Was picked on a bit... not enough to be considered bullying, moved school for various reasons, life's sweet now.
were you ever bullied in school?
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I was in junior high. Stabbed a kid with a fork and the shit stopped.
In high school by some twist of fate I had a lot of Asian friends (still do) and essentially if someone started to mess with me they were messing with 20 plus guys and most people got the idea to back off.
In high school by some twist of fate I had a lot of Asian friends (still do) and essentially if someone started to mess with me they were messing with 20 plus guys and most people got the idea to back off.
I got bullied in the early years of school for being tall and nerdy. It was pretty much the whole year group for about 4 years or so, led by this really fat guy who would basically go out of his way to make my life hell. I grew up to be far more charismatic than pretty much my whole year and one day (after four years, cut me some slack) I just lost it and seriously beat the crap out of the guy. When I was called to see the headmaster, I actually didn't get told off that much once parents were called in and my parents told him what had gone on for the last four years, it was him who got detentions.
Sweet, sweet revenge. You don't pick on the really tall, yet generally gentle guy and expect no repercussions. The idiot got what he deserved.
Sweet, sweet revenge. You don't pick on the really tall, yet generally gentle guy and expect no repercussions. The idiot got what he deserved.
And so we get back to the infrequency of punishment,and lack of proportionate severity. In Ontario,that's the stance. Zero tolerance,but only if we see it. This means that reporting the bullies does jack fuck all. The administration MAY keep particular watch on the suspect,but that's hard to do when there's a staff of 200 in a school that has a student population of over one thousand. In order to make bullies fear concequences,schools are going to need to get police patrols in the halls. Legitimate police patrols. Armed ones,too.Owyn_Merrilin said:
Why armed? It's easy to smuggle a weapon into school. Simple as that,I'll say no more.
Bullies are a problem because no one is willing to make a hard enough stance. If it turns our schools into police states,then that's the price I'm willing to pay for the security and mental well-being of our youth. I can walk into any classroom in high school and late elementary school,and listen for ten minutes,and accurately conclude who won't become a productive member of society in the forseeable future,simply by listening to their tone of voice,what they talk about,and their outlook on the social world around them.
Youth these days need a very strong and,quite often,intimidating authority to keep them in line. And this is coming from a NINETEEN YEAR OLD. I'm not even twenty,and I can see the biggest failings in school discipline stems from admin being soft.
Bully victimizes person,person pents up frustration,leading to mental health issues,compounded with the fact that the victim RARELY ever knows why they're beilg bullied beyond the fact that they are somehow different. Victim can't do anything because admin won;t do anything,but will seemingly be there when you retaliate. I broke a guy's nose once because he nearly strangled me. I got suspended. He got a metaphorical slap on the knuckles. Why? The teacher rounded the corner as I smacked him,at which point he was in a purely defensive stance.
Again,all of this comes back to lack of consistent and proportionaly extreme punishments,coupled with improper policing.
So,yeah. If I ever get into a position of authority later in life,the jackasses will call me Joseph Hitler while everyone else will praise me for running a tight ship. While calling me "Big Brother".
No not really. I was chubbish, geekish, and didn't care much about dressing up like a girl. (t-shirts and jeans was my usual wardrobe). But I was a super nice person I guess and helped around alot, so I guess I wasn't that much of a target. On one a occasion somebody attempted to put me down, but it didn't work because I'm pretty blunt.
I'm growth hormone deficient, so I was bullied a lot. Not really physically, but a lot of verbal abuse.
Oh yeah, it started with my 2nd grade teacher singling me out, making sure other kids would make fun of me. Hell, one time she stole a book from another kids desk and put it in my backpack. I had gotton beatings on a daily basis for it. My dad tried to go to the school board about it but all they said was that she had tenure so they couldn't do anything about it.
