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When I first read your post, I didn't think there was anything substantive I could contribute. But coming back, as a result of your "mention", something did occur to me. I think I have, perhaps, mentioned in a previous reply to one of your posts that in my life I have been both abused & the abuser. I was terrorized for 4 years throughout high school by a gang of older boys. Everyone knew what was going on including my parents. But nobody cared. It would, perhaps, be too strong to say this in-&-of-itself destroyed my life. But it certainly didn't help.

A few years ago I happened on a YouTube video by the former Assistant Secretary of Education Kevin Jennings. It was & still remains, for me, one of the most powerful statements regarding bullying I have ever heard. Here's a link to that video:

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You asked about an "angle". From my perspective, I think the most powerful thing you can do is to write as well as speak from the heart about your experiences. That is what makes Mr. Jenning's talk so overwhelmingly powerful. He spoke from the heart of his experiences.

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