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[quote=Anonymous]My niece was badly bullied for about 6 months. The bullying was happening both out of school and at school.

The lead bully had an entourage, it wasn't a very big school, and within weeks the bully had managed toget all but two girls to either side with her or stay silent and away from my niece (threat they would be turned on next if they stayed friends with my niece). Two girls, neither of whom she really knew well stood up for her or told the bully to knock it off.

The school first tried a 'friendship circle' with all the involved  girls and they were supposed to all apologize to each other for not being good friends and promise to do better. My niece found this activity to be further victimizing as it minimized the actions of the bully and she had to apologize to the bully.

The bullying  got worse after the above mentioned event. The bully eventually moved from verbal and exclusion type bullying to physical and a teacher saw my niece being blocked from going down a hall then being pushed into a corner and held there by 3 girls. At that point the school required the bully and her group to stay away from my niece. My niece basically just sat by herself and tried to avoid all interactions with anyone until the end of the year. She moved to a new high school and never spoke to anyone from 8th grade again. It took another year and a half for her to come back out of her shell, trust friends again, and join anything at school. She is now in 11th and doing great socially and academically but the scars are still there. [/quote]

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