anyway,heres another one:
our yeargroup had 9 forms/classes of around 30 kids each. 5 of the classes and 4 of the classes were taught separately from years 7-9.
when i was in year 10 at 15 or so,all our classes were mixed as to what gcse option we had all chosen.so it was a bit of a get to know some people all over again situation.
in my graphics class i had 1 mate from my form in there with me(thank fuck) and the rest was all geeks/girls and 3 of the lads from the other population who were considered part of the "hard/untouchable/tough"(whatever you wanna call it) crew.
it didnt take long for them to start annoying everyone including the teacher and eventually one of them made a regular habit of making fun of my facial hair(as i mentioned i got pubes at 10/11) and now at 15 i could grow a full on beard if i wanted.but i usually kept my face shaven.
so it started with "oi,beardboy" beardy prick" etc and "have a shave",the usual.
it got more frequent and more up close.
i got to the point where i started dreading that particular day of the week due to these idiots.i knew i could probably take them but also knew they had mates who were the real troublemakers and one of their mates always carried a switchblade to show off with so thats why i didnt want hassle.
over the weeks,then months i just humoured them and watched as they annoyed everone else in the lesson like cowards.
then half term came so it was a nice break.
the minute we went back and it was the first graphics lesson i started feeling anxious all over again.
they came in and one approached my desk and said "have a good holiday beardy?when are you going to have
a proper fucking shave?" and i replied "i'll shave as soon as youve washed all that acne off your face,deal?" he said ooooohhh your gunna get it now. and he just tipped out the contents of my pencil case on the floor and i said "is that it" and he was like ".......thats just the beginning" and went to walk back to his 2 other sniggering mates.
as he walked away i got up followed him,grabbed his shirt ffrom the back of his shoulder spun him round and just repeatedly punched him in the face non stop whilst holding on to him and shouting and swearing at him not to mess with me.i just kept going until the teacher came and seperated us.
the 2 supposed mates didnt do a thing to help him,cowards, and they also just laughed at him saying haha,richard done you. i couldnt believe it i honestly thought they were gonna help him out.
the teacher didnt even ask me why i had done it because he already knew the twat was causing other pupils grief and also they wound the teacher up regularly so the teacher didnt even bollock me.
he said we