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Just things I wonder about ... and some people are nice enough to answer. You are welcome to answer, too ... just click on "Comments" and off you go! IF you don't want to be Anonymous, use the Name/URL option and just put in your name ... no URL required .... Starting Jan 28th, 2009, I am using questions from "Table Topics: Right or Wrong?"
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Pfft! I'm still little! I was always the defender. I never have been bullied until recently.
I was almost always the defender. As a kid/teen, I was one of the "popular kids" and I used that status to make sure the big jock bullies stayed in line and didn't pick on all of the "weaker" kids! Course, I wasn't all-powerful, so it didn't always work, but I was never afraid to intervene and say something. I still see myself this way, although a situation where I need to intervene rarely presents itself anymore.
In school I was bullied alot. It was mostly verbal, but there were times when it involved a fight. I didn't possess the size, strength or desire to fight. All the Catholic school had to do was call and say that his son wasn't the ideal catholic and POW!, I got it worse at home than at school. It's much easier to exist in the frying pan than jump into the fire as well.
So I started to take Karate that I paid for myself. I did what I could to avoid conflict, but the Billy Bad Asses just had to prove how much of a jock they were. Once they found themselves on the ground me saying,"this stops here or your football carrer ends at the same time', they didn't mess with me anymore, and contrary to popular beleif, I was accepted even less.
Today I will defend myself by whatever means necessary if I am physically agressed or feel that I will be.
I don't clober other people.
In 7th grade I was bullied then I became the Defender knowing how it felt.i never went to a traditional "Middle School" so all I can tell you is my experiences in 7th, 8th and then H.S. By the time I got to H.S., I was able float in between, the In Crowd, The Jocks, The Smart Kids,etc. Bullying was not such a problem then.
Today, I sort of keep quiet until I have all of the info and then I step in if needed.
In 3rd-8th grade I was the one who was relentlessly bullied. That eased up in High School and College ....
Now in my adult life I have little love for those who bully.
Middle School & elementary I was the Bullied.... Taller than everyone in my class and physically matured faster, I was teased terribly. Plus, I wore glasses and had dental apparatuses from 1st grade until 10th. It was MISERABLE and kids are SO mean. Probably why I don't have many friends in adulthood from my childhood.
I am definitely someone who runs from conflict now.
I know there were those who tried to bully me, but I think I pretty much stood up to them. I still do that. I tend not to back down. Unfortunately my mouth sometimes gets me in more trouble than if I just let some things go.
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