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More on bullying
Jan. 16th, 2013 05:40 pmSeeing the following story on HuffPo, it seems a fifth-grader is facing criminal charges for bringing a knife to school to defend himself from bullying.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/15/fifth-grade-boy-bullied-gay-tendencies-butcher-knife-to-school_n_2480071.html
Seeing several comments which blame the victim, say he's making it up, or he deserves to be bullied or deserves to be jailed for defending himself are triggering.
I was bullied in school. I don't mean I was bullied once. I mean I was bullied every day, sexually harrassed, beaten several times, and beaten unconscious once.
I hardly ever told my parents, because I only ever mentioned anything when it was worse than usual. I eventually got some records which show one school was aware of some of the bullying and was in denial.
Maybe some of you just haven't experienced and can't imagine the cumulative toll that years of bullying can cause. I know some of you have mentioned fighting back. I was usually the shortest kid in class. I wasn't a pacifist at the time, but I was at a real disadvantage in any fight. I know a lot of people can't fight back, and the same things that keep them from defending themselves are often the same things that expose them to bullying.
No one should have to go someplace like that. No one should have to go someplace where they face attacks, where the school accepts the violence but punishes self-defense.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/15/fifth-grade-boy-bullied-gay-tendencies-butcher-knife-to-school_n_2480071.html
Seeing several comments which blame the victim, say he's making it up, or he deserves to be bullied or deserves to be jailed for defending himself are triggering.
I was bullied in school. I don't mean I was bullied once. I mean I was bullied every day, sexually harrassed, beaten several times, and beaten unconscious once.
I hardly ever told my parents, because I only ever mentioned anything when it was worse than usual. I eventually got some records which show one school was aware of some of the bullying and was in denial.
Maybe some of you just haven't experienced and can't imagine the cumulative toll that years of bullying can cause. I know some of you have mentioned fighting back. I was usually the shortest kid in class. I wasn't a pacifist at the time, but I was at a real disadvantage in any fight. I know a lot of people can't fight back, and the same things that keep them from defending themselves are often the same things that expose them to bullying.
No one should have to go someplace like that. No one should have to go someplace where they face attacks, where the school accepts the violence but punishes self-defense.
