bullying

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Hi everyone,

Now that I think about it, I guess you can call what I went thru growing up

" bullying " . Kids always taunted me and threw things at me. I was

" different " . I walked funny and ran funny and was just awkward. However, I

was

greatly affected by my 4th grade teacher's comments. He told my mother, " Let's

face it, is never going to amount to anything. If someone was looking

for someone to drop down a volcano as a human sacrifice, they would choose

her. " That comment and the mean things that teacher always said affected my

entire school career. My mom went to the principal and all he got was a slap

on the wrist. He denied ever saying it of course. For years my grades and

self esteem suffered. Once I got out of school and was thinking about what to

do with my life, his words came back to haunt me, " I will never amount to

anything " . That was the last time they haunted me because I changed my

attitude and decided to prove that teacher wrong. I went to college and all of

a

sudden I was getting straight A's for the first time in my life. Now I am a

teacher and the one thing I learned from that teacher is how NOT to teach.

Good luck on your fight. Don't give up.

Jen