They really, really did didn’t they? My Dad was a teacher and did barely fuck all to reassure me high school would be alright, while I’m talking to him about a TIME magazine article about how we’ve reached peak bullying and it’s scarring children for life. This moment a week before I begin high school.
It didn’t go well, not because I was bullied but more likely becsuse my fear response / emotional reactivity had grown massive.
There was a really specific reason why bullying got a lot better in my high school - I went to Frankfurt American High School in Germany and the fall of the Soviet Union caused the Drawdown, the removal of a lot of US troops from Europe. 9th grade, lots of kids, plenty of bullying, 10th grade and on, less kids, much less bullying.
They really, really did didn’t they? My Dad was a teacher and did barely fuck all to reassure me high school would be alright, while I’m talking to him about a TIME magazine article about how we’ve reached peak bullying and it’s scarring children for life. This moment a week before I begin high school.
It didn’t go well, not because I was bullied but more likely becsuse my fear response / emotional reactivity had grown massive.
The bullying had leveled off by the time I got to high school. All the really traumatic shit happened in Jr. High.
There was a really specific reason why bullying got a lot better in my high school - I went to Frankfurt American High School in Germany and the fall of the Soviet Union caused the Drawdown, the removal of a lot of US troops from Europe. 9th grade, lots of kids, plenty of bullying, 10th grade and on, less kids, much less bullying.
Wow! American army brats were bullies there? 🫡
Oh yes, I was bullied for a few years. Thank god the internet wasn’t a thing yet!
Ouch. 😮💨