Oliver: Let's tackle bullying problem as a community
Although many years have passed, the emotional scars remain.
As a victim of bullying in junior high school, I am all too well aware what it is like to be an outcast, an outsider, a “them” to the popular girls’ “us.”
The sarcastic sing-song taunt of “Joan, you’re my hero” would follow me from class to class each and every school day. How I longed for the cinderblock walls to swallow me up so I wouldn’t have to hear it anymore.
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