Hi guys. i know I'm new here but i wanted to share my 0.02$..
Zee I'm terribly sorry for what happened to you, but i don't get this pacifistic approach i see around here.
when i was a kid and i got bullied i went to a martial arts class. don't remember what it was, karate, kung fu or what ever..
after a while studying (about a month, i was about 13 so i was pretty inpatient) i decided i was good enough to go and get my revenge. those guys used to stoke me for my sandwiches and money if i had it, and even for the laugh of beating me up. so the next time they saw me it was the usual, hey kid come here, only this time i dropped my bag off of my shoulder, and walk'd up to them bruce lee style.
they beat the living shiznit out of me! but never the less, while getting completely destroyed i got angrier then usual after getting hit in my face a few times, so i went berserk i managed to wiggle my hand out of one of the oppressors grip and broke the main fu**ers two front teeth with a spray of blood to my face. the others immediately let me go, i turned to one of them and growled (i swear to god, thats how mad i was) the Ahole jumped back.
i was never picked on again. and i never took another lesson in kung karate foo again.
as life went on i noticed bullies are attracted to humility and brains, they cant stand not to beat on them. on the other hand i noticed if you stand your ground even the scariest tard wont bug you.
anouther way of going at it is carrying pepper spray.
i'm sorry for the wrong lesson in life, but thats just how it was for me, and i worked out almost normal..