Whether in the halls or in class I am surrounded by faces, all that I can place a name to. Yet of these familiar people, I am liked among almost none. Silence is my only defense against the looks of dislike or rude remarks I hear spoken about myself as usual. I feel very alone in my school with no protection. I have learned to bear the hatred from my so-called peers.
Teachers are no help.
Though present, they don't see or hear most of what happens in their classrooms. The punishment they would receive would be nothing, or close enough to it to be counted so. A light lecture wouldn't be sufficient compared to the triple amount of emotional pain I would receive later. Physical violence is nothing I fear in school, yet verbal harassment is just as bad or worse a fear for me. Verbal harassment happens throughout the school.