I’m not sure how much of my testimony as an adult belongs in a Christian community so I will give my testimony about my years in school
And my childhood.
My school years were very difficult for me because I had a learning disability and was just different. As early as the fourth grade, I started to experience bullying and it got worse as the years went by.
During my fifth and sixth grades, the bullying got particularly bad. I was beat up practically everyday on the playground and in the classroom, I was constantly verbally harassed by kids.
I couldn’t walk to school without being bullied or threatened. I frequently got beaten by kids on the way to school. Before school even started, kids would form circles around me and take turns beating me up.
The teachers refused to do anything about the bullying and the principal claimed he couldn’t protect one kid.
My mother withdrew me from the school and put me in a private Christian school and circumstances were no different. In addition to being beat up, I was the victim of vicious rumors such as being a homosexual. This rumor resulted in me being thrown out of the school and going back to the school I left.
After getting out of grade school, my moved us to another area, hoping to find a school where I could attend without being bullied. I did experience two years of peace but they were the calm before the storm.
My final year in junior high school was spent in a school overrun with gang violence and other gang activity. I quickly became an easy target for bullying that I was very fortunate to survive.
I finally stopped being bullied once I started high school because I went to one on the other side of town.
And my childhood.
My school years were very difficult for me because I had a learning disability and was just different. As early as the fourth grade, I started to experience bullying and it got worse as the years went by.
During my fifth and sixth grades, the bullying got particularly bad. I was beat up practically everyday on the playground and in the classroom, I was constantly verbally harassed by kids.
I couldn’t walk to school without being bullied or threatened. I frequently got beaten by kids on the way to school. Before school even started, kids would form circles around me and take turns beating me up.
The teachers refused to do anything about the bullying and the principal claimed he couldn’t protect one kid.
My mother withdrew me from the school and put me in a private Christian school and circumstances were no different. In addition to being beat up, I was the victim of vicious rumors such as being a homosexual. This rumor resulted in me being thrown out of the school and going back to the school I left.
After getting out of grade school, my moved us to another area, hoping to find a school where I could attend without being bullied. I did experience two years of peace but they were the calm before the storm.
My final year in junior high school was spent in a school overrun with gang violence and other gang activity. I quickly became an easy target for bullying that I was very fortunate to survive.
I finally stopped being bullied once I started high school because I went to one on the other side of town.
