Unfortunately, once other children started to notice that there's something different about me they felt the need to point it out. The first they would make fun of is the way I walked calling me all sorts of names, even trying to push me to the ground. It certainly wasn’t a fun situation having all my class-mates joining together in calling me names. This all being done to belittle me and make me feel like an outcast. Eventually all this bullying led to me becoming self-conscious about the way I walked and looked. This led to many days when I was afraid to go to school which in some way may have affected my grades. I am sure we can all agree that no child should have to spend their days like I did being stressed out and worried about being picked on at school. In my case the bullying wasn’t just reserved to recess and gym class but also took place during class, the bus ride to and from school and whenever I had to walk home.
Eventually All the Bullying started taking its toll
As a child it all began to wear on me since it was guaranteed that five days out of the school week my class-mates were all going to make fun of me. I guess you can understand when I say that going to school as a child was my least favorite thing to do. This resulted in me on many occasions pretending I was feeling sick all in an effort to miss a couple days of school. I actually did this quite frequently simply to avoid all the bullied. But after a few days it was back to school and what I considered to be a battle ground. It got so bad that one time after recess when the bell rang I just stayed outside hiding behind one of the portables feeling as if I was worthless. It truly was more difficult than dealing with my diagnosis of Becker’s Muscular Dystrophy.
As most people know these days bullying isn’t a nice thing to go through and the effects on some can be tragic. We all know what can happen and it also ends up having a negative impact on a students ability to learn. Now there were times I chose to fight back but this never ended well as all too often this led to trips to the principal's office or one of my class-mates wanting to fight me after school.
So you can see that fighting back isn’t always a good idea as it would end up making things worse. Even when teachers found out about the bullying they really did nothing as many had the attitude that this was just kids being kids. I actually once had a teacher tell me; “The only reason they pick on you is because you react to it“ going on to tell me to just ignore the insults. Thinking back this teacher should have done more when I told him that other students were bullying me. Unfortunately, the bullying continued throughout elementary school but going through this taught me the importance of being kind to others. If anything, being a victim of bullying even as a young child I knew that no one deserves to be treated poorly because they are somewhat different or have a physical disability.
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