An Obnoxious Kid From Your Childhood?
By worldwise1
@worldwise1 (14885)
United States
April 20, 2008 11:43am CST
I was thinking back to some of the kids I used to attend school with, wondering where some of them are and what they are doing, when a particularly annoying former classmate came to mind. We were in 7th grade and this girl was bigger than the rest of the girls in the class. Maybe that is the reason she walked around with a constant chip on her shoulder.
A day did not pass without her bullying someone and trying to pick a fight. Most of us were afraid of her because she was very athletic. Her reign of terror was brought to an end the following year when a group of us decided to approach her and offer friendship rather than fear. She was so moved that from that day forward she was a changed person. Who do you remember that was a bully in school? Did they ever change?
A day did not pass without her bullying someone and trying to pick a fight. Most of us were afraid of her because she was very athletic. Her reign of terror was brought to an end the following year when a group of us decided to approach her and offer friendship rather than fear. She was so moved that from that day forward she was a changed person. Who do you remember that was a bully in school? Did they ever change?5 people like this
8 responses
@sandybel20 (413)
• Romania
21 Apr 08
I remember school days like a bad dream. I had a boy in class that bullied everyone,including me , a skinny girl. I tryed to fight back but it only got worse so i tryed to avoid him as mush as possible. He used to beat the cra** out of me so i can give him my homeworks. That lasted for about 2 years. I was glad he didn't pass on the 8th grade exam and he didn't get into highschool.
I last saw him about 5 years ago. He managed to get a job at a gass station and i think he still works there. I am just happy i dont have to face him again because from what i've heard from my ex-school mates he didn't change at all.Some people just dont want to change!
@worldwise1 (14885)
• United States
21 Apr 08
I sympathize with you, sandybel, and I'm glad he was removed from your life when he was.
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@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
21 Apr 08
I don't remember the bullies from school because I ignored them and had a good time in school with my friends.The one time I remember addressing one of them ,he did something , I don't remember what, and I just looked at him. I wish I had said something but I didn't. But my eyes must have said something because I never saw him after that.I used to just ignore them and I would wish them ill.To this very day I still do.
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@worldwise1 (14885)
• United States
21 Apr 08
I think you were lucky, sarah, because with bullies it is not often that you can just ignore them. They will seek their victims out and proceed to make their life miserable.
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@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
21 Apr 08
Maybe he wasn't a bully. I was different from the kids in school and I gues they thought teasing me would make me more like them. The opposite happened. I ignored them and made friends that were like me. They may have talked about me but I Never noticed.When I mean ignore , I mean I didn't see them , even when they were in the same class.Luckily I had good friends and by the time I was in highschool, I didn't have the same classes as the crowd that teased me so I really forgot about them until your post. That is why I was vague about what the coward did or said. But I do remember me giving him a look and I never saw him again.A couple years after highschool, I was hoping he wound up in jail or something else that was fitting.
@worldwise1 (14885)
• United States
21 Apr 08
Maybe people are just much more civilized where you live, weemam.
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@Shaun72 (15959)
• Palatka, Florida
20 Apr 08
I remeber this boy that use to pick on me for being over weight. I mean all the way from grade school to high school. He was also a football player in high school. The last time I saw him he was huge and very overweight. I laughed to myself and thought well payback has came for you making fun of others. I guess that is wrong of me to think that way though.
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@worldwise1 (14885)
• United States
21 Apr 08
I don't think it's wrong at all, Shaun, for all the misery this person brought into your life. Payback can come in many different ways.
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@keep_onwatch (2680)
• India
21 Apr 08
When i used to go to school, even i remember this girl, who was robust and kept bullying me. I used to cry and say i dont wanna go to school, or just change my school. But my father advised me to just b nice to her and make her ur frend, and so i did the same thing, initially she did not accept to b frendz with me, but later on, we did become pretty close....
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@worldwise1 (14885)
• United States
21 Apr 08
Only someone who has experienced the fear and trepidation of being the prey of a bully can fully understand, keep_onwatch. They can affect your life for years to come.
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@PinkFloydFan77 (68)
• United States
20 Apr 08
I've always been a big girl, so naturally in school I was the one to get picked on. In 3rd grade, there was one girl who hated me for no particular reason. Maybe because she was in 6th grade and she thought that she was all that. HA! Well, I took it as long as I could, and I eventually told my mom about it. I just thank god that she was there for only one year. But you know, when one leaves, another one comes in. It was a neverending cycle of my school years.
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@worldwise1 (14885)
• United States
21 Apr 08
Sorry to hear that you had it so rough, Pink, but people like that are to be pitied.
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@PinkFloydFan77 (68)
• United States
21 Apr 08
Thanks. I look back on it now and think that maybe if it hadn't have happened, I might not be the person I am today. It toughened me up a little. Maybe just enough to survive.
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
21 Apr 08
You did a very wonderful thing for that poor girl who had no friends and didn't know how to make them, I did the same thing with the bullies and had the same results.
@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
27 Apr 08
I grew up in a neighbourhood that was anti Catholic. My family were catholics. I was taunted and teased and had rocks thrown at me by some kids at the very end of the street.
When I was about 16, the leader, a boy a few years older than me rang up to ask me out. I don't know how he got my phone number, I guess he looked up the family name in the book. He was training to be a cop. I don't know why I didn't go. I was probably a bit younger and told him I wouldn't be allowed to...lol. Who knows what might have happened? I remember his name was Wayne. *sigh*
