Or is that just some kind of super exaggeration in TV shows. They show this in a lot of Nickolodean and Disney shows, some big fat kid coming around beating pencil neck nerds wearing thick glasses, and stealing their lunch money.
Is bullying real? The way they show in TV shows?
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moshquerade
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I never saw that in any of the schools I went to; seems like an exaggeration to me.
There were still cliques I guess, but I never saw a "bully" walking around kicking peoples' asses and stealing their lunch money.
KT
There were still cliques I guess, but I never saw a "bully" walking around kicking peoples' asses and stealing their lunch money.
KT
I never ran into the problem in gradeschool or highschool.
But then again... I packed my lunch every day.
But then again... I packed my lunch every day.
Considering you wanted to inventory your t-shirts and underwear, I would've guessed you knew all about bullies knocking people around.
meltdown75
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give me your lunch money now or i'll hang you on the back of the bathroom stall from your undies.
that's as real as you need, son.
that's as real as you need, son.
I was a 'pencil neck nerd' and an orchestra nerd on top of that. The 'bullies' were all scared of me. Might have had something to do with the six feet of chains going from my belt to my wallet. hahah I was a goth kid.
There used to be some "big talk" thugs hanging around the entrance to the school at lunch break who would tell you to give them $2. I got harassed a couple of times but always a mutual friend would come in and tell the people to back off. Also, when people bully someone, usually there was a huge circle of people who would form around and yell that there was a fight, even if it was just one guy getting bullied.
PottedMeat
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Nope. Punching people for no reason other than being a jackass, yes. One guy used to do that in middle school. He looked like he was 18+. When I was in high school I found out the guy strangled his girlfriend's grandmother.
waggy
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in jr high and highschool i was always one of the smaller kids in school. so i was the target for what bully's there was.
I had never had anyone ask for my lunch money. usually it was pushing/shoving trying to pick a fight.
it was not until my sophmore year i found the way to stop it. fight back. sure i got my ass kicked some. but i was always able to get in a few good licks and takedowns (started hapkido and wrestling at 6). Once you pick up and slam a guy twice your size (literly. i wrestled at 103 soph year) they tend to leave you alone. not because you can kick there ass but because anything you do manage to do embarrases the hell out of them.
I had never had anyone ask for my lunch money. usually it was pushing/shoving trying to pick a fight.
it was not until my sophmore year i found the way to stop it. fight back. sure i got my ass kicked some. but i was always able to get in a few good licks and takedowns (started hapkido and wrestling at 6). Once you pick up and slam a guy twice your size (literly. i wrestled at 103 soph year) they tend to leave you alone. not because you can kick there ass but because anything you do manage to do embarrases the hell out of them.
moshquerade
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I went to an all-boys school (Grades 1-8, 11-12). The kind of shit that some of the effeminate kids go through probably scars them for life. :Q
I probably would have been an easy target back when I was the shortest and scrawniest geek in class - thankfully for me, my older brother was the toughest SoB on-campus so I was off-limits for anyone that wanted to stay in one piece.
Never really seen the 'steal lunch money' bit in action but the amount of verbal and physical abuse some kids sustained was truly unbelievable. Every once in a while, some quiet & meek kid would snap and defend himself with a cricket bat or a stump; from the next day onwards, he'd be regarded a God amongst mere mortals.
I probably would have been an easy target back when I was the shortest and scrawniest geek in class - thankfully for me, my older brother was the toughest SoB on-campus so I was off-limits for anyone that wanted to stay in one piece.
Never really seen the 'steal lunch money' bit in action but the amount of verbal and physical abuse some kids sustained was truly unbelievable. Every once in a while, some quiet & meek kid would snap and defend himself with a cricket bat or a stump; from the next day onwards, he'd be regarded a God amongst mere mortals.
waggy
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Originally posted by: theprodigalrebel
I went to an all-boys school (Grades 1-8, 11-12). The kind of shit that some of the effeminate kids go through probably scars them for life. :Q
I probably would have been an easy target back when I was the shortest and scrawniest geek in class - thankfully for me, my older brother was the toughest SoB on-campus so I was off-limits for anyone that wanted to stay in one piece.
