy, and when you knock on his door he says "Whoever it is, please come back at Lunch" and when I go back at lunch he says "Whoever it is come see me at the end of the day" and you can guess what happens then. I just can't pluck up the courage to tell my mum and dad because I would hate to see them worry, I know if I tell my mum she will cry straight away because the same thing happened to her. I won't bring back those memories for her, I just can't see her like that again. I don't live with my dad anymore, he moved to Japan after my parents split up so I can't tell him either.
The only person who knows is my best friend. She wants me to tell a teacher or some sort of adult, but I say no. If I don't give them a reaction and just walk away, they won't do it anymore. Because all they want is a reaction, to see people suffer. Its pure evil.
EpicGamer12
Senior Member
Soon enough, you won't be teased for hanging out with guys, I can assure you.
For me, I wasn't bullied too badly, but I was somewhat because I was a short kid with glasses throughout most of middle school. I had moved around a lot because my dad was a pastor (3 different schools in Grade 5!), but I went through all of my middle school years at the same school. In Grade 6 I actually had a lot of nerds in my class; about half of the guys, but in Grade 7 I was surrounded by people with slight mental deficiencies and just overall really stupid people. Sometimes, this one stupid jerk I knew just out of the blue kicked me in the leg. I didn't retaliate because I was pretty weak. He did it about 3 or 4 other times with him calling me names along with it before I finally did something about it.
Eventually, once high school rolled along, people realized I was actually smart and funny, and also fun to be around. I can make friends with almost anybody I meet (most of the drug dealers hate me though, I'm assuming it's jealousy), and there have even been times at the school where people have started some kind of fan page on facebook for me. I am an introvert, and I don't like the overtime extended attention, but at this rate I will be one of the most memorable students in Grade 12.
tl;dr - I was bullied some because middle school is rough but in high school I was all good. I rambled a lot.
broadwaythecat
Senior Member
I get sweared at, made fun of, there are rumors of me dating /being pregnant with a boy made Misael.(well he is kinda cute, in my opinion). And I get teased for having a dsi, not having a cellphone, my chainsaw obsession, my hate for the Harlem Shake, stuff like that. Oh yeah, and I also get made fun of because of my voice. And guess who made half of this happen.
Admit it. I'm just the kind of person nobody likes.
Admit it. I'm just the kind of person nobody likes.
in elementary school i was teased a lot. i was that weird girl with emotional problems who read all the time. in high school it wasn't too bad. had a few bottles thrown at me, and because my best friend was gay we got teased a lot for that but it wasn't as bad as a lot of kids have it. i found that the best way to deal with it was to just not give a f***. i mean, were a bunch of dumb*** kids who were never gonna be important to me in any way so why should i care what they think or say?
also, letting them think you're crazy keeps them from messing with you. lol
also, letting them think you're crazy keeps them from messing with you. lol
broadwaythecat
Senior Member
What if you are crazy.
I've been bullied countless times on countless websites because of one thing: I'm HomeSchooled.
One example I can remember is one forum (which I won't name...) the member's were ganging up on me after one asked "what grade are you in", and I replied "I go through an online school, and they don't grade the same way public schools do". And then, subsequently I was bombarded with hatful rhetoric, racial slurs, ect, ect. I then defended myself, and was banned from the site.
I must say though, that doesn't even compare to some experiences I read on here, and I feel sorry for all of you. 'Cause online bullying doesn't even come close to the harm bullying physically can have.
One example I can remember is one forum (which I won't name...) the member's were ganging up on me after one asked "what grade are you in", and I replied "I go through an online school, and they don't grade the same way public schools do". And then, subsequently I was bombarded with hatful rhetoric, racial slurs, ect, ect. I then defended myself, and was banned from the site.
I must say though, that doesn't even compare to some experiences I read on here, and I feel sorry for all of you. 'Cause online bullying doesn't even come close to the harm bullying physically can have.
I was bullied on and off during my 7th grade year in middle school. Personally I don't think anyone have should endure any form of bullying doesn't matter mentally or physically. Some people take the bullying that they have gone through to make them a stronger person, some people aren't that strong to do so and it's just really sad.
