Poll: Were you bullied at school?
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I admit i was a litte **** at school, a guy that always thought he was hard wouldnt leave me alone so I got 2 mates to hold him and leathered him senseless. LOL when I look back it was kinda funny since I was only 8.
At high school i had it turned on me, I was big built and had size 12 feet, so everyone used to shout you will be selling the Big ISHOE!! as in the Big issue. after taking 2 years of this and a lot worse I snapped. Battering the living daylights out of a guy in PE, then what was apparently the hardest guy in school piped up and started. I kicked him so hard in the back he couldnt move I then started laying into him like Some crazed UFC guy. I was about an inch away from getting done with assault and booted out of school. guys face was everywhere.
All I remember were all the girls screaming and crying as im hammering the life out of this guy then 2 PE teachers trying to remove me, wasnt easy as when I get wound up I have mongo strength
At high school i had it turned on me, I was big built and had size 12 feet, so everyone used to shout you will be selling the Big ISHOE!! as in the Big issue. after taking 2 years of this and a lot worse I snapped. Battering the living daylights out of a guy in PE, then what was apparently the hardest guy in school piped up and started. I kicked him so hard in the back he couldnt move I then started laying into him like Some crazed UFC guy. I was about an inch away from getting done with assault and booted out of school. guys face was everywhere.
All I remember were all the girls screaming and crying as im hammering the life out of this guy then 2 PE teachers trying to remove me, wasnt easy as when I get wound up I have mongo strength
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Of course & I'm still the subject of much amusement to others I've developed a thick skin to go with my thick brain!
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No, I was the Bullyee
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Never had any problems
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I was an easy target for the first 3 years of secondary school - and you know how they would say "don't react, they'll stop if they get no reaction"?
People are smarter than that. They can see when you're torn up inside no matter how steely your gaze. And they'll get off on it if they're that kind.
None of mine was physical either - but it was pretty constant sneering, laughing in my face, exclusion, nasty under-breath comments, obvious "we're saying nasty things about you, look" whispering, all that sort of stuff that just grinds you down, day after day. It was like I could never do anything right - I became a completely shy reclusive mouse just trying not to get any attention at all, but they'd always find something to jeer at. Stupid, minute stuff.
One day I'd had enough, the 'cool' people could laugh and joke and act like idiots and have silly school bags and some didn't even have 'the right shoes' (Kickers, in my day) and somehow it was OK. Why wasn't I granted that freedom?
Easy target, I was.
In the end I forced myself not to be embarrassed. It wasn't worth it any more. Eventually the fakery turned real and I wasn't hiding myself away - I'm quite the opposite now.
It's hard though, really hard. It's like punching back, you have to be able to laugh back.
Or, say something that throws them. I used to get teased for having a bit of a moustache, my nan told me "Next time love, tell them you're going to grow it really long and plait it down both sides like an old Chinaman!" I did, and it did indeed throw them, they weren't quite sure what to say.
I did wax the thing off once while still at school, and the main bloke who gave me gip for being "the bearded lady" (I mean, FFS) actually asked me where it had gone. I told him, and he asked me if it hurt, "yes, a lot". He went a bit quiet, then said 'fair play' or something similar, and never gave me stick again. Not sure he realised until then that what he was doing actually made me want to cause myself pain to stop it.
Ooops, essay, sorry.
People are smarter than that. They can see when you're torn up inside no matter how steely your gaze. And they'll get off on it if they're that kind.
None of mine was physical either - but it was pretty constant sneering, laughing in my face, exclusion, nasty under-breath comments, obvious "we're saying nasty things about you, look" whispering, all that sort of stuff that just grinds you down, day after day. It was like I could never do anything right - I became a completely shy reclusive mouse just trying not to get any attention at all, but they'd always find something to jeer at. Stupid, minute stuff.
One day I'd had enough, the 'cool' people could laugh and joke and act like idiots and have silly school bags and some didn't even have 'the right shoes' (Kickers, in my day) and somehow it was OK. Why wasn't I granted that freedom?
Easy target, I was.
In the end I forced myself not to be embarrassed. It wasn't worth it any more. Eventually the fakery turned real and I wasn't hiding myself away - I'm quite the opposite now.
It's hard though, really hard. It's like punching back, you have to be able to laugh back.
Or, say something that throws them. I used to get teased for having a bit of a moustache, my nan told me "Next time love, tell them you're going to grow it really long and plait it down both sides like an old Chinaman!" I did, and it did indeed throw them, they weren't quite sure what to say.
I did wax the thing off once while still at school, and the main bloke who gave me gip for being "the bearded lady" (I mean, FFS) actually asked me where it had gone. I told him, and he asked me if it hurt, "yes, a lot". He went a bit quiet, then said 'fair play' or something similar, and never gave me stick again. Not sure he realised until then that what he was doing actually made me want to cause myself pain to stop it.
Ooops, essay, sorry.
I was joking likes
I was just normal, didnt get bullied, didnt bully.....
Sorry fella
Only once, and I guess it was bullying of a sort - 'orrible little git who liked to verbally taunt me at every opportunity - no particular reason, just didn't like my face - went on for a few months.
One day he walked past me down the main corridor and called me the name he had been using for the past few days, I boiled over. Right outside the staffroom door .. I grabbed his tie, yanked him towards me - at which point he started screaming in a very high pitched voice and I swung at his face as hard as I could - his nose explodes - I remember the mess.
