How do you handle bullies?

[Computer-Noob]

Tell the teachers.

If the teachers do nothing, tell the principal. If your principal isnt a total retard, he'll talk to your teachers about their lack of action, which could get their asses fired.

Retarded principal? Tell your parents. If they complain to your school board, who HAVE to give a shit about the students, then its a lovely trickle-down effect of people getting fired.

Oh, and if he pulls the whole bullshit of saying YOU'RE the wimp for taddling, tell him that hes the pussy for being afraid that the teachers are going to call his mommy so he will get grounded and he wont be able to stay up until 8 pm.

As far as mental help goes, you live with the knowledge that his penis is probably as long as your finger nail. And his self esteem is below the floor. Honestly, any bully is a fucking twit. No exception. This particular dick head is probably not even going to make it through high school, and if he does it will have been with shitty grades. The best thing for you to do is not show that you're annoyed with it. Bullies are like fucking leeches, they feed off of your pain and suffering and revel in it. Show him you're the bigger man by not giving in.

And if your current friends are good friends, they'll stick up for you. I find the best strategy is to go along with their insults. If I get called something retarded like "gay" I normally just say something like this

"Darn, you found out. I was going to drug you and rape you tonight"

Or

"Yes, and I have to confess my feelings for you. I want to give you kinky butt sex"

In this case, if its just him kicking you, you're better off telling someone, specifically a teacher. If nothing happens, DO NOT just give up and let it happen to you, tell someone of higher authority. This prick needs to be punished, dont let him get away with it.

 

[Syvari]

If he verbally abuses you.... who gives a shit? He is of no intelligence to say things that honestly hurt you, just ignore it (this is what usually happens to me). If they physically are hurting me, which happens much less often, i just wait until they have kicked / poked me a few times and then i say "Do that again and I'm jamming this pen in your eye socket and saying it was an accident" in a monotone voice while looking them right in the eye. I still have not had to fight anybody yet, and i'm glad too because i would get my ass kicked.

 

[Winter Rat]

Tell your teachers/administrators.
If that doesn't solve the problem, punch him directly in the nose. You may well lose the fight, but thats fine, once you've landed the punch you just have to survive. Might be a good idea to deliver your punch *while* he's fucking with you, in a place where an authority figure will break it up before you get beaten silly.

This strategy worked for me. I had to repeat it twice with two seprate bullies, but was relatively unmolested thereafter. I got knocked out once (guy seemed to respect me afterward though), and suspendend once for fighting.

Alternatively you can train in martial arts, which I started in High School. Once people know you train and you have some proficiency and confidence in your abilities nobody will want to bully you. Once people know you can put up a fight, they won't bully you. Bullies want easy targets, they don't want to actually fight. Once you learn to fight, you won't have to. I've been practicing jiujitsu and not actually having to use it ever since.

 

[Merteg]

People don't bully me or I easily beat them down.

Sorry, I have no help to offer.

 

[Lazy Kitty]

Whatever you do, don't kill him, someone will blame videogames, again!

 

[The Riff]

You could just be a bigger douche back and be the most unlikable prick towards him. That or you could always resort to violence and punch him in the mangina.
That or the teachers.

 

[SharPhoe]

I wanted to read the title as "How do you handle bullets" instead... shame.

I usually try to out-think them, or talk them into walking away. If I have no choice but to fight, then I'll refrain from striking back and slowly move towards the nearest authority figure.

 

[Woem]

Having been bullied in the past the best thing that works is violence. Yeah, I said it.

I have to agree to some point. The worst thing you can do is not do anything. Sitting there and letting him do whatever he wants is only going to make things worse, and it will most likely also attract other bullies because you're an easy victim. So the best thing to do is any kind of reaction, coming up for yourself. Do it with something you're good at and something you feel comfortable with. This could be with your higher intellect (user your words), greater strenght (user your fists) or by telling the teachers (use the system).

 

[Kellerb]

i either take the high road, or if their really out of order (eg. racism) punch them very, very hard. i recommend the 2nd option for more reasons than i can fit.

 

[Tech Team FTW!]

If he is assualting you, forget the teachers.
Call the police.

A crime is a crime.

 

[dietpeachsnapple]

Just rat on him and admit that you hit him back but always press the point that he started it and continued to do it, even after you stopped. If that doesnt work, ask to be moved seats.

