It makes me sad
to see the number of people on these pages who were let down by teachers in schools.

I remember whilst teaching that if I saw any type of bullying of any kid then I came down like a tonne of bricks on said bully and the reason for that was this:

When I was in high school I was bullied. It was by a kid smaller and weaker than me but I wasn't a fighter despite playing rugby for the school (I'm still not now to be honest). This kid made my life a fucking misery, punching and kicking me, setting my friends against me and the like. One day I cracked after he'd gotten me in a headlock and decided to drag me along the ground, I went to a teacher who went to the deputy head, we were both called into his office. This man was a legend, a strict disciplinarian but also a good teacher, he had this kid in tears within minutes of going into the office and then he made him apologies to me.

This stopped the bullying for a time...

But in the end the bullying had to be stopped by a fight. This kid couldn't punch for toffee (I've been hit much harder in Jujitsu since then so know I can take a punch if need be) and I only hit him once, in the face, where he said he couldn't see any more so I walked away.

And what did the coward do? When I had my back to him he ran after me in an attempt to attack me from behind (not like that you dirty buggers!). Only a call from the crowd (I think to this day it was my best mate but he denies it) made me turn round and face up to him again, the second I did that he slowed and looked at me. I then told him that we could keep doing this and we'd both end up getting hurt quite a bit in the end.

After this the bullying stopped. What I'd like to know is what stopped it? Was it the teacher? Was it me hitting back? or was it reasoning?

I'd like to say that I'm driving Ferraris and shagging Supermodels and he's on the dole, on drugs and on the way out but life isn't like that, I'm in an ok job and am a well rounded individual and his dad gave him a pretty successful property business where he earns a load of cash.

Am I bitter? No, this happened may years ago and it had some formative affects on me but had that not happened I wouldn't be the person I am today. Since then I carried on playing rugby, and then took up Jujitsu, this has resulted in a lot less bullying and also given me the confidence to know that while I may take a beating I can at least administer the same. It also helped in the schools I worked in that it was known I was a high(ish) belt in Jujitsu and I took a very dim view of bullying.

So my advice? My mate told his lad best, first you tell the teachers, then you tell them again, then if that doesn't work you hit the sod as hard as possible and when the teachers tell you off you can tell them that they were told twice and did nothing about it and he, as his dad would tell them the same. As far as I know his lad hasn't been bullied yet...

Sorry for length and lack of funnies...but it's my second to last day at work so fuck it
(Fuckarma was masturbating into your handbag, Thu 21 May 2009, 11:17, 1 reply)