"Stolen" from a newsletter

[skoolgrl1979]

This is NOT my writing. It was written by an 11th grader in Maryland who has Asperger's Syndrome. His name is Alex Mont. It came from page 8, Issue #3 of "The Arc: Insight". The ARC's website is http://www.thearc.org.

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[skoolgrl1979]

In some cases, fighting works and sometimes it doesn't. Then, the person who fights back gets looked at as another bully (sometiems) rather than someone who shoudln't be messed with. The kids who can't fight STILL get bullied then (can't fight as in NOT ALLOWED to fight back b/c their parents won't back them up or can't fight as it DON'T KNOW HOW). This is coming from someone who's only been in four fights in my entire life (counting the one a week ago when I accidently kicked my boss' ass). I'm sure most of the "fighters" in my school really DIDN'T want to fight but they saw it as the only solution. After ignoring (which you did) and moving away (which you did) didn't work, the teachers should have told you HOW to talk to the bullies (which you may have tried). If they (teachers, other authorities) had been paying attention they probably would have solved that problem before it started. Unfortunately, they can't watch everything and they expect people to act maturely, which they don't (the bullies were acting immaturely, NOT YOU). I don't know if bullying has been getting worse over the years or what: they've always been around. Apparently, teachers/authority figures either stopped watching or stopped knowing what to look for.