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'someone please listen to me.' thats what i thought to myself, while at school, after yet another girl teased me. it started when i started high school. i was nervous at meeting new people. i didn't really know anyone, hated being on my own and i just wanted to go home. it was OK for the first six months, then it all started. i was sat listening to the teacher, when a girl came up to me, started calling me names. i didn't even know her, i didn't know what was going on. i didn't understand. i kept asking myself 'why me?, what have i done?' after the lesson i just went to the toilet and cried. i wanted to die, i didn't do anything wrong, why did she start on me? after that, i just kept my head down at school, getting through each school day, focusing on going home at the end of the day. 2 years later, still got teased, i didn't think it could get any worse, but it did. i was walking through the park when, who i thought was my friend, came up to me, told me she wanted to beat me up, so she did. i was left with cuts and bruises and a black eye, and loss of confidence. that was it, i didn't want to go to school anymore, refused to go. the teachers didn't listen to me, didn't help me when i needed them. why should i go to school, when no one helped me? why should i have to put up with this. i cried myself to sleep. i didn't want to live anymore. i didn't think anybody liked me. i didn't want to wake up each morning. the police came took my statement about the attack. the police didn't do anything just gave the girl a warning. i didn't go to school for a year, i was too scared. i just stayed at home and did nothing. eventually i started a new school, it was OK, i got a bit bullied, nowhere near as bad as the last school. the teachers at this school listened to me, didn't just shake me off as if i was making it up. at last i found confidence. i went on to finish school with the good grades. the bullies put me down, but i showed them, when i came out of school with them grades.now i feel good about jyself, i beat them bullies, made them laugh on the other side of their faces. if i can beat the bullies anybody can. its not hard to do, just ignore them and eventually they will get bored. i used to think the bullies would win, i would end up killing myself or something, but i didn't i came out stronger from all of it.

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