Banish Bullying

7/11/2018

By John Engh

Executive Director of NAYS

I am not ashamed to say I was the victim of bullying as a child. It is amazing how time can heal wounds, but I can tell you that there were moments I absolutely did not want to attend school. Through junior high school, I was always one of the smaller kids in class and – in more than one case – had to deal (or hide from) bigger, more aggressive kids.

I remember a day in shop class when one of these kids actually approached me from behind and choked me with a sanding belt. Our teacher saw the entire episode and never did a thing. I think for that reason I have always looked out for these types of behaviors as an adult and done my best to help out the bullied child, if possible.

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