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Bullying
It hurts...
Bullying is meant to hurt you.
Bullying includes name calling, kicking or hitting you, taking your things, spreading rumours, cyber bullying, happy slapping, and racism.
A bully is normally bigger, louder or more aggressive than you. Sometimes a bully manages to catch you alone without your friends for support. Maybe the bully attacks you using a mobile or the Internet, sending nasty text messages, and posting humiliating video clips and other rubbish about you.
It can happen anywhere...
Bullying can happen anywhere. Racial, sexual and homophobic bullying – these are AGAINST THE LAW.
Other types of bullying are just unpleasant and unkind but they can still affect your life in a major way, and make you feel miserable and isolated.The important thing is that you don’t suffer in silence or feel that you have to deal with these problems on your own. Don't let a bully isolate you.
Maybe you don't feel like telling anyone what is going on, because you might be called a grass, or maybe you just feel embarrassed that you are being bullied. You think that it's because you're weak. That's EXACTLY what the bully wants you to think and feel. So don't play things by his or her rules.
You're not alone!
You have support from your teachers and from your parents, so use it.
You might be surprised to learn that when your teachers and parents were young, just like you, they probably got bullied at school too. Many of us have been through this experience. It is not just you.
Get the help of your teachers and parents, and sort things out. Make yourself heard! If you can 'save' evidence of the bullying - for example texts, emails and website addresses - even better! When you tell a teacher or your parents, you can show them that stuff. It will help to bring the bully down.
Laugh and you're part of it!
Bullying is not normal. No one deserves to be bullied. If you see someone being bullied, don't join in or laugh or make the bully think it's funny - it's not.
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I was bullied because my Mum and Dad couldn't afford to buy me the latest trainers that were in fashion and other stuff like that. I remember one time that I had to sit in a Geography Class with my coat on because they had nicked my skirt from me and wouldn't give it back.
I'm now 15 but I've been bullied since Year 4 when a boy punched me in the stomach and I had to go to hospital. At that age everyone said I had nits but I didn't. This really hurt and eventually people wouldn't let me work with them in drama classes when we had to get in groups. Now I've made some new friends and I'm usually ok. But I still get picked on by large groups on the way home, so I joined karate which made me feel and look more confident. The first thing I did was double check that none of the bullies went to the club, then I joined.