Never really seen the 'steal lunch money' bit in action but the amount of verbal and physical abuse some kids sustained was truly unbelievable. Every once in a while, some quiet & meek kid would snap and defend himself with a cricket bat or a stump; from the next day onwards, he'd be regarded a God amongst mere mortals.
sad part is that is what it takes. teh teachers don't give a shit, Adminstration does not give a shit and the other students sure in the hell don't.
so they find someone and everyone piles on them. some of the abuse i seen that was unleashed on some poor kid that would not/could not defend himself was amazing. no matter how much they asked for help NOBODY would ever do something until they snapped. then it was either drugs or suicide (for wich then all the kids would say how good a friend they were and morn and skip school to "get over it"). today the kids bring guns to school and kill the tormenters.
When I was in elementary school there was a kid who was twice my size that used to bully me a bit. One time he even grabbed my bicycle while I was in mid ride to a friends house down the street. I don't remember whatever happened to him. We had a couple run ins, he never got anything from me, I'm not sure if we got in a fight but then he sort of just dissapeared. Then there was these 2 redheaded kids, twins I think who used to pick on everyone else. We fed them toilet water one day and they never talked to us again. I remember being part of the group that did most of the bullying in 5th and 6th grade, but can't honestly remember any reason why. I think one of the cases was because one boy wouldn't leave the girls alone at recess.
The kid that got picked on the most in elementary school had serious dandruff and earwax issues. General hygiene problems and didn't speak right. I lived in the poorer side of town, near him, so when he was sick I delivered his homework to him. He lived in like a fucking warehouse, all boxes, no family in sight. I felt really bad and confused because it was like I had just entered the teenage mutant ninja turtles secret hideout, but it was his house. He had like a desk by a bunch of boxes, not even a real room. I didn't understand it at the time and just wanted to get outa there, but looking back, I wonder what his story was.
In Junior High we had a huge kid, looked like he came from the friggen marines. I wasn't on his bad side but I recall he ripped into several people. Beat a few kids up just to establish his dominance. He ended up setting some desks and lockers on fire and got shipped off to another country. Yikes. After him, second in line was the captain of the soccer team (oddly enough), he used to pick on this one kid constantly because he was really quiet and wore the same pair of sweat pants to school every day. It was kind of funny because we had a dress code (catholic school) and he wore the outfit that we were supposed to wear to gym class to school every single day. Everyone said he would eventually flip out and kill everyone. He ended up flipping out, but it didn't end up doing anything big, he just tried to unsuccessfully beat up the soccer captain, it was more like a hissy fit though and he ended up staying out of school for a week because of it.
I don't know about lunch money, but cutting in line was the popular thing. Also, eating other peoples lunches. "Yo you gonna finish your fries"
Whew, that's enough memories.
The kid that got picked on the most in elementary school had serious dandruff and earwax issues. General hygiene problems and didn't speak right. I lived in the poorer side of town, near him, so when he was sick I delivered his homework to him. He lived in like a fucking warehouse, all boxes, no family in sight. I felt really bad and confused because it was like I had just entered the teenage mutant ninja turtles secret hideout, but it was his house. He had like a desk by a bunch of boxes, not even a real room. I didn't understand it at the time and just wanted to get outa there, but looking back, I wonder what his story was.
In Junior High we had a huge kid, looked like he came from the friggen marines. I wasn't on his bad side but I recall he ripped into several people. Beat a few kids up just to establish his dominance. He ended up setting some desks and lockers on fire and got shipped off to another country. Yikes. After him, second in line was the captain of the soccer team (oddly enough), he used to pick on this one kid constantly because he was really quiet and wore the same pair of sweat pants to school every day. It was kind of funny because we had a dress code (catholic school) and he wore the outfit that we were supposed to wear to gym class to school every single day. Everyone said he would eventually flip out and kill everyone. He ended up flipping out, but it didn't end up doing anything big, he just tried to unsuccessfully beat up the soccer captain, it was more like a hissy fit though and he ended up staying out of school for a week because of it.
I don't know about lunch money, but cutting in line was the popular thing. Also, eating other peoples lunches. "Yo you gonna finish your fries"
Whew, that's enough memories.
meltdown75
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our posts were submitted at the same time, and although yours appears first, i have found the ordering of posts submitted within the same minute to be random. we'll have to flip a coin
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