Some days

[attackfish]

We were talking about bullies and I listened to my fellow teaching students just not get it in so many kind, well meaning ways.  And then my teacher asked about our own experiences with bullying, and everyone in the class talked.  Most said they had never been bullied, the rest mentioned isolated incidents, and talked about how standing up to the bullies really worked!  And I looked around at this room of earnest faces, and realized none of them had a clue.

Most people want to become teachers because public school was a place of joy for them.  I feel a little alone right now.

Comments

[water-soter.livejournal.com]

As you know, I to was severely bullied as a kid but it's hard for me to find that place within myself where I can stand up and say, hey, I went through that because it still makes feel weak and angry but mostly I'm at that stage that I just want to get over it. It's never really over though, so yeah, I totally get where you're coming from. It's nice that not all people go through this, even if it feels they should have, but it's nice to know that at least some people had a normal something in their lives. But dear, you are never alone! *cues creepy music* we're there, right, with, you!

[attackfish.livejournal.com]

I keep looking around at them and their happy childhoods going "What kind of mutants are you????"

Lol. Nooooooo! I shall never be free of you!

[water-soter.livejournal.com]

Hehe. Yeah, I love it when I tell someone that I used to cut. They're like: O.O. Yeah dude, where I come from, it's normal.