“There’s only so much the principals and teachers can do, but they can do their part to make a difference.”
Source: Teachers Just Don't Understand Bullying Hurts
“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.”
Source: Teachers Just Don't Understand Bullying Hurts
“Bullies have issues within themselves and they are uncomfortable in their skin. So, they’d rather make someone feel bad to pick themselves up.”
Source: Teachers Just Don't Understand Bullying Hurts
“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.”
Source: Teachers Just Don't Understand Bullying Hurts
“I always tell my teachers, and I thought it was going to get better.”
Source: Teachers Just Don't Understand Bullying Hurts
“One might say, I am too young to experience bullying. Believe it or not, bullying happens to kids who are younger than me. When I am being bullied my teachers never listen. They always think I am making it up—or they will try to sugar-coat the situation. They fail to realize that children have feelings too, and we deserve to be heard. Teachers just don’t understand bullying hurts.”
Source: Teachers Just Don't Understand Bullying Hurts
“My teachers would think the problem was solved. It wasn’t… because the same person would still pick on me, just more quietly, so the teacher wouldn’t hear him. It only got worse, and more people began to pick on me because they knew they were not going to get into trouble. I was miserable going to school every day.”
Source: Teachers Just Don't Understand Bullying Hurts
“I had to defend myself because I was tired of hurting and being bullied.”
Source: Teachers Just Don't Understand Bullying Hurts
“I tell my teachers, but they never do anything!”
Source: Teachers Just Don't Understand Bullying Hurts
“I did what you told me to do. I always tell my teachers, and I thought it was going to get better.”
Source: Teachers Just Don't Understand Bullying Hurts