Oh, actually, if he does it class heres what you do. Stand up, turn around and just yell in his face. Doesnt matter what you say, call him a fuckhead or whatever. Then sit down and act as if nothing happened. Itll be priceless.

I have to agree with this set of tactics in general.

Increase his exposure. Make sure everyone sees what he is doing.

If tell the the teachers doesn't work, then make a scene (Yell very loudly that he needs to leave me alone) every time. When a teacher tells you to stop, tell them back plainly that YOU will stop, when HE stops.

You will have the advantage of very publicly having the position that you want the situation resolved.

 

[ProjectileVomit]

Start doing push-ups and some weight training, then fight back.

 

[300lb. Samoan]

it's that he finds some sort of entertainment in just annoying me.

You may have answered your own question. If he just likes to putz around with you to get your ire up, the most effective thing you can do is act like you don't care. NOT IGNORING HIM, but actively projecting that his opinion doesn't affect you. I remember there was a kid at my high-school who loved to give me shit and he was persistent for a while, went something like this...

Him, poking me: Hey, pussy.

Me, not looking

Him, pushing: I'm talking to you, pussy.

Me, glaring at him: Why should I listen?

Him: I called you a pussy.

Me: I know, but you're just some asshole loser. Do you think I really care about what you say?

Him, confused and hurt: dead silent

Now I've gotta say, I got picked on because I was the big clumsy putz, not the small easy-to-handle type. If I looked like I was annoyed enough to hit someone, people would avoid fighting me. This kind of behavior from you will probably get you in a fight.

So, learn to fight. This bully probably doesn't know the first thing about how to properly hit somebody. If you have to fight him, learn how to counter a haymaker then put him in a headlock and hammer away on his kidneys. Embarass him once and you'll probably never catch shit off him again. You might even earn his respect, if that means anything.

Or you could just talk to the teachers and explain what's going on. If they're compassionate they'll help you settle this in a more civilized fashion.

 

[Vrex360]

I gash open their stomachs and then grind their hanging instines into a cement mixer.

 

[dietpeachsnapple]

Whatever you do, don't kill him, someone will blame videogames, again!

0.o

Thank you...

Thank you so much.

This needed to be said.

(both because killing people is "bad," and I would rather my gaming industry be spared another round of "its all your fault," by a society that forgot that it was likely its own fault.)

[remember kiddies, there are 5 primary agents of socialization:

Parents
Peers
School
Media
Religion

At best, video games are PART of ONE.]

 

[Dys]

Don't hit him, or kick him. No matter how much of a dick he is the teachers will find a way to make it your fault if you hurt him. Best bet is to just stay away from him wherever possible and ignore him. Exclude him from you're conversations and make your friends know he bothers you. If your friends are worth shit they will side with you and he'll find himself being generally ignored by the whole group until he grows up.

 

[lenin_117]

I have a bully at school, who keeps kicking me, poking me, annoying me, and being a generally unlikeable f*ckhead. Whenever I try to tell him to stop, he says that it's my fault cause I used to kick him, but that was cause he was already annoying me and I was stressed out. So I can't tell the teachers cause he will use his stupid circle logic. And ignoring him doesn't help. Although I'm seriously starting to consider telling the teachers, cause I don't give a shit anymore about what the teachers think, it's not like they can lower my grades for it. I'm really starting to lose it and I've seriously though about changing school just because of this guy. And I can't avoid him, cause he's friends with my friends and he has the doggy determination to make my life shitty. My favorite moment would be when he's alone and I can kick him in the nuts with a cinder block shoe. My brother gave me a tip to hit hi in the spine so his back will twitch. Says that's a good way to annoy someone back. Or hit him in the face with a book, claiming he had a fly on his face.

EDIT: To clear things up, I'm not stronger than him. I'm very short, around 155 centimeters ( I think that's 5 feet, I'm from Sweden where we don't use that kind of measurement) and I'm not strong, at all.

EDIT #2: People here claim that it's cause I don't fight back. But here's the thing, I have fought back before, and he doesn't care. He still knows that he annoys the living shit out of me. It isn't that he gets a kick out of picking on smaller kids, it's that he finds some sort of entertainment in just annoying me. He already knows that I'm being annoyed, and he loves it. So that's my problem. He knows I don't fight back well (I'm a non-violent person and generally weak), he knows that I'm not afraid of him or anything, he's just an annoying bastard.

Depends. If you think he isn't going to get violent you could do devious things behind the scenes. Or somehow try to make it that your friends don't like him.