I was bullied from about 3rd Grade to 6th Grade. It ranged from physical abuse (which got very violent and caused me to miss school for a bit in both fear and pain) and from words. Around 5th grade, the abuse caused me to slip into serious depression and eventually, thoughts of suicide. All of this blew up in 7th grade when I got to a new school. A bunch of people messed me up really bad and I tried taking my own life because of what happened. Luckily, I didn't have the will to do it. I was bullied because of my weight (both in real life and on the internet, even on here for a while) which caused me to completely hate myself even more. Now, yea, it really bugged me and totally wrecked me and was a main source of my depression, but I also figured that there are some things I can change. If I was tired of being bugged about my weight, then I should do something about it. During the end of 10th Grade Year to the start of 11th Grade Year, I lost about 40lbs (18.1437kg) and changed a lot of my eating habits. Did that make the depression go away? No, I still struggle with that daily. It looms over me like a thundercloud, waiting to strike at any minute, but I'm a fighter, so I fight through it.
I'd like to say there's one cure-all for bullying. Thing is, you can never stop it. It will never stop. I'm not trying to be a cynic or cause you to lose hope, but teachers in public school typically don't care or aren't allowed to do anything about it. If you're in physical harm, then fight back. Don't ever let yourself become a punching bag for some kid with issues. I came out on top of grade school bullying. The scars never fully healed, but I'm working on that (along with the truckload of other issues I have to deal with), but look at me compared to them. I've gotten a great education, I have plenty of friends, I've loved and been loved in a relationship, I'm going off to a University and where are they? Five of them are in jail for ten-twenty and three of them are parents already with kids they didn't want. Their bad decisions led them down that road, while mine led me up a higher road.
Bullying is wrong and takes many forms. Even gossiping and talking behind someone's back is bullying. It will get back to them and it will come back to bite you in the ass. There is no excuse for treating people terribly. Fighting back isn't being a bully, it's defending yourself and your well-being. We're all in this life together, essentially blind as to what's coming next. We're waiting to get blind-sided by life's next obstacle. Some of us have cheat-sheets, some of us don't, but we're all here to help each other. "I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 3:14) That's my goal in this race and I hope to help others run towards that goal as well. Whether you're a Christian or not, we're all running this race called life. But instead of knocking each other down and trying to make yourself look good, despite your philosophy in life, your "place" does not matter. We all ultimately reach the end at some point and it is as if our place never mattered at all. So why not leave a good legacy and make your life worthwhile? Why spend it tearing people down and trying to burn them to the ground? It's not worth it. There's no justification for bullying. Anyone can feel free to try to justify it, but we'll see just how far you get with that.
I'd like to say there's one cure-all for bullying. Thing is, you can never stop it. It will never stop. I'm not trying to be a cynic or cause you to lose hope, but teachers in public school typically don't care or aren't allowed to do anything about it. If you're in physical harm, then fight back. Don't ever let yourself become a punching bag for some kid with issues. I came out on top of grade school bullying. The scars never fully healed, but I'm working on that (along with the truckload of other issues I have to deal with), but look at me compared to them. I've gotten a great education, I have plenty of friends, I've loved and been loved in a relationship, I'm going off to a University and where are they? Five of them are in jail for ten-twenty and three of them are parents already with kids they didn't want. Their bad decisions led them down that road, while mine led me up a higher road.
Bullying is wrong and takes many forms. Even gossiping and talking behind someone's back is bullying. It will get back to them and it will come back to bite you in the ass. There is no excuse for treating people terribly. Fighting back isn't being a bully, it's defending yourself and your well-being. We're all in this life together, essentially blind as to what's coming next. We're waiting to get blind-sided by life's next obstacle. Some of us have cheat-sheets, some of us don't, but we're all here to help each other. "I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 3:14) That's my goal in this race and I hope to help others run towards that goal as well. Whether you're a Christian or not, we're all running this race called life. But instead of knocking each other down and trying to make yourself look good, despite your philosophy in life, your "place" does not matter. We all ultimately reach the end at some point and it is as if our place never mattered at all. So why not leave a good legacy and make your life worthwhile? Why spend it tearing people down and trying to burn them to the ground? It's not worth it. There's no justification for bullying. Anyone can feel free to try to justify it, but we'll see just how far you get with that.
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Right from nursery til after i left college, i was bullied for no reason because obviously the little scrotums had nothing better to do. Some say it was because i was a quiet kid, who kept themselves to themselves but i think that's just b.s personally. But the biggest mistake i ever did was letting them wear me down and making me hate myself.
Hey Listen!
