bullying

The people of Oklahoma deserve better. We deserve leadership that's willing and unafraid to take a public stand against bigotry and bullying.

Bullying is something every kid in public, parochial, or private school has witnessed by graduation. While unfortunate, it is part of growing up.

When all of us are acknowledged as the human equals that we really are, there will be no space left for bullying. It will no longer be wrong to choose one thing over another.

Coinman lets out another legendary explosive from his hindquarters!

Looking at my reflection tonight, I see a new girl staring back at me. She has big hair and big eyes and a big heart. Not only is she the perfect size and pretty...she is smart. -Mackenzie

I think unfortunately society nowadays picks upon the fact that we should all fit into this perfect little box, perfect little label. Everybody has to be labelled, because that's what makes human beings feel comfortable, I know what that is. If they can't do that, they start thinking that's obviously not right.

Grayson noticed me next to the lockers. He pointed at me then held his arms out magnanimously. __ou__e welcome, new girl,_ he said. __ just saved you from having to find a nice way to say no to the leg dragger.

I__ known cruelty in a school__ruelty that would keep these amateurs up all night. But this kind of scene__rowds batting around a person because they thought he was weak__appened to be my personal trigger.

Everything will change in your life when you finally learn that you deserve SO MUCH BETTER

It's basically the same in all periods of societies. If you belong to the majority, you can avoid thinking about lots of troubling things.''And those troubling things are all you /can/ think about when you're one of the few.''That's about the size of it,' she said mournfully. 'But maybe, if you're in a situation like that, you learn to think for yourself.''Yes, but maybe what you end up thinking for yourself /about/ is all those troubling things.

It is the selfish parents who are to blame. Pay attention, be involved in your children__ lives. They are your legacy, your only hope.

You're a survivor because every day you make a choice not to be governed by their harsh words or actions. No one has the right to take away your happiness

I__ scream, but I have no voice. The bullies stole it from me

If they don`t like you for being yourself, be yourself even more

This is followed by laughter because we're in high school, which means we're predictable and almost everything is funny, especially if it's someone else's public humiliation.

... [T]he other lesson history has taught us - that tyranny and oppression are no match for compassion ... that the fanatical shouts of the bullies of the world are invariably silenced by the unified voices of decency that rise up to meet them.

Stefan spat. "Oh, aye, he fell. O' course, Master Ralon helped him fall, several times. Poor li'l tyke didn't have a chance.

Listen up, Little Miss Fun Hater. Off the record, if it wasn't for our school's strict but smarmy anti-bullying laws, I would bitch-slap you into next summer.