Ever been bullied?
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- detritus0
I once bullied a kid, without really appreciating what it was I was doing.
An English kid, not very offensive - christ, I can't even remember why I and the others didn't like him.
I'd just gotten a printer (Citizen colour dot Matrix, oh yeaah) and would dabble with things in Deluxe Paint.
I made up badges and a membership/allegiance form for the 'AWA', which stood for the 'Anti W---- Association' (W--- being his surname). Got a load of the kids in my class to sign up (poor kid wasn't exactly popular) and ... well, can't remember much more than that - it was a pointless secret cabal that didn't do anything other than exist for a non-purpose.
My form teacher found one of the forms.
I was always a bit of a twat in school - always in trouble, but I had good relationships with the teachers who weren't fundamentally assholes - they knew I wasn't a total toad, I knew where to draw the line most of the time.
My form teahcer was one of my favourite teachers for this reason - he'd throw me out of class pretty much every lesson because I was being a show-off dick or whatever, but we always got on and he was a solid teacher.
He called me ‘Evil’.
At that moment I took a step back from myself and realised what an utter, utter shit I'd been.
Parents informed, made to come in - personal apologies made.
Mine was sincere and heartfelt - i felt terrible. I have no doubt he thought I was just filling in gaps, saying words to appease, none of it meant.
Still feel bad about this episode to this day.
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I bet he's a multimillionaire somewhere now.
- maybe you should make some apology signs and put them up in his neighborhoodcannonball1978
- haha, this was all 20-odd years ago, in a country a thousand miles away. I've no idea where he is now.detritus