There are two well written posts by Michelle Sagara and Seanan McGuire on bullying, and I wanted to boost the signal on them:
Bitterness, bullying, and breaking the circle by
seanan_mcguire Asperger son at school, part 1: What it takes to address bullying by
msagara I've been there. Like so many others, I was bullied in and out of school. For the most part, I hid my pain, and things only improved for me once I left high school and went away to college.
The more we talk about this now, the greater our chance at breaking the cycle.