A couple of months ago, I was at my friend’s house, hanging out with a big bunch of us. It really surprised me when two kids who my friends and me don’t like, showed up. Both of these kids have hated me since grade 5. They were acting all tough and saying mean things and just being rude. Anyway, they left after a while and the night went on. The next morning I went on my Facebook and found this message:
hey **** bag watch ur back back. ur in **** trouble! now ur gonna be **** out ur teeth for a week **** me **** are looking for u now.
I felt pretty scared. I should probably mention that the kid that wrote this and his friend have wanted to beat me up before too.
All that week they kept posting nasty messages on my Facebook.
Anyway, I know this sounds stupid, but I kind of felt embarrassed that this was actually happening. I didn’t feel like telling my friends or anyone about it because it was online and I wasn’t sure if it was really bullying or if they were just being dumb, but I was getting a bit freaked out.
I finally talked to my guidance counsellor at school, because I figured they would just keep getting more mad and would come looking for me.
My counsellor said because they had posted to Facebook, there was a record of what they had said and the school could do something about it. The school called my parents and the other kids parents and we had a big meeting to talk about things.
Me and those other kids still don’t like each other (at all!) but they aren’t posting nasty letters and stuff anymore and they leave me alone.
I guess it was a good thing I talked to someone about being bullied, even though I felt weird about it. I learned it’s still the same thing (and wrong!) whether it’s in person or over the phone or on Facebook.
