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[quote=Anonymous]I was bullied in K.  No question.  Ring leader with group of followers teased me. And it was about her establishing social dominance and enjoying her power.  I was poor and socially awkward and an easy easy victim.   They teased me that my house had cobwebs.  They called me the wrong name (taunting me by switching my innocuous name with another innocuous name - of course, being 5, I reacted and objected which encouraged them).  The girl made a show in school of inviting every single student in class to her birthday party but me (her parents later brought her over to my house to give me the invitation - I'm sure her behavior horrified her parents and I'm, also sure they didn't know the half of it).  On my end,. I wanted nothing more than to be friends with this girl.

It starts young and, yes, teachers could put an end to it if they didn't, like so many on this board, see it as both inevitable and as something the bullied needs to learn how to deal with.  I did learn how to deal with it.  I learned how to deflect attention from myself (by smiling and not getting upset) and then, much worse, to watch and laugh in relief when the teasing focused on another kid (usually a  special needs kid).  At least they aren't teasing me.  This is what our kids learn when we don't step in - to be passive witnesses to cruelty. [/quote]

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