It got worse in middle school, had high schoolers joining in on this shit. I once had my head slammed into the soda machine. Schools response? "We didn't see anything, so we can't do anything about it." Even had a fucking gym teacher join in, having the shit beaten out of me in basketball, having those thick, lizard skinned balls thrown in your face. It fucking hurts. And if I tried to fight back(meaning getting pissed off) I'd get a zero for the day, and she would reassure that if anything would happen to her, the kids who beat the shit out of me would do it worse. One 16 year old decides for fun to beat the shit out of me using wrestling moves. I'm ridiculed at the age of 12 for being beaten up by a 16 year old.
High school was a fuckload better, mainly cause I moved. The only main problem was my friends leaving me out of stuff. They would have parties and gaming sessions yet would not invite me, I would also be called "fag"(sorry if I offend anyone for using that phrase) because no one would date me.
I know no one cares what happened to me cause well, it's me. Bad stuff HAS to happen to me or the cosmic balance would be destroyed or some shit.
It got worse in middle school, had high schoolers joining in on this shit. I once had my head slammed into the soda machine. Schools response? "We didn't see anything, so we can't do anything about it." Even had a fucking gym teacher join in, having the shit beaten out of me in basketball, having those thick, lizard skinned balls thrown in your face. It fucking hurts. And if I tried to fight back(meaning getting pissed off) I'd get a zero for the day, and she would reassure that if anything would happen to her, the kids who beat the shit out of me would do it worse. One 16 year old decides for fun to beat the shit out of me using wrestling moves. I'm ridiculed at the age of 12 for being beaten up by a 16 year old.
High school was a fuckload better, mainly cause I moved. The only main problem was my friends leaving me out of stuff. They would have parties and gaming sessions yet would not invite me, I would also be called "fag"(sorry if I offend anyone for using that phrase) because no one would date me.
I know no one cares what happened to me cause well, it's me. Bad stuff HAS to happen to me or the cosmic balance would be destroyed or some shit.
I was bullied for reasons no one ever told me, but I can guess they thought I was weird. And to be fair, I WAS weird. When I was little, I had a pants-wetting problem, and when I was older, I just liked to play my GBA/DS or draw pictures during my lunch breaks. I have a slight speech impediment. My emotional threshold is also quite sensitive and I'm prone to cry over little things other people find insignificant, like losing a book or watching movies (seriously, I cried my way through Ponyo when I first saw it). I was rarely physically bullied... I had some minor things like food thrown at my once or twice. It was cues from other people that caused me to feel like a lesser person, like having no partners for group projects or having no group of friends to spend time with after school.
Things actually got better in my final year of high school, though. I found a boyfriend over my favourite MMO of the time, Ragnarok Online, and he instilled me with a lot of confidence about myself. And although I never made friends in my first 3 years of college, I've made plenty of friends at work and after switching programs at school, my situation has vastly improved and I am no longer the social outcast. I quit all the MMOs I played, though I still chat with guildmates on Mumble. By quitting RO/WoW, I've freed up absurd amounts of time to go out and spend time with friends I've made in real life, or to work on absurd amounts of homework.
So, I guess I'd like to say that things can improve? Even for people with social anxieties like I do.
Things actually got better in my final year of high school, though. I found a boyfriend over my favourite MMO of the time, Ragnarok Online, and he instilled me with a lot of confidence about myself. And although I never made friends in my first 3 years of college, I've made plenty of friends at work and after switching programs at school, my situation has vastly improved and I am no longer the social outcast. I quit all the MMOs I played, though I still chat with guildmates on Mumble. By quitting RO/WoW, I've freed up absurd amounts of time to go out and spend time with friends I've made in real life, or to work on absurd amounts of homework.
So, I guess I'd like to say that things can improve? Even for people with social anxieties like I do.
I wasn't bullied directly per say, but was pretty much harassed. People insulted me behind my back, a boy I didn't even know the name of vandalized my things, and I was passive-aggressively insulted by people I barely knew. It was middle school- everyone was eager to fall into the high school stereotypes they saw on tv, and wanted to put others beneath them to make sure they weren't at the bottom when the time came. I really wish I knew what set them off about me. I was just an average girl who hung out with a handful of people and never bothered anybody- I wasn't even hanging out with any nerds yet. I've ironically found security in the gaming/nerd community.
