[jonwithoutanh]

Yeah, if that was everyone's experience being bullied no one would care.

My bullies would tackle me, surround me, and kick me while I was down for minutes. Never less then 6 of them at a time. I had 3 concussions from being tackled and having my head smashed against the floor.

They would throw sand into my eyes. I remember not being able to see while being beat. I remember having to wear an eye patch for a week from the abrasions.

They would throw large sticks at me, I have numerous scars from being hit in the face.

They would break my things, I had multiple bikes smashed on the bike rack.

They would steal my things, if I had anything nice in my desk they would steal it when the teacher was out of the room.

They would shove dog shit in my face when they tackled me to the ground in their groups.

They would ostracize me from every other person at school, anyone I tried to talk to would have to ignore me for fear of being beaten up and treated the same. Even those that I was good friends with outside of school felt they couldn't let it be known in school.

I'd have my pants pulled down almost every single day while I was walking in crowds.

I stood up and fought for myself every single time. I never backed out. I always tried to fight back. I was larger then any of them individually. I had my dad take me to Taekwondo from the time I was in grade 2. I started lifting weights in grade 4.

My only recourse was to avoid them. From grade 2 to grade 11 I would pretend to be sick for weeks at a time in order to avoid going to school. Avoidance was my ONLY option, nothing else worked. I would use up every single sick day I could without getting expelled in high school. I'm not even sure about elementary school, they didn't have a max number of days, but I'm sure I missed at least half of every year.

Finally in grade 11 I managed to get the fight to stop by knocking four teeth out of my main bullies mouth and giving him 18 stitches. I was knocked out cold and barely remember the fight.

Standing up for yourself doesn't always work, everyone in this thread that thinks it does is extremely naive.

I'm glad that you punching your bully once solved the problem for you though.

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Was this a public school you went to, and where was it? No school I ever attended here in the U.S. would put up with anything near what you describe.

This feels like it's missing context.

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this strikes me as learned helplessness.