Getting Beat Up

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Some people at school said that they wished to administer me a beating. These people are friends of a person who tried to beat me six years ago when I was diagnosed schizophrenic. When he tried to attack me, I told him that I was Mike Tyson and I bit his ear. In that era, my interest was heavyweight boxing champions. Now it is Willard Fillmore. I wonder what would Willard Fillmore do. I need to be WillFill.

I might stay home Monday. School is not safe. The teachers ignore it when people insult me and do other malevolent things to me.

School wasn't safe for me, either. I got beat up a lot and the teachers would punish me and just give the bullies a warning. The only thing that stopped it was for me to go to a different school. I don't know if that's possible for you, though.

I cannot change schools. My father has suggested that I fight back. I have before. Last time this happened, I kicked the person in the testicles. He returned the blow. Now one of my testicles is smaller than the other one.

Fighting back isn't a good idea. That's what I did, and I always got detention because of it. Maybe try talking to the principal?

I remember back in primary school one day I was daydreaming in the middle of a class and a teacher called me a name. So for the next 4 years the other kids used that name to bully me until I finished primary school. I never really fought back so they never really resorted to violence, another kid did and they threw him down a hill and broke his arm.
Looking back I really wish I had fought back, even though I know it wouldnt of helped. But I do know that going to teachers dosn't help, the teachers will never understand how bad it is, and dont have the ability to punish the kids enough to make them stop. In the end they will only be angrier at you and they will make you suffer even more than you are and more than they have.
I really wish I could tell you what to do, I really wish I knew what I should of done. If you ever figure it out let me know, but I would say that if you have been standing up to them I would be very careful if your backing down they can be like wolfs if they smell blood in the water...

I was bullied very badly from about fifth grade through high school. Even some in my freshman year in college.

I was too afraid to fight back, but the bullying (taunting me, stealing my things, flushing my books in the toilet, pushing me down stairs, slamming me into lockers, tearing at my clothes, threatening me with knives and head shavings,once sticking me in the rear with a dissecting needle, just kept going unabated. I had very few friends.

I don't know what to tell you other than the fact that it will go away, in all likelihood, when you are an adult in the adult world.

I never figured out how to make it stop.

Isn't threat of assault a criminal offense???

Maybe if you started getting "legal" on the school system, they might take you more seriously. And if you tell them again, they brush you aside, and you STILL get beaten up, SUE 'EM. They had forewarning and should have done something about it.

Therefore, they are liable. As well as the students that beat you up. Getting the local news media involved is always a great move to make, too-- or trying to at least. Schools don't like that kind of publicity.

Even if you fight back a little, it was in self-defense. Though that might have to be proven.

It makes me sick because teachers just bat a blind eye.

I totally understand what you mean. An NT boy beat me up in primary school, often in front of the teacher, who batted a blind eye.

Most of my teachers liked loud, teachers pets.

They hated me because I was quiet.

Tell your parents. That is the only advice I have to offer. If I had told my mum, she could have gotten one of my teachers sacked.

I was only bullied verbally, but I can say that in my experience, telling my mom proved to be a terrible idea. I mean, I didn't even want her to go into the school to talk to the administration about it in the first place, and just as I suspected, her doing so just made things worse. Taking it straight to the administration might be a better idea.

I do echo the sentiments that fighting back is a terrible idea.

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Tell a teacher, and tell them if they don't anthing to stop it, and disinpline the people themselves. You will be forced to go to the poilce to get a restraing order against the people that are threating you. This will force them to not be in the same building with you. Also you will call the local paper and tell them that the school you are going to are refusing to protect you. You'll get a response.

I'm for taking the legal route. Tell the school administrators and if they still don't care whether someone causes you bodily harm, notify the police. If you were an adult and someone beat you up, that person would be charged with assault and battery. It should be no different for a minor and you deserve every bit as much protection from this crap.

And if that doesn't help, like the others said, sue the pants of those folks. They have an obligation to protect you while you're on school grounds and any neglect on their part is against the law.

You can only sue your local school district of the incidents of violece take place on school property, and you can prove that they took place on school property. If teacher's or other adults in supervisory are present while the violence against you occurs, and the judgement is in your favor, you may also make an arrangment with the local school district to reduce payment of funds or defer payment of funds altogeather provided that the adults who witness violence against you have their employment terminated, if a cash settlement isn't that important to you.

Furthermore, verbalising your intentions about suing, or making any other advertisement about filing suit against the school district is NOT a good idea. Let them find out your intentions via a formal legal complaint and a summons, that way, they will have less time to prepare for legal action.

I did the "fight back" method per my dad for a while, and that did help to a point, but I got sick of being sent home and after 2 missing teeth, one broken nose, and two borken arms (not to mention two expulsions and countless suspensions) my mom decided to try her way. She tried the changing school thing, (14 elementary schools) eventually what worked was my mom putting her foot down with the principal and making it his problem. The first time a teacher blew me off when I said someone was picking on me, my mom called the principal and he at said the old "kids should work try out themselves" routine. My mom sat in the office of the school superintendant until he made time for her, and chewed into him for about an hour, he then called my principal, and so on. That guy was scared to ignore me after that. (he didn't want to have to talk to my mom again, lol)
Get your parents actively involved. My mom threatened to go the newspapers and school board about her little tiny daughter who had autisism getting picked on by upper classmen. (apparently being small and female as well as autistic made them look worse I guess?)

I used to get beat up quite a bit, you try to avoid it, but sometimes you can't. Once, because I never tied my shoelaces properly, my shoe fell off and as the 'bully' tried to get me, I picked it up and started smacking him with it. I don't know what their reaction was really, but I didn't have any problems with that guy again. I'm not advising you to take your shoes off and slap away, i'm just saying there's no easy answer. there's people who just act the way they do. worrying about how you have to act in order to retaliate physically isn't really a solution in my mind.

Have you read the WrongPlanet article on this?