Comments on: A personal story on experiencing bullying first-hand (Guest post by Lois)

By: Calling Bullying by Name – Pink Shirt Day 2011 – Lois Backstage

Calling Bullying by Name – Pink Shirt Day 2011 – Lois Backstage — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 08:52:48 +0000

[...] my own life felt like hell because of bullying. I’ve written about my experience before – two years ago I was a guest blogger over at http://www.hummingbird604.com for Pink Shirt Day. What I wrote was true, but when I look back on it now, it all seems detached. And maybe that was [...]

By: ian in hamburg

ian in hamburg — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 11:32:59 +0000

I guess this was written by a Canadian, which makes me wonder whether I should send my kid for a year of school in Canada when she’s old enough. What a catastrophe!
Here in Germany you would have been able to go to your class (homeroom) teacher or guidance counsellor, who would have set up a hearing in front of a council of students (not the students’ council, btw) to get the matter thoroughly resolved. What this guest poster went through is no different than adult mobbing in the workplace, and it’s treated in the schools here just as seriously.

By: Victoria

Victoria — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:04:03 +0000

It was not that bad where I came from, but I was an “outsider” and there was always something “off’ about our family in the community. Scholarly endeavours were my escape from a chaotic home life, but being a smart, straight-A student also made me a pariah among my peers in elementary and junior high. High school was somewhat better.

I’m wearing a pink shirt today.

By: Catherine Winters

Catherine Winters — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:30:37 +0000

Wow, this sounds eerily familiar. Your story almost exactly describes my own experience as a teenager — even down to dropping out of gym and leaving my school. In my case, I ultimately never went back.

It can take a really, really long time to get past that kind of experience. Sometimes people don’t. Thanks for posting that, Lois.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:16:33 +0000

Thank you for sharing – I know that PE was always a tough time for a friend of mine too, even receiving death threats and eventually she just stopped going as well. I just don’t get how people can be so nasty towards each other. To this day the worst threat I’ve ever received (with regards to physical violence) was also from another woman.