Bullying

[ethereal_lad]

As am I writing this book about a bullied youth, I remember my own experience in the past, before bullying was given the spotlight that it deserves. 
I remember the worst incident.  I was in summer school, around 4th or 5th grade and a bunch of kids beat me up during gym class, while the teacher watched.  Being beaten up was bad enough--I recall

Comments

WoW!

[lsanderson]

Just WoW. Part of school I never missed, gym class.

the sovereignty of the individual is now an unamerican ideal

[zuma]

"There are two sets of principles. They are the principles of power and privilege and the principles of truth and justice. If You Pursue Truth And Justice It will always mean a diminution of power and privilege. If you pursue power and privilege it will always be at the expense of truth and justice." -Julien Benda

[psamphire]

Wow. I have no idea why gym teachers are allowed (hopefully *were* allowed, instead, but I am skeptical) to be so evil. No other teachers can get away with the same bullying, favoritism, and cruelty. I really don't get it. So sorry you went through it.

unlikeable

[rfbrown]

I know it's painful but the "unlikeable" part is almost funny. I had a jr high gym class incident where Coach D. called me a fucking retard. I told my parents but they didn't do shit.