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Joe Bacon

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35. This is what "Guidance Counselors" told me!

Sat May 19, 2012, 01:11 PM

May 2012

Yes, even after they would see me with cuts and bruises from the latest beat down, they told me to suck it up and take it like a man. All it did was build up the rage in me....

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after woman posts poem about how she was bullied, class of 1987 contacts her to apologize [View all] Liberal_in_LA May 2012 OP

Great story! jorno67 May 2012 #1

Wow, what a nice story. tridim May 2012 #2

Wish mine was the same, but it wasn't Joe Bacon May 2012 #34

When you hurt a person for amusement yellerpup May 2012 #3

It's happened to me, too... richmwill May 2012 #4

interesting! So you didn't even have to tell him that he mistreated you. he knew it! great story Liberal_in_LA May 2012 #5

memory issues kardonb May 2012 #31

I've gone through that process a few times myself in the last few years Posteritatis May 2012 #12

what a great story! It gives me hope that something is better out there. CTyankee May 2012 #17

Most kids eventually grow up into adults slackmaster May 2012 #6

Which is why adults should be guiding kids through this stuff Iris May 2012 #23

The bullies I have known all had parents that were, let's say flawed in some way slackmaster May 2012 #24

I didn't really think of that. Iris May 2012 #30

See Mitt, what compassionate adults do? It's not too late for you. Scuba May 2012 #7

K&R BrendaBrick May 2012 #8

that poem is so heartbreaking renate May 2012 #9

PFFFFFT. My assholes would likely say "Eat a dick and move on, it was 25 years ago". HughBeaumont May 2012 #10

It's funny, but I have connected via FaceBook with some of those kids I went to school with. It's GreenPartyVoter May 2012 #13

Same thing I've experienced. intheflow May 2012 #20

Heh. I was a cheerleader, but I was the least popular one ever. LOL You are so right, though. We GreenPartyVoter May 2012 #45

And as predicted, the comments on that story literally make me give up hope for humanity. HughBeaumont May 2012 #14

And these pieces of sewage have the colossal audacity hifiguy May 2012 #18

Disgusting. My niece will carry the scars from her years of school bullying forever riderinthestorm May 2012 #19

Comments like that make "going postal" seem rational. TahitiNut May 2012 #21

"I think people should just be more accepting of bullying" Rob H. May 2012 #22

Isn't it amazing that the former (and current) bullies Curmudgeoness May 2012 #27

This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl May 2012 #29

This is what "Guidance Counselors" told me! Joe Bacon May 2012 #35

My God. Bullying is not a 'rite of passage'. It's verbal, emotional, and physical abuse. Zoeisright May 2012 #37

"It was good to see kids get picked on"???????????? GOOD??????? calimary May 2012 #42

The level of forgiveness that woman has is amazing obamanut2012 May 2012 #11

I'm glad the ones that bullied her have grown up enough to have the empathy and decency Raine May 2012 #15

that's awesome... we need more stories like this fascisthunter May 2012 #16

Wow. She's a great person. I never want to Dash87 May 2012 #25

"You can't fix yesterday, so lets fix today." jerseyjack May 2012 #26

I doubt I could be that forgiving. CrispyQ May 2012 #28

Bullying hurts those who bully icarusxat May 2012 #32

I agree. Allowing it to continue not only hurts the victim but reinforces the actions of the bully. rhett o rick May 2012 #44

K&R Odin2005 May 2012 #33

Here's something my high school teacher husband is trying to impress on the girl bullies at his Zoeisright May 2012 #36

Excellent Advice From Him HangOnKids May 2012 #40

Wow! Thatmade me cry...I still have tears in my eye. How sad! Auntie Bush May 2012 #38

He not only claimed he couldn't remember, but he chuckled about it. calimary May 2012 #43

I too was bullied on a daily basis silentwarrior May 2012 #39

I have forgiven my bullies but I never forgot and I have no desire to go back to any reunions. It southernyankeebelle May 2012 #41