I was beaten up repeatedly in school. The school did nothing to stop it. This is during 8th and 9th grade. I was also stabbed with some kind of homemade knife, a pen with a nail in the tip. It hurt but the injury wasn't serious. I finally decided that I'd rather go down fighting, and I started beating up my bullies, or at least fighting back. I found that mostly these kinds of people like easy targets, so they started leaving me alone. I haven't been in school for many years, this is in the 90's. I don't know what it's like anymore but I do know there's been an effort to bring more attention to bullying.