Some Words About Bullying

[howeird]

I was bullied all through grade school, junior high, and until my junior year in high school. I was always the youngest and smallest in my grade school classes until I was about 12, then I became the chubby kid, still the shortest. There were lots of bloody noses, bruises and scrapes, and lots of times getting home way late after school.

I didn't kill myself.

Never even considered it.

Comments

[howeird]

Bullying is bad. I don't think it is preventable. Building victims' self-esteem can help prevent suicides, I think, far more than any punishment of the bullies.

When I went to school it was not rare for an older brother to beat the crap out of a bully. I didn't happen to have one of those.