School days, best or worst of your life?
By gemini_rose
@gemini_rose (16264)
October 2, 2008 7:51am CST
I have real troubles recalling a lot of my school days you know, I have brief flashes of memory of things but not a lot of real recollection about any of it. What I do remember however is being bullied, and not by girls, oh no I could handle them. This was by boys, in particular two boys who seemed to have a real dislike towards me. I remember being in a class one day and the bell went for the end of the lesson, the teacher left the class first for some reason and then everyone else went. All except for these two boys, I was really scared, it was hometime too and I had a bus to catch, if I missed it I would be late home and so would be in trouble with my parents I needed to get it. These boys however had other ideas, they would not let me out of the classroom, and they kept pushing me about they pushed me over and took real pleasure out of seeing me so scared. Eventually I got out, because the teacher came back but that day stayed with me for a while, in fact I brooded on it and I thought, "you ain't getting away with that".
On the last day of my school life, when I had finished my last exam and knew that I did not have to come back again. I located the two boys at a bus stop, I went up to them and I kicked the living sh!t out of them, both of them. Everyone was there and they were stunned, but they knew what these boys had done to me, and the two boys also apologised to me and I felt fantastic on that day. Bullies are everywhere, but they are only bullies because of intimidation, that is what they did to me, they intimidated me, humiliated me and made my life hell because they fed off my fear, but when the fear stopped they had nowhere to run!!
What were your schooldays like for you, were they friendly and fun or were they just sheer hell because of bullies?
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32 responses
@licisheng508 (221)
• China
3 Oct 08
my best life is college life.i make many friends in school,meet the girl i love her so much,and i learn many subjects.it is unforget,i am often recall my college's life.
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@weng_08 (282)
• Philippines
3 Oct 08
Hello...
My school days weren't perfect, but when I look back, I can say that I had a great time. I am still friends with my former classmates, meet them and eat out or drink together when we all have time.
I do believe that school days friends are our friends for life. We may meet new friends along the way, but it will always be nice to keep the old ones, the ones who know who you were, and who you really are.
As I said, it wasn't perfect, I had my share of difficulties too, but that's part of growing up. There had been heartaches, trials and disappointments. But then, that's life.
Have a great day!
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@jazel_juan (15747)
• Philippines
3 Oct 08
My high school days were unforgettable..i had a blast with my high school classmates and it where i learned a lot of things not just academically but also about life.. y college days...well i couldnt say it was great but it is memorable, it where i learned that life is indeed cruel and it is where you must learn to stand up and fight back... i did not really encounter bullies even in high school... i made enemies yes but it wasn't like other who hold grudges, in the end we still became friends...:D
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@amlegend (945)
• Pakistan
3 Oct 08
it is the most memorable time in ones life and i to have many memories and it was so fun no pressure and lots of friends. it was the best time in my life and i always get a smile on my face when the memories flash in my mind and they are a source of happiness for me.
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@the_evil (46)
• Philippines
3 Oct 08
mine too. were just thesame..
i have a lots of trouble too in my school days.
so many freaking things going on.
i mean so many stupid things.. you know.
but im happy for that..
ive already met all the good friends in my school days.
the real one! i mean wholesome. im only the naughty boy.. hahaha
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@annjilena (5618)
• United States
3 Oct 08
well my school days was a lot of fighting going on i was not scared i had five brother and five sisters so i really did not need friends. my family was large.but because i did not wear the best of clothes to school i was picked on so to get you off me you could only pick on me so for i will fight your behind and you would wish you ever made me mad.once i get going i wasn,t going to stop so most the time police was called because if they had a brother are sister they got it too.no boys wanted to fight me ,i fought like a boy but i did not bother anyone i was very friendly but i was mean.i had to be mean because of my brothers i had to fight them so they would know i wasn,t a push over.i fought mostly boys for touching me i didn,t like that but they soon found out lol.
