I don't really know if I can say it's a type of abuse or not...but I was at the receiving end of quite a bit...alot for being 'poor' 'quiet' 'smart' and alot for being of a certain racial background. Mine, too, was not limited to one or two people 'picking on me' but the majority of the 'popular' kids in class. Boys and girls alike. From 2nd grade through 11th (I switched schools in my Jr year is why it stops there) always from the same groups of people. There were a few times one of their crowd would be nice to me one-on-one, and though I reveled in that, and had secret fantasies I would be accepted because of it...it never happened. And I lost hope in having friends, and my schoolwork suffered as a result, though all the teachers said I had so much potential, and was bright. I was almost moved up a grade on a few occasions, but the teachers and such thought I needed the social skills of interacting with my own age group :/ I don't know if it would have helped, but one will never know, now. It seems now, too, that had I skipped a grade or two, it could have gone either way. Better, getting into a new set of people throughout the day...or worse, that my age mates would have more things to razz me about being too good etc.

Anyway...just a bit of my experiences.



<font color=purple>Pain can indeed be a beautiful thing</font color=purple>