You must read this article by Esther Rantzen about bullying! It is disturbing and sad, to say the least.
It really is one of the great mysteries of life, how utterly cruel people, young as well as old, can be towards one another.
Story:
"The National Union of Teachers has just conducted a survey which found that women teachers are often confronted by classroom louts who abuse them with sexual jibes. The NUT says it heard 'some horrible stories'."
"In Weston-super-Mare I met Barry, a young man with Asperger's, a form of autism. He had been bullied at school for five years and became shy, withdrawn and friendless. Exhausted physically and mentally by being used as a punch-bag, he learned martial arts. Once the bullies realised he could defend himself, the physical bullying stopped. But he is still the target of taunts and name-calling in the street."
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