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@tessah (6617)
• United States
2 Oct 08
unfortunately.. i have the mind of a steel trap. holding onto memories like the foreleg of some coyote and not letting go. ive joked.. more than half serious.. about trying to find a way to lobotomize myself with purpoeful amnesia and wiping out most of my childhood as possible. my first memory with decent clarity? i was about 1 year old.. in my crib, still in diapers. and pretty much every single thing following it is as crystal as yesterday. family members will say to me "you cant possibly remember that! you were only 2!" (or 3, 4, etc) and then i will recall it back with much details to their gaping mouths of astonishments. its a curse.. my childhood.. including my school years.. was suckish beyond suckability. bullied same as you, for being one of the "poor" kids. i didnt have the "right" clothes or the right hair, shoes, address.. well you get the picture. it didnt help that my parents were bound and determined to torture me on top of it all.. and the daily school poundings and gum in my hair and my head being slammed into lockers was actually easier to deal with than my homelife.. and not being allowed to fight back or idve gotten a beating at home worse than what my peers could dole out.. i simply took it, and did nothing. i admire you for beating the piss out of those who bullied you.. and am glad you got yer appologies for the bad treatment. the only retribution ive gotten over the years.. is seeing that those who made my life unbearable.. their haydays ended with highschool.. theyve aged quite badly 
@gemini_rose (16264)
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2 Oct 08
Thats a pretty good memory you have there, although reading the rest of your words I have to wonder that it is a shame you cannot erase the bad memories. My grandad had memories of being a baby too.
I don't know what to say to you to be honest, I can't believe that you have been treated so bad, it really upsets me to think of you being treated like that as a child. Whenever anything bad ever happened to me, or something happened that I did not like I was able to destroy the memory, or else bury it so deep that I can no longer recall it. It turned into quite a neat trick over the years, I have not a lot of memories at all really.
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
2 Oct 08
I was picked on a bit, but rarely bullied. There were a few girls I was afraid of. I was a lot different as a kid than I am now. Today I would stand up to anyone, I'm afraid of no one... actually I'm usually the one getting in someone's face if they disrespect me. But as a kid it didn't matter what they did, I avoided fights like the plague. But I never came all that close to getting into fights. There were some girls who threatened it, but it never got to that point.
It's funny because as I started this comment, I began to say I was NEVER bullied.. but as I typed, I remembered more and more instances, lol. I just never think much about my school days, not because they were really bad...mostly I just remember the friends I had back then, and wish I could find some of them now.
@gemini_rose (16264)
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2 Oct 08
I was only bullied by boys, girls I never had a problem with. I try to remember things about my school days, all I get is a few bad memories.
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
2 Oct 08
I don't remember ever being bullied or picked on by boys... unless they liked me and were too shy to say so. I remember me and this one boy would always punch each other if we passed in the halls. After a few months we ended up dating, but you know how that goes.. it only lasted like a week or something.
@iceblizzard (749)
• Philippines
3 Oct 08
My academic years is considerably the best for me. It is being highlighted with lots of activities and it never seems so dull as everyday I get to involved in different challenging situations. I also never get to regret every actions I made as it was being appreciated by the boards, my classmates and the school itself. I have been in constantly rank third in the my batch. Medals, ribbons, plaque and trophies are what serves me best specially for my parents whom I offer all my accomplishments.
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@asselg1984 (375)
• Philippines
3 Oct 08
My college life had been so colorful..i had studied first in a university but stopped due to financial problems..sad to say that i had no snacks and need to wait for 2 days to save 2.50 and buy a munchkin..no relatives were supporting and no moral support from my mama before..and then a dean from a certain school backed me up to study as a working student..the most embarrassing moment of my life : the first time i held a mop..that was the first time i felt so humiliated..my new friend and i need to clean the whole computer room as our first assignment..
but then i had adjusted and started to enjoy working and studying at the same time..i had good grades in school because the dean had been supportive when it comes to our academics..and the new dean was also very nice and supportive to us..i attended contests and won, i had been a grand slam on the quiz bowl..i was so thankful because they had let us show our abilities even though we are just working students..i enjoyed the cheer dances and pop dances..and when i stopped as a student assistant to become a full time student when i was in 4th year, i became the president of the department..it was very tough, it almost made me crazy, i had fully loaded subjects, some thesis to defend, activities to attend in the department and the whole campus as well, documents to submit..but then i am glad that i succeeded..i am proud to graduate with honors and shed tears, sweat, and blood just to achieve it.
@passenger1 (67)
• China
3 Oct 08
I have a good memory of school life.Nobody bullied me.And I was popular at school.We often played together after school.We tried our best to help others when others were in trouble.So my school days recalls me the happy days in my life.I value it very much.
@gurusrs_99 (20)
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2 Oct 08
to be frank for this discussion i missed ma school days very much because ma skool princi is really a idiamin idiotic man i hate to see him every skool students would enjoy and have a rememberence of their skoll days by takin a group photo but we students of that skool re missin that one too......eventhough we like that skool because of that friendship we had happened to take in that horror situation........
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@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
2 Oct 08
School days was the worst part of my life other than my dad dying when I was 12 years old. I was always teased and bullied in school by a few kids. I had no real friends either.
