“When I was at primary school I got picked on non-stop for two years. No-one talked to me. I hadn’t done anything to get blamed for, and I still don’t know the reason I got picked on. I wasn’t any wealthier or poorer or a different race.
I used to cry myself to sleep every night. I was miserable. My parents knew and they talked to the headmaster but he wasn’t interested and said he couldn’t do anything about it. My parents knew all the bullies’ parents. One girl even lived in the same street and we had been friends since we were two. Like a sheep she dumped me because no-one else talked to me.
This all happened in primary 6 and I have lost nearly all my self-confidence and hate being on my own. I’d hate to think this was happening to anyone else. I have a fear that if one girl doesn’t talk to me they will all start again and it will never stop. I don’t want it to go on for the rest of my school life. I couldn’t cope.” (Jackie, 14)
Why do you think Jackie was picked on?
What could have been done to help?
If you were Jackie’s friend, what advice would you give her?
Post your comments below.
4 responses so far ↓
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Derek
// Mar 24, 2006 at 6:38 am
I need to know much more about it. Does Jackie have some friends now ? Are things still bad for her?
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Karen
// Mar 24, 2006 at 7:02 am
The school should have done something about it. I was bullied in first year and my teachers sorted it out. Jackie was right to tell but it’s a pity that nobody listened to her.
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jacko
// Mar 24, 2006 at 7:08 am
What’s a man doing anyway as a headteacher in a primary school?
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