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.

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[attackfish.livejournal.com]

My grandmother was a high school student in the 50s in a nice little farming community. She was hounded out of school by bullies. But of course she was a slut who got pregnant, and it was an open secret her family was Jewish, so that was okay.