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Bullying In Middle School

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Bullying had always been a part of my life. It first started when I was in elementary school and it usually started with little things, such as the fact that I wore glasses or how many people thought I was weird for reading books and being a loner most of the time. Then, it followed me to middle school. People would look at me, point, and proceed to say rude things about me. People would make fun of my clothing and it affected the way I saw myself. Freshman year begins and I enter into my first serious relationship with a boy named Sam. This horrible relationship destroyed my life. I lost a couple of friendships but along with losing friends, my social status was affected negatively due to hearsay and aggressive accusations done deliberately …show more content…

I thought of all the ways I could go and it got to the point where my parents had to hide sharp objects from the kitchen from me. The suicidal thoughts got so worse that I told a teacher. I got help from a psychiatrist for a while and she diagnosed me with anxiety and a sleeping disorder of some sort. I had to take pills for a while. One day in class, I finally had had enough of the barbaric comments the boys had said so I began to cry in class. The teacher confronted me after class and I told her what the boys had been doing. She took me to another guidance counselor and so I told that guidance counselor what had been going on. Sadly, she had informed me that she could not do anything since it was the first time hearing of this so I told my parents I wanted to switch schools. My parents set up an interview with a private charter school and I was interviewed the next day. After the principal interviewed me, I was accepted into the school so I went back to my old high school to obtain my transcripts in order to be able to be transferred to my new school. During my time at the private school, my grades were getting better and my suicidal thoughts were vanishing. I made new friends and plus, I had reminisced with old people I had known before. I met Eve, a girl who is like a little sister to me, Chantrea, my best friend, and many more other people who made me feel like I belonged on this world. I was finally getting better

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