Was there bullying at your high school?

[-King-]

There's obviously a lot of bully talk the past few months and it's only going to increase after yesterday. So I was trying to think back to my high school days to remember if there was bullying and I honestly don't remember any. Obviously there were fights and people called each other names, but as far as real bullying? Not that I can think of. There were no jocks who just ganged up on nerds. There weren't groups of people who beat up and constantly harassed one kid everyday. None of the stuff you always hear and read about in the media these days.

I can't even think how bullying would have happened at my school. During passing period, there would usually be a few teachers standing at their door just monitoring the hallway so kids wouldn't get picked on there. Hell, there was a gay guy who wore lipstick and lip gloss to school and as long as he didn't hit on any guys, no one gave 2 shits enough to bully him.

I don't know, I may have just been oblivious to it all but I just don't think it happened in my school.

[Bugeater]

Of course there was. Kind of a stupid question.

[Hootie]

I wish I was a hell of a lot nicer from 7-12. I was way more mature from 11-12 when I dated a girl two years younger than me.

I was kind of an asshole. I was never mean to people who couldn't stick up for themselves, but I ridiculed a lot of morons for being morons. Which, in turn, made me a moron.

My best friend to this day was the opposite. He was always nice as can be to everyone. I hope I can teach my kids (if I have kids) to be like him.

I've learned you never really win anything by being an asshole. If you feel the need to be an asshole, just remove yourself from the situation.

I tell you what...if I knew then what I know now...I'd be Colonal Cute Cheeks rather than a Captain.

[CoMoChief]

Hell I dunno. I was never bullied. Never witnessed any bullying from what I can remember.

[DaneMcCloud]

There was no bullying in my public elementary schools, none in junior high and definitely none in high school.

In my junior high and high school days, you were either a "Freak" or "Jock". But "Freaks" didn't really fight "Jocks" and vice versa. I can't recall a fight in high school but there were inter-district fights in junior high, like the "toughest kid" from our junior high versus the "toughest kid" in their junior high.

But bullying? No, none that I can recall.

[Dayze]

yep. I was bullied in middle school a bit. got tired of it aabout midway through the 8th grade; and next time I got bullied in gym class I just hauled off and dropped a dude with a punch.
same shit in HS; onlyt this time i beat the bejuses out of a black 'gangsta' that most were afiad of. He suker punched in completely out of the blue as i exited the cafeteria. I backed up and he was walking away. I yelled "Hey MF where you goin? Hit me with that cheap shot like a bitch....now I'm ready. Let's go'. fighting commenced. I got hit a good few times but ultimately ended up cutting his eye, and putting a bottom tooth through his bottom lip.
By all accounts, I had 'won'. MF never said a word to me ever again. and his locker was right next to mine lol

voila...no more bullying. My old man said it's better to fight to defend yourself and lose, than to do nothing. He's right. Be a victim as long as you let yourself be one.

[Hootie]

I've never been in a fight.

Can you believe that?

[hometeam]

yup

[KCrockaholic]

Not a ton of Bullying necessarily, but some people were completed ignored, and emotionally it probably hurt them quite a bit.

People usually just did their thang, tried to get pussy, and would just flat out ignore the kids they didn't like, or weren't part of the "cool" group.

I didn't bully kids, but I certainly took advantage of a couple of kids a tad smaller than me because they were being giant douchebags.

One time a kid was messing with my GF, so I let him meet the "farm hand". Took care of that real quick. I'm glad he didn't get a concussion though. Just passed out face down for a few seconds. Probably blacked out.

Another kid I trashed in the restroom. Was an annoying little prick. Just pick his Freshman ass up, and shoved him in there. It wasn't typical of me to do. But at some point enough is enough with annoying little pricks.

[Hootie]

I think we bullied the teachers more than anything...our class was full of pricks.

they called us the class from hell after we flooded the Indianapolis Children's Museum in 7th grade...and we were also the first class to ever force assigned seating in the lunch room in 8th grade (too many stories to even tell)

high school didn't get much better as we used to just torment some of the poor teachers...

I liked high school more than I liked college and I LOVED college. Most people hated high school, or at the very least liked college way more...but not me.

[KCrockaholic]

I loved getting on a substitute teacher's nerves. I'd test them like none other. I'd always test my boundaries with subs.

[T-Town]

There wasn't any bullying at my High School that I remember. It was a pretty small school (Graduating class size ~ 75) and everyone had their own little group of friends, but nobody really picked on anyone. I don't get the stuff that goes on now.

[Spott]

Originally Posted by MichaelH

In my high school, it was the football jocks. They participated in the majority of the bullying.

Same here. The football team got away with that shit in my high school all the time. The baseball players were dicks, too. It's funny that I liked professional football growing up yet hated just about every person in my school that played it.

[Gonzo]

Originally Posted by Capt Tasty Cheeks

I wonder if bullying is more prominent in small schools as opposed to bigger schools?

Depends on the circumstances. In my experiences, smaller schools had much more bullying than the larger ones but I'd wager a bet that says the numbers per capita probably average out fairly close.

[Hootie]

yeah I was just saying so because in small schools everyone knows everyone

[kcxiv]

Originally Posted by Capt Tasty Cheeks

I think we bullied the teachers more than anything...our class was full of pricks.

they called us the class from hell after we flooded the Indianapolis Children's Museum in 7th grade...and we were also the first class to ever force assigned seating in the lunch room in 8th grade (too many stories to even tell)

high school didn't get much better as we used to just torment some of the poor teachers...

I liked high school more than I liked college and I LOVED college. Most people hated high school, or at the very least liked college way more...but not me.

Some teachers tried to bully. We couldnt really do much do them, my school back in the early/mid 90's had employed full time cops. They didnt **** around either, they were loaded up.

Anyways, i had 2 run in with teachers trying to demean me, i didnt stand for that shit. One , ill admit i took it to far and went all racial slurs on her, but she provoked the **** out of me, then i snapped and well, got suspended for 2 weeks. lol I never did have to go back to that class, they gave me some study hall bullshit after that where it was basically a free A.

Anyways, the 2nd time, i had to take a piss bad it was after lunch i had drank a super big gulp of some Mountain Dew. I told the teacher, n he was like no. i was like you either let me or imma piss in that plant right there. He got kinda mad, so i just walked to the restroom. lol was kinda towards the end of class. So the next day he got all mad tried to make me feel dumb in front of the class talking about how i should never direspect him again blah blah, i said **** you and walked out of his class. Got changed to a new teacher after that, but what would anyone do if you had to piss and couldnt hold it any longer