The strange thing was I was never told off, or disciplined, nothing - I remember well walking past the medical room - nurse was holding his head back to stem the flow and he was still making a hell of a lot of noise.
He never said anything to me again.
One day he walked past me down the main corridor and called me the name he had been using for the past few days, I boiled over. Right outside the staffroom door .. I grabbed his tie, yanked him towards me - at which point he started screaming in a very high pitched voice and I swung at his face as hard as I could - his nose explodes - I remember the mess.
The strange thing was I was never told off, or disciplined, nothing - I remember well walking past the medical room - nurse was holding his head back to stem the flow and he was still making a hell of a lot of noise.
He never said anything to me again.
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I had a few issues when I was a young lad, but I suddenly had a growth spurt and the problem resolved itself.
Once I got to high school (by then in a different country), the problems never manifested themselves, although I found school in South Africa to be markedly tougher (the kids were bigger for their age, for a start!) and in my last high school, I had half a dozen scraps in my first week (I'd had no elder brother there to pave the way for me!) - the headmaster almost chucked me out - but it seemed to establish me as someone to just leave alone. As a result, I did turn into a bit of a loner at school, with only a few close friends.
As for how it affects me now? Well, I'm a product of all my experiences, so of course it has had some affect on me, but nothing negative, I believe.
Once I got to high school (by then in a different country), the problems never manifested themselves, although I found school in South Africa to be markedly tougher (the kids were bigger for their age, for a start!) and in my last high school, I had half a dozen scraps in my first week (I'd had no elder brother there to pave the way for me!) - the headmaster almost chucked me out - but it seemed to establish me as someone to just leave alone. As a result, I did turn into a bit of a loner at school, with only a few close friends.
As for how it affects me now? Well, I'm a product of all my experiences, so of course it has had some affect on me, but nothing negative, I believe.
Nothing physical no, girls were always complete ******s to me until I was about 14/15 then they suddenly started being nice which really confused me lol.
The boys would just taunt me but never hit me or anything, looking back it was probably because I was more well built than them.
The boys would just taunt me but never hit me or anything, looking back it was probably because I was more well built than them.
you got the odd council housed kid with small mans complex coming up to you with his bigger friend but that was it... he got a shock when my mate went for him because he was tired of ignoring him, his friend just LOL'd
Most of the time the people I found to get bullied... was 100% because of jealousy or like before... kids with small man complex, the victim was often just too scared or not bothered enough to fight back, when in reality they could have destroyed the bully easily. The bully would get off on thinking he had control of you... which is pretty said looking back at it now
actually a girl did try once, smallest girl in the whole school, year 7 and no joke TINY, just came up with her mates and put her hand around my throat for a couple mins threatened and walked off, found it kind of erotic at the time so I let her do it LOL
Most of the time the people I found to get bullied... was 100% because of jealousy or like before... kids with small man complex, the victim was often just too scared or not bothered enough to fight back, when in reality they could have destroyed the bully easily. The bully would get off on thinking he had control of you... which is pretty said looking back at it now
actually a girl did try once, smallest girl in the whole school, year 7 and no joke TINY, just came up with her mates and put her hand around my throat for a couple mins threatened and walked off, found it kind of erotic at the time so I let her do it LOL
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Yes badly seeing as I suffer from bad eczema? 
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I was bullied, i also bullied other people. I think I bullied people because i got bullied, luckily it all stopped towards the end of secondary school.
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Nope. not that I am aware of. I had a few kids try and cause trouble with me but it wasn't anything prolonged or specifically targeted at me.
I once kicked another persons ball and so a group of them decided to stand around me, one of them punched me, before I could work out who did it they had run away.
Some idiot in my class used to throw stuff at me, flick his fountain pen on my back and kick my chair. I gave him a swift punch to the stomach and he stopped.
Another time I was on the bus when a group of lads tried to pull my pants down, they did it much worse to other kids including wedgies and even did it to me once, if you just put up a bit of a fight and not let it bother you they would soon move on. They didn't try it again. Also the older kids would make up nicknames and stupid songs and sing them on the bus and even did it too me. I just joined in with the banter and didn't let it bother me.
You just need to have a bit of confidence about yourself. I was a bit of a wuss but somehow survived. For some this might be considered being bullied but I think kids can be very mean in general and there is always going to be a bit of trouble, it just depends if it is persistent and personal. I never dreaded going to school for fear of a particular person.
I once kicked another persons ball and so a group of them decided to stand around me, one of them punched me, before I could work out who did it they had run away.
Some idiot in my class used to throw stuff at me, flick his fountain pen on my back and kick my chair. I gave him a swift punch to the stomach and he stopped.
Another time I was on the bus when a group of lads tried to pull my pants down, they did it much worse to other kids including wedgies and even did it to me once, if you just put up a bit of a fight and not let it bother you they would soon move on. They didn't try it again. Also the older kids would make up nicknames and stupid songs and sing them on the bus and even did it too me. I just joined in with the banter and didn't let it bother me.
You just need to have a bit of confidence about yourself. I was a bit of a wuss but somehow survived. For some this might be considered being bullied but I think kids can be very mean in general and there is always going to be a bit of trouble, it just depends if it is persistent and personal. I never dreaded going to school for fear of a particular person.