Finding something I loved helped me figure out an identity for myself, and knowing who I was really helped me in defending myself against unsavory folks. I now know a guy who can send assholes viruses... not that I would resort to such methods when I can instead brandish the spectrum-treated stainless steel blades of my Halo energy sword replica *fangirlsquee*.
Finding something I loved helped me figure out an identity for myself, and knowing who I was really helped me in defending myself against unsavory folks. I now know a guy who can send assholes viruses... not that I would resort to such methods when I can instead brandish the spectrum-treated stainless steel blades of my Halo energy sword replica *fangirlsquee*.
I've been pretty lucky in the sense that the only two schools I have ever been in didn't have major issues with bullying. Mainly in my school bullying was more of something to do when bored then an actual malicious intent to hurt people. We all called each other names and got over it. Only occaisionally would it get any worse then that and even then it would never amount to anything really serious.
I was among the short kids in my class, but I avoided bullying by just keeping to myself. I never bothered anyone so they never bothered me.
Holy shit. Reading through these makes me glad I attend a school in New Zealand, as the worst that's happened has been minor name calling, and I'm not exactly the most popular kid in class ._.
I was bullied Freshman year when I switched to a new school. Then I changed my attitude, and didnt take shit from people anymore. Confidence was my middle name. It also didnt hurt that after my 9th grade year I was 6 foot 4 inches....
I was bullied a fair bit as a kid, but to hear my parents tell it I gave as good as I got.
I remember one time in elementary school, I was being brought home by my mother for "acting up" at school, and my dad had decided to buy me a new Transformer that day, as a surprise. Well, after he found out about what a "busy" day I'd had at school, he stuck it on top of the freezer (which stood on its own, so no climbing counter-tops to get to it) and decreed that I would have the thing only if I could stay out of trouble for three days in a row.
Took me damn near three weeks to get it, and not for lack of trying.
I remember one time in elementary school, I was being brought home by my mother for "acting up" at school, and my dad had decided to buy me a new Transformer that day, as a surprise. Well, after he found out about what a "busy" day I'd had at school, he stuck it on top of the freezer (which stood on its own, so no climbing counter-tops to get to it) and decreed that I would have the thing only if I could stay out of trouble for three days in a row.
Took me damn near three weeks to get it, and not for lack of trying.
Well, apart from the usual primary school bullying and the occasional crap in high school, I think I turned out alright. I actually reckon I'm rather lucky compared to many others. The amount of bullying I received was relatively light.
Funny thing is, though, in high school it came from younger people who thought they could push me around.
Kids four years or more younger than me would have a go at me. But not only did they fail and make themselves look incredibly stupid, but I found ways to get back at them.
On my birthday, one stupid girl threw a glass cup at me (unprovoked) from the kitchen while I was walking past. Smart move, because the teacher was right behind me.
In my final year at high school, a trio of the newest kids (four years younger and literally half our size, keep this in mind) made it a point to keep having a go at me for being half-Asian. One of them often approached me by himself. Regardless of whether or not I had friends with me. (I seriously get the impression that natural selection would make quick work of these kids, I think.) He was literally as tall as my waist. Another one, the tallest of the group, got suspended thanks to me. One of the senior faculty shared an amusing story with me: when his mother found out he had been throwing anti-Asian slurs my way, she immediately had a go at him because his grandmother was Chinese.
So yeah, like I said, my bullying wasn't so bad compared to others', but yeah, I've experienced it. Still, I'm lucky.
Funny thing is, though, in high school it came from younger people who thought they could push me around.
Kids four years or more younger than me would have a go at me. But not only did they fail and make themselves look incredibly stupid, but I found ways to get back at them.
On my birthday, one stupid girl threw a glass cup at me (unprovoked) from the kitchen while I was walking past. Smart move, because the teacher was right behind me.
