I've never liked being bully and have never been hypocritical to be a bully myself. I would never intentionally put someone in that position in my right mind.
I had parents who were very strict about trying to make friends to the point where it hurt more than helped. Basically, I was blamed for not making enough friends and that I needed to have more common interests. When I look bad, I realize it was that, but it was race and personality types. I don't even keep in touch with any school friends that much- one is on Facebook, but we never really talk at all!
I've been picked on and even had a group of 5 students trap me with seats and poke and prod me one time. Of course, they would only do this when the teachers weren't looking and my teachers would try to tell me they were "just playing." I knew better, but it was really out of my hands.
I was able to put up with the abuse because I managed to avoid getting into scuffles so serious that it turned into a physical fight. Maybe because I tried to keep my mouth shut and not get revenge on this thing or that, most of the time. Or maybe just being in a rural environment at that time. Things have definitely gotten worse now in school in general it seems.
One time in 7th grade, I had a kid picking on me everyday. His locker was next to mine. I just ignored him. No one else got involved. One day when my parents asked me if anything was going on and I told him, they kept prodding me for almost 2 months to get into a physical fight with this student when he does this action again. One day, in April I think, I actually did. I started a fight and they normally give 5 detentions for a first offense at that time. He was so shocked he couldn't respond back. I just kept punching his face (with my glasses off mind you) and he had 2 black eyes. He didn't dare show up the next day of school and I showed up as usual. The only way I stopped the fight was when a big strong dude, the Physics teacher at the time, started to approach me. Then I just stopped before he had to pull me away. Then he just guided me along and made sure I would not go back to do it again. He never picked on me again, and the school made sure our lockers were never next to each other again. Apparently, it turned out he never had many friends with his "overweightness". All his "friends" would use him by having these parties at his home, and then leaving his home in a big mess, sometimes on purpose. And some of his "friends" would comment that his parents will spend more extravagantly on limited means and that they show off equipment that they "have." You know, those things you can have for 30 days for free, but they would always return it before the deadline. What fakes. If people did still pick on me, it was in very subtle ways. I still ended up keeping very to myself. If people spoke to me, it was normally very academic. The Honors kids could never imagine me getting into a fight. Neither could I!!
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