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When I see people say things like this I just think perhaps you were never taught to stand up for yourself.

bullies don't stop being bullies when you graduate high school, they just change tactics.

There comes a point where adults need to step in, but that isn't immediately because someone decided to pick on someone else. Learning to stand up for yourself is as much of a life skill as anything else.

I moved a lot as a kid and after a while I recognized a pattern. I'd move, someone would decide I was an easy target, I'd get into a fist fight, then everyone would leave me alone.



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