I hate bullies.. I was bullied in 4th grade when I was moved to another class where I knew nobody. This one girl made my life miserable. I made a few friends after a while but she just wouldn't stop, she made me cry a couple times, the teacher even got after her very aggressively yet she didn't change. I then had her again for 5th grade, (she talked kind of weird as if she was dumb or something btw) I made more friends and she still didn't stop.. My mom didn't help much either, she always advised me to not fight, to tell the teacher if anyone bothered me, you know stuff like that. So I asked the teacher (who almost loved me lol) one day if she could come out of class so I could talk to her, and I told her I just couldn't take it anymore and asked her to please do something about this, well she did, she took that girl outside of class and we could all hear how she was yelling and getting after her warning her she would suspend her if she kept bothering me. Problem solved. Not completely though, because from that time on I've come as a really insecure person of myself, I don't have courage enough to stand for myself if I ever need to, and I turned really self-conscious and am so afraid of being laughed at (like she did) and being ridiculed and all like she would treat me. I hate her.. but now several years later I heard she doesn't have a great life, she's accomplished nothing... at least I am working for my goals and have a way much better life than her but I wish she would've never existed in my life.

I think most everyone has been a Victim of bullying and most everyone has been a bully, including not doing anything to stop bullying right in front of them. Ignorance, fear, unhealthy competition ignites bullying. Unfortunately a lot of talk is made about bullying but it's viewed generically. The bullying that many experience is not the push in the sandbox bullying but the rumor spreading, emotional blackmailing, divided cliques ( you can't be friends with them because they're part of a different crowd). Here is an example of the type of bullying I experienced: one time a girl asked to borrow a pencil. I told her I had no pencils to spare. Next thing I know it's around that I'm a stingy b****. I'm very generous and have lent out supplies several times (often without getting it back) but this time I didn't have it to spare. People will exaggerate and defame people because they didn't get the answer they wanted and I still see it happen in adulthood. I mean, it's happened to me several times in the past year! Anyone who works in customer service knows this. You can't give them what they want and no matter how nice and accommodating they try to be they go above your head and say that you were rude and incompetent.

I also think that some schools fuel bullying. For one, they promote unhealthy competition. Think of the times you were called upon to answer a question and you got it wrong but the person after you gets it right. You were sneered at and called stupid. Zero tolereance encourages tattling and does nothing to get to the true source of bullying. You punch someone that has been ridiculing, insulting , and harassing you for months; guess who gets in trouble? You!

It's giving bulls a bad name. So I'm against it. When I was a kid this guy used to bully me all the time. So I punched his lights out. Luckily he was much smaller than me and choose not to attempt to retaliate. The best bullies are the small ones

It sickens me. bullies are insecure and down about their own lives, they havent got the strength to stand alone so they do it in packs, like wolves....they pick on the vulnerable. it makes them feel better. very very sad. the best thing for a victim of bullying to do is to rise above them and focus on themself and their own positive attributes. ignoring the bully and continuing to be oneself and showing strength after a while should work. it is the bullies who are the ones with the hang ups. and within time usually their own pack turns against them.

Awful. When I was at school a group of us decided to bully the bulliers. It worked- no more bullying !

People will always bully the weak

I don't believe it it, but it happens.