Sandie_Zitkus
In Rememberance
When I am stressed out or having a tough time in general - sometimes bad memories from my childhood come up. Does this happen to anyone else? Last night was a particularly rough night with a friend of mine and I had this awful memory from when I was 8 come up.
I had just started 3rd grade in a new school. I didn't know anyone. I was the fat kid. No one would talk to me - except to make fun of me. One particular recess there was this group of kids who were the "in crowd" and a year older than me. I was on the blacktop by the basketball hoops just minding my own buisness. This group of about 5 kids encircled me and started skipping around me in a circle pointing and laughing at me and they would not stop. I did everything I could not to cry. I was humiliated and in shock at what was happening to me. All the other kids just watched. I tried walking away from them but they just followed me laughing and pointing. I tried walking over to a teacher - she looked directly at me - saw what was happening - and did nothing. Eventually the bell went off and they stopped. But I think I was in shock for quite a while becasue I don't remember anything until my mother showed up to take me home. Apparently someone had reported this to the school Principal and she was good friends with my parents. I was told that she sent me home - called a school assembly and laid into the student body about what had happened and told them all anything like that would never ever be tolerated in her school ever again. I was never made fun of again in that school either.
I still tear up when I think about it. It was horrific for an 8 year old.
I had just started 3rd grade in a new school. I didn't know anyone. I was the fat kid. No one would talk to me - except to make fun of me. One particular recess there was this group of kids who were the "in crowd" and a year older than me. I was on the blacktop by the basketball hoops just minding my own buisness. This group of about 5 kids encircled me and started skipping around me in a circle pointing and laughing at me and they would not stop. I did everything I could not to cry. I was humiliated and in shock at what was happening to me. All the other kids just watched. I tried walking away from them but they just followed me laughing and pointing. I tried walking over to a teacher - she looked directly at me - saw what was happening - and did nothing. Eventually the bell went off and they stopped. But I think I was in shock for quite a while becasue I don't remember anything until my mother showed up to take me home. Apparently someone had reported this to the school Principal and she was good friends with my parents. I was told that she sent me home - called a school assembly and laid into the student body about what had happened and told them all anything like that would never ever be tolerated in her school ever again. I was never made fun of again in that school either.
I still tear up when I think about it. It was horrific for an 8 year old.