In my final year at high school, a trio of the newest kids (four years younger and literally half our size, keep this in mind) made it a point to keep having a go at me for being half-Asian. One of them often approached me by himself. Regardless of whether or not I had friends with me. (I seriously get the impression that natural selection would make quick work of these kids, I think.) He was literally as tall as my waist. Another one, the tallest of the group, got suspended thanks to me. One of the senior faculty shared an amusing story with me: when his mother found out he had been throwing anti-Asian slurs my way, she immediately had a go at him because his grandmother was Chinese.
So yeah, like I said, my bullying wasn't so bad compared to others', but yeah, I've experienced it. Still, I'm lucky.
Pretty much depends where in NZ you happen to live.HeatproofShAdOw said:
Yes, 10th and 11th grade (those are the final years of high school right?). I was bullied by a group consisting of 7 fuckers, they knew I yearned to be punched since that gave me an excuse to attack them, so they just bullied me psychologically since I couldn't come up with a proper response.
Teachers told me that they got my back and I just needed to point out who was messing with me (they even knew who they were but needed my confirmation) but I never told them, just thinking that school was almost over and I never had to see them again (which I eventually did).
Teachers told me that they got my back and I just needed to point out who was messing with me (they even knew who they were but needed my confirmation) but I never told them, just thinking that school was almost over and I never had to see them again (which I eventually did).
Yep, but I was one of those cases where even the bullies couldn't figure out why they were mocking me. I didn't have anything to make fun of, I was just somehow diufferent and even other people could pick up on it. In primary schoool I was bullied beause I was a wuss. In secondary school I was stopped a guy in the middle of choking me and had this conversation:
"Why do you do this to me?"
"'Cuz you're a prick."
"How am I a prick?"
"...I don't know."
People could tell I was weird. When having class wide games of tag in primary school, no one ever bothered to try to catch me. I could stand still the entire game because nobody cared.
The worst part about bullying is the people in authrotity. They're the ones that make you feel hopeless. I see "Stop Bullying posters" in my college, which I laugh at, not only due to how naive it is, and the fact nobody gets bullied in my college because it's specifically two years of people that make up over 1000. Really easy to be anonymous. But I laughed because in younger years, teachers did shit.
"*To teacher on duty* Can you help me? These guys keep following me and bullying me."
"Just stay away from them."
"They're following me!"
"Why do you do this to me?"
"'Cuz you're a prick."
"How am I a prick?"
"...I don't know."
People could tell I was weird. When having class wide games of tag in primary school, no one ever bothered to try to catch me. I could stand still the entire game because nobody cared.
The worst part about bullying is the people in authrotity. They're the ones that make you feel hopeless. I see "Stop Bullying posters" in my college, which I laugh at, not only due to how naive it is, and the fact nobody gets bullied in my college because it's specifically two years of people that make up over 1000. Really easy to be anonymous. But I laughed because in younger years, teachers did shit.
"*To teacher on duty* Can you help me? These guys keep following me and bullying me."
"Just stay away from them."
"They're following me!"
I think very few people go through school without any kind of abuse. For me it went on for 11 years, pretty much from day one to the last day. Good thing with our school system is that the last 2 years of your education you do at a different school, So my last 2 years were excellent, New people, New Friends, Blank slate, good life But everything before that was just mountains of shit.
But everything before that was just mountains of shit.
Are you serious? Bull freakin' crap they couldn't do anything about that. Teacher contracts still have "moral turpitude" clauses in them, and teachers -- even those that have tenure -- get fired for violating them. Heck, a teacher in Georgia was recently forced to resign because she was caught with, shock, horror, a picture of her holding a beer[footnote]that's right, not even drinking it[/footnote] while on vacation, on her facebook page[footnote]Which was set to private, and most likely reported by a fellow teacher who had a grudge against her.[/footnote]. If she could get fired for something that innocuous, your teacher should have had the book thrown at her so hard she could never work again for doing something as low as framing one of her own students for theft.RaikuFA said: