Quote Originally Posted by Secura View Post
I wasn't at first, "I'm a lover, not a fighter" and all that; I tried all the more diplomatic means of dealing with bullies, everything from just giving them what they wanted to getting teaching staff involved, and it never amounted to anything because the girls would just go back to their routine once the 'heat' had settled down.

Eventually, I grew tired of the constant harassment and snapped... badly. I was suspended for three days, but honestly, it was worth it; I think it did wonders for both my self-respect and the respect I got from others, including my tormentors. They didn't hassle me again, that much can be said.

I don't advocate violence but sometimes there's no alternative; I wasn't going to go on in a living hell, so I dealt with it. :3
Something similar happened to me. There was an older kid who used to pick on me on the bus pretty regularly when I was in about 4th-5th grade. One day I just snapped and started kicking him in the face when he came at me, using the seats as leverage to get some good momentum. He wasn't hurt too badly and no one got in trouble, but he stopped picking on me after that and I gained a lot of self esteem from the incident. When I told my mother, she was actually proud of me.