05-13-2016, 11:20 AM
(05-13-2016, 10:59 AM)fredtoast Wrote: Here is a true story about bullying from my own life that shows how stupid it can be.
I grew up in a small town (Franklin). Back in the 70's when I was riding the bus to school I was on a route that took a wide sweep around some of the outer edges of the school district. So I rode the same bus with kids from the other side of town. For some reason unknown to me there was a dispute form a part of town they called "Hollywood" and the place where I lived, Pennyroyal Hill. The problem was I was the only male student from my part of town that rode the bus. I was constantly getting picked on. They stole my hats. They stole my homework. I even got into a couple of fights. The only thing that helped was my parents complaining to the school about the lack of control on the bus. The bus driver was forced to give assigned seats and establish more discipline on his bus. But even then the disputes carried over to the schoolyards, but there was always more adult supervision at school.
And I had to go through all of that just because of WHERE I LIVED. It was insane. I was even stronger and smarter than average for my age growing up, but some of these kids were years older than me and there was a group of them.
How would you have had me deal with that situation, Lucie? How could I have handled that problem without help from adult supervision?
Not answering for Lucie, but you should have picked the biggest one and told him that you would bite his nose off, if the group wouldn't stop harassing you.
Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but someday that honker would be yours and he'd be a freak for the rest of his life.
Then proceed to lick your lips, every time you see him.