Nathan :D
Thankfully, I don't get bullied, but people I know do. The other day I started hanging out with some kids that people talk about behind their backs. I make an effort to tell the people talking to start making fun of me too because the kids are really cool and they get bullied for liking things like League of Legends and anime. I love both of those things and they still get made fun of because "They do be the palest crackas" and various other pointless factors.
oath2order
#Porygon2024
Tell me more about the palest crackas.
bullying for me became really prominent when I moved to the US in 5th grade. I didn't know how american public schools were like and didn't know a lot of details about american culture so I was made fun of for making simple mistakes. I remember that I was in PE class and I didn't know how to play baseball so I sat on the field because I was confused, and everyone laughed. and also for lunch, we all sit as a class but I accidentally sat in a different class's table and was laughed at. I would also constantly get lost and arrive late to class, which i was laughed at for too. I was also made fun of for other silly things like bad grammar and the way I pronounced certain things differently because I wasn't used to speaking in English that frequently yet. I had no friends because everyone had their own friend that they've known since kindergarten, so I was always left alone. The only thing that made me happy that year was going home and drawing and playing online games with the friends that I had met online.
When I went to middle school in 6th grade the bullying stopped but I still didn't have friends and was really alone. I didn't make any good friends or was comfortable with being myself until 7th grade.
When I went to middle school in 6th grade the bullying stopped but I still didn't have friends and was really alone. I didn't make any good friends or was comfortable with being myself until 7th grade.
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SecondSider
Lord Kikuchiyo FTW
There are a lot of people in my class who tend to bully me because of my interest in movies. Whenever I bring one in for another class, one student would go:
"Classic movie from the 60's? Messed up, watch something else."
"Foreign movie? Messed up, go watch something else."
"Surreal movie? Messed up, go watch something else."
"Movie with lots of nudity (A Clockwork Orange, Eyes Wide Shut, Blue Velvet)? Messed up, go watch something else."
"Reversed movie? Messed up, go watch something else."
"Movie with lots of violence? Messed up, go watch something else."
Stuff like that just comes out of his mouth all the time. I'm interested in these movies, so why does he need to come in and keep ruining it for me?!
He was one of my friends, but there are lots of times when he can be a complete jerk. Also there is another kid in my class who pretends to like movies as much as I do, and when I try to quiz him, he gave the stupidest answers to the question and all his idiot friends kept saying they were correct! Here are some examples of stuff he said:
"What does the movie A Clockwork Orange about?"
Response: "It's about an orange on a clock."
Correct answer: "It's about a teenage gang in a future world who commit what is known as 'ultra-violence.'"
"What is the movie Rain Man about?"
Response: "It's about the superhero who controls the rain."
Correct answer: "It's about the relationship between a selfish person and his savant brother."
This kid is just stupid. And after finding out about what A Clockwork Orange is about from me, he goes:
"You know I don't watch porn movies!"
What? Scenes of female nudity make it porn?! That's like saying American Beauty is a porn movie! Both are great movies, and he has to make fun of them like that?! Come on, what an idiot. I am bullied because of my interest in movies?! Come on, these guys will get it someday. I don't know how, but they'll get it.
"Classic movie from the 60's? Messed up, watch something else."
"Foreign movie? Messed up, go watch something else."
"Surreal movie? Messed up, go watch something else."
"Movie with lots of nudity (A Clockwork Orange, Eyes Wide Shut, Blue Velvet)? Messed up, go watch something else."
"Reversed movie? Messed up, go watch something else."
"Movie with lots of violence? Messed up, go watch something else."
Stuff like that just comes out of his mouth all the time. I'm interested in these movies, so why does he need to come in and keep ruining it for me?!
He was one of my friends, but there are lots of times when he can be a complete jerk. Also there is another kid in my class who pretends to like movies as much as I do, and when I try to quiz him, he gave the stupidest answers to the question and all his idiot friends kept saying they were correct! Here are some examples of stuff he said:"What does the movie A Clockwork Orange about?"
Response: "It's about an orange on a clock."
Correct answer: "It's about a teenage gang in a future world who commit what is known as 'ultra-violence.'"
"What is the movie Rain Man about?"
Response: "It's about the superhero who controls the rain."
Correct answer: "It's about the relationship between a selfish person and his savant brother."
This kid is just stupid. And after finding out about what A Clockwork Orange is about from me, he goes:
"You know I don't watch porn movies!"
What? Scenes of female nudity make it porn?!
That's like saying American Beauty is a porn movie! Both are great movies, and he has to make fun of them like that?! Come on, what an idiot. I am bullied because of my interest in movies?! Come on, these guys will get it someday. I don't know how, but they'll get it.Similar threads
