Posted by Dinah on October 10, 2003, at 18:34:41
In reply to Were you bullied as a kid?, posted by HannahW on October 9, 2003, at 21:47:45
Trying to figure out what my experience taught me.
It wasn't be nice to others. My mother had me well trained before I entered kindergarten on that one.
It wasn't that others couldn't be trusted. I had trained myself on that one before I entered kindergarten.
I guess it reinforced both of those.
And it made me perfectly comfortable with being an outsider. If those were insiders I didn't want to have anything to do with the rest of the human race.
I switched to a high school where I tentatively regained some faith in the human race.
Oh, and it left me with a fury to those in authority who could help vulnerable people in their care, but don't. I was just as angry with the teachers as the kids.
Oh, and I was also reminded of the importance of keeping guns out of the hands of kids. I can at the very least picture myself shooting myself in front of those kids. Life was just that bad.
I'm glad adults are taking bullying more seriously nowadays.
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