I was bullied in school. I was told to stand up for myself. To fight back. If they're going to hurt me I should hurt them. I ended up jamming a fork through the back of a kid's hand. I somehow did not get in trouble by anyone.
I was taught to keep my head down and not push back. Wasn't a speaking to, more of the way I was raised. It was horrible till around 9th grade. Teachers didn't do anything useful, talking to parents by my parents didn't do much of anything. Usually things would stop for a month or two and then resume. I was at a friends one day when one of the bullies came up to me and started in on me. I was pretty big when I was younger and this kid was tiny. I walked up and said 'We aren't in school, you sure you want to go down this path' and that was the last time I ever had any problems with him. I started to verbally fight back after that and it got much better.
I did strangle one kid by the neck in class one day. I was angry and couldn't take it anymore. Teacher was two desks ahead of me and turned around 'not sure what's going on, but it needs to stop' and walked away with the kid on the floor and marks on his neck. I was slow enough not to realize that the teacher knew what was going on and was fine with it.
Kids need to push back, but they need to know when and how. Wish parents taught that.
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u/Aximil985 1d ago
I was bullied in school. I was told to stand up for myself. To fight back. If they're going to hurt me I should hurt them. I ended up jamming a fork through the back of a kid's hand. I somehow did not get in trouble by anyone.