And taking that kind of action is pretty stressful in itself.
I've probably told this story before, but the worst bullying I got (mentally, at least) was not from the kids but from the head of the science department. A friend and I won prizes in a maths competition and were invited to Parliament House to collect them; the presentation clashed with a chemistry exam so we made arrangements with the MiC-Exams to reschedule our exams.
When we got back from the presentation, Mrs. Fullaghar yelled at us for a good fifteen minutes and told us our scores on the exam wouldn't be counted - this was worth around 5% of our total grade - just before we went in to do it. Fortunately my reaction to that sort of bullying is to dig in and refuse to shift, but our parents both made sure to collar the MiC-Exams and get assurances that we wouldn't be penalised for something he'd agreed to.
She died a couple of years back, in her early fifties IIRC; I wouldn't be surprised if being perpetually angry had something to do with it.
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Date: 2007-05-17 02:35 am (UTC)I've probably told this story before, but the worst bullying I got (mentally, at least) was not from the kids but from the head of the science department. A friend and I won prizes in a maths competition and were invited to Parliament House to collect them; the presentation clashed with a chemistry exam so we made arrangements with the MiC-Exams to reschedule our exams.
When we got back from the presentation, Mrs. Fullaghar yelled at us for a good fifteen minutes and told us our scores on the exam wouldn't be counted - this was worth around 5% of our total grade - just before we went in to do it. Fortunately my reaction to that sort of bullying is to dig in and refuse to shift, but our parents both made sure to collar the MiC-Exams and get assurances that we wouldn't be penalised for something he'd agreed to.
She died a couple of years back, in her early fifties IIRC; I wouldn't be surprised if being perpetually angry had something to do with it.