weirdly enough I had this precisely same experience in middle school and it defined my personality for years after
I was basically predestined to be bullied, as a 2nd year transfer into a school of normies; reading for fun was grounds for mockery, as was my appearance and accent
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RT @turrible_tao
I remember in school there was bully and even when he would kick me the teachers would say to not make big deal abt it and that's just w…
https://twitter.com/turrible_tao/status/1414312326258384898
at first I reacted by trying to ignore it, be above it all, pretend like I didn't care, but of course that just made it worse, causing me to mistrust the well meaning teachers who told me to do so, even more than I already did
and similarly, it only stopped when I went apeshit
never believe anyone who tells you that the way to not be bothered is to shrink yourself and dissociate
your boundaries matter and enforcement thereof is the only thing which generates respect