@gemini_rose (16264)
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2 Oct 08
I am sorry to hear that stephcjh, it must have been terrible losing your dad so young xx
@williamjisir (22819)
• China
2 Oct 08
Hello dear gemini_rose. I feel so sorry that you got bullied by those bad boys when you were a pupil, but I am very happy when you finally got up to fight against them and teach them a good lesson so that they knew their wrong doings to you.
Yeah, in school there are always some bad students who bully other students, especially when their teacher is not with them. I hate this kind of bad students. Once I see them this way, I will stop to have him come to my office and tell him that he is wrong to do so to the others this way as a teacher.
Enjoy your life, dear friend.
@gemini_rose (16264)
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2 Oct 08
I hate bullies, unfortunately it is something that is always going to happen but these days it seems to be worse and kids suffer more. I knew I had to be tough, and I toughened up, it helped that I had been doing thai boxing for quite a few years so I gained the confidence in the end to stand up for myself.
@klaudine (3650)
• Indonesia
2 Oct 08
I am so sorry to hear your story.
My school day myself was the best days of my life. No one bullied me and I bullied no one. I had many guy friends around me so girls want to get close to me because they want me to introduce them to my friend. And my friends like me because I can introduce girls to them. I live in the world where people envy in the high school. Girls afraid of messing up with me because my friends got my back. And apart of their fear, they like me because would give some bullied people protection if they are good towards me.
I like my school days, and somehow I missed the moment of being a school girl. I have enough time and money to get what I want. I can go wherever I wanted to go, and I have enough responsibilities to feel how it feel to be an adult, but not too much to burden me.
I learned nothing about life when I was in the school, because school life is the only life I know. But yeah.. that was the best moment of my life
@gemini_rose (16264)
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2 Oct 08
Ahhh don't be sorry, I am not. It was just a select few and I got through it, no scars! It is nice to hear that others have good stories to tell of their schooldays!
@klaudine (3650)
• Indonesia
5 Oct 08
That's good for you! Some people that I know, who has dark experience in high school hate it so much and talk bad things about their school days. They kept hatred about the school days and I am very happy to see that such things are not happening to you. Yeah, my school day was nice and I am happy to be able to share it to you too :)
@rainmark (4302)
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2 Oct 08
The worst time on my school days was in my Elementary and high school days. I have only few friends, one or two that's it. Most of my classmates bullies so much which ended me up crying most of the time.I hate them until now lolz. But when i was in university, it change a little, i got also few friends but atleast noones bullies me, i just had a gifht with my crush and from that time of fighting he wasn't my crush anymore lolz. When i transfered to college from university 
i gained lots of friends and confidence atleast that time i became famous at school hahaha, i've done very well and that's the best time of my life during my school days.
Happy posting
rain
i gained lots of friends and confidence atleast that time i became famous at school hahaha, i've done very well and that's the best time of my life during my school days.
Happy posting
rain@gemini_rose (16264)
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2 Oct 08
I am glad to hear that things became better for you once you left school that is really great.
@belk89 (1103)
• Philippines
2 Oct 08
I never experience being bullied when i was a kid since i always fight back lol. Glad that you actually fight back before school ended. You were right that bullies do that to intimidate you and if you will feel intimidated they will keep on doing it. I have more fun memories though when i was in preschool and high school. I always love those part of my life. I was hoping that my kids will not experience being bullied when they started going to school. Though i want to protect them but i cant see them 24 hours a day and see how they are doing.
@gemini_rose (16264)
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2 Oct 08
I know exactly how you feel with regards to your children as I feel the exact same way with mine. It breaks my heart when I think of them being bullied, fingers crossed though that so far it has been fine for them.
@bunta007 (2)
• India
2 Oct 08
i really enjoyed my school life.. dose r da dayz wen ur young u wanna enjoy.. u've got no tensions, no worries.. dose dayz r neva gonna come bak.. i always thot abt dat nd enjoyed every moment.. my school life ws a mixture of everything.. rite from a break up to a controversy wid mee getting linked to a teacher.. wow... dat ws i dunno wad 2 say.. :P bt ye.. school dayz r da most enjoyable dayz of our lives.. each one shud enjoy dem as if der is no tomorrow.. i really miss all my friends.. :(hope i cud re-live those moments again.. :)
@gemini_rose (16264)
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2 Oct 08
Glad you had good schooldays, the only reason I would want to go back now, is to resit all the exams that I failed when I was there.
