Most of my bully experiences lead to violence either while the bully is doing his thing or after when I plan my revenge. I made it a point that if they are going to bully me, it isn't going to be easy.
I can remember a few incidences. During the 5th or 6th grade, one kid bothered me so much I looked for him during recess. Found him at the ball wall, snuck up behind and slammed his head into the wall. Supervisor saw it (he was actually standing nearby and saw the whole thing) and sent me to the principals office. I don't know how many times I've been sent to the principal's office, but they never got a clue. All the TV shows tell kids to look for help from adults but they don't do jack. Make the bully make a fake apology. How useful.
I spent most of middle school in europe, and had no problems at all, but when i came back to the states the bullying started. I was picked on a bit, mostly for being 'the smart kid', and being thin as a rail (currently 5'10, 125 lbs). Nothing really physical, but it was there. I'm also a complete pacifist (despite having a black belt from 6 years of karate), so the one time some guy actually put me in a choke hold I just stood there until he let go a few seconds later (luckily he sucked at it, i could still breath just fine, it might have turned out different had I actually felt threatened). Once into high school the bullying stopped because I got into the Magic/RPG scene, and so I became freinds with a couple of people that you simply didn't mess around with.
<!--QuoteBegin--boooger+Nov 6 2003, 04:55 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (boooger @ Nov 6 2003, 04:55 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I'm 6'3, 210 pounds, and I work out a decent amount (twice a week). I've always been the big friendly kid that doesn't do anything. I've never been bullied/been a bully. I was bullied once, however, in third grade. I took the kid by the legs and threw him into a basketball pole <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> Nothing exciting has happened since then <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> When I was in middle school I went from 5'8" and 140 pounds at the end of my 8th grade year to 6'0" and 195 pounds at the end of my freshman year (I'm now 6'6" and 244 pounds). But those years before I bulked up I still consider to be the worst of my life. I still bear the scars of my youth. Mental and pysical. I will bear them forever.
I've had severe and acute eczema since I was three years old. I figure this is what has made me shy; looking in the mirror or at your hands and seeing numerous cuts and "raw patches" (where skin has been scratched right off - it doesn't bleed, just oozes a clear liquid and looks like a burn) doesn't do wonders for your self esteem. I got through school mostly by not being noticed; however, my sense of pity screwed me up. Because I was sympathetic to that weird kid (more so than me), he took that as a sign of friendship, and started to hang out with me. Which brought attention to myself, and bullying. What did I do about it? What <i>can </i>you do about it? Not much, really. The only way to vanish off the radar was to be as nasty to the weird kid as they were; which I did, eventually.
I think that's what I regret, not being able to put up with the bullying anymore, and sinking to their level so I would be left alone.
I was always the bullied, but I never really was bothered by it. The only one who could ever really get on my nerves was my older brother, and we fought a LOT due to the lack of ability for someone to expell us from life. He is a BIT bigger than me, and pretty much always has been, so I always end up losing (well, almost always, but that's another story). In any case, I haven't really been much of a bully myself, I joke around, and if I see someone bullying someone else, and I am the bigger, I am able to cut the guy off, or I'll just start bullying the littler bully around. I don't like to strike, but I've always had a thing for protecting the little guys, so what I do doesn't bother me, so long as it works. Also, I have no fear of big guyss (thanks bro, don't know whether you'll read this or not) because of my brother's size, but I can take people my size, or maybe a little bigger, because I'm USED to fighting people with that advantage. People smaller than me pose a problem sometimes, because it is so different. But mostly, I can just get anyone, unless they weigh 300 lbs and stand 6'6"
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I can remember a few incidences. During the 5th or 6th grade, one kid bothered me so much I looked for him during recess. Found him at the ball wall, snuck up behind and slammed his head into the wall. Supervisor saw it (he was actually standing nearby and saw the whole thing) and sent me to the principals office. I don't know how many times I've been sent to the principal's office, but they never got a clue. All the TV shows tell kids to look for help from adults but they don't do jack. Make the bully make a fake apology. How useful.
They usually stop afterwards.
When I was in middle school I went from 5'8" and 140 pounds at the end of my 8th grade year to 6'0" and 195 pounds at the end of my freshman year (I'm now 6'6" and 244 pounds). But those years before I bulked up I still consider to be the worst of my life. I still bear the scars of my youth. Mental and pysical. I will bear them forever.
I think that's what I regret, not being able to put up with the bullying anymore, and sinking to their level so I would be left alone.