“When people bully me, my teachers would try to make me think I am imagining things, or they would say, “They did not mean it that way.” I always wondered who I was supposed to talk to when I was in a situation like this. Unfortunately, this is the start of my morning most of the time, Monday through Friday.”
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“They always tell my mom to tell me to tell the teacher, but for what, because they never do anything about it.”
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“Why do the good kids always get in trouble for defending themselves?”
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“Why don’t you ever ask me what happened, first? You always ask the people who hurt other people what happened first, as if I am going to tell a fib.”
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“No, I am not apologizing. He needs to apologize to me. He called me names all day and pushed me. It is funny how it went unnoticed, but you want to punish me, the good guy. When I defend myself, then you want to look?”
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“It feels even better to be treated fairly.”
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“There’s only so much the principals and teachers can do, but they can do their part to make a difference.”
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“Teachers always say—"we will never know unless they tell us”. We tell them, but they ignore us… …I did tell you, I always tell you.”
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“Bullies have issues within themselves and they are uncomfortable in their skin. So, they’d rather make someone feel bad to pick themselves up.”
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“Teachers just don’t understand how I feel inside. They think since they asked us to apologize, their job is done. It isn’t done, because I still hurt from the name-calling, hitting, humiliation, sleepless nights, and from feeling alone and depressed at school.”
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