[tragicterror]

Last year I dropped out of school half way through the year to be home schooled because I nearly got jumped by a group of girls at lunch. Due to having issues with my mother, I am moving to the other side of the country to live with my older sister and her boyfriend. My sister said that I'll have to attend public school again while I live with her.

I've gotten bullied, harassed, and put through hell by other students at every school I've attended (I moved around often, so I'm talking more than 7 schools) how do I stop this? I want to make friends, I want to be able to feel comfortable at school so that I can focus on studying and bringing my grades up. Does anyone have any tips??

[Perna]

Do you have any insight on why you were bullied and harassed? Is there anything you can do different?

[alicetailor]

Changing schools is not the solution. It takes time to adjust yourself to one school. You should complain to your school authorities if you are being bullied.

[LifeInDarkness]

I agree with the people above me. Basically, think about the possible reasons why you could be such a "bully magnet", so to speak...

First, find friends. People usually go after and bully people who are by themselves. I don't think I've ever been bullied when I had friends with me (except when the friends were the bullies). It's probably hard to be trustful at this point, but make your moves.

Second, your overall appearance. If you do anything, and I mean anything - dress, walk, talk, etc. - differently than other people around you, then think about getting that adjusted. It's kind of a shame, that you can't carry yourself however you want, but the fact is if you stand out too much you will garner more attention, and that could be bad. You want to blend in with other students.

Exude confidence. Make sure you stand with your back straight, head high, etc. Even if you feel like crap it's important to do this. I've been told that acting confident makes you more confident, and bullies don't like confident people haha.

Anyway, sorry you're dealing with this. I was bullied a lot too.

[Walking Man]

We moved a lot when I was a kid. Changing schools was hard. I had a good attitude about being somewhere new, but kids always excluded me and picked on me at first. There may be other things going on, but I'm sure you get picked on just because you are new. They all have their friends, but you are new. You might dress, act, or talk different than they are used to. You probably know things they don't, and don't know things they do. Kids can be mean. Do your best not to let them see you get upset. Ignore mean kids. Sorry, It's tough. This won't help much, but they are immature and mean, and that's lame.