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In reply to the discussion: I’ve read much on the heroics of confronting bulliess recently, that too has a dark side… [View all]Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)47. I had a similar experience in 5th grade (no police though).
Let us just say, the local small town school system should just be shut down.
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HereSince1628
May 2012
OP
A good self-defense class could teach you the proper way to act when the police show up
slackmaster
May 2012
#4
I just wrote something like this on another thread. "Fighting back" these days means expulsion
riderinthestorm
May 2012
#8
Sometimes the path of least resistance is to communicate effectively with a bully's parents
slackmaster
May 2012
#44
I am intimately familiar with the mechanics of bullying - I was the 'weird kid'.
Edweird
May 2012
#35
I'll bet they certainly continued bullying. They simply picked another target. nt
riderinthestorm
May 2012
#40
I'm sorry to hear that, but did the one you beat on continue to bully your brother?
aikoaiko
May 2012
#46
I see it as dark. A kid of 8 maybe 9 ended up with a life threatening injury
HereSince1628
May 2012
#42
There was a bigger kid who would bully me and my friends 40 years ago ... my friends still talk
JoePhilly
May 2012
#36
I found myself wishing that the statute of limitations had not passed and you could sue
stevenleser
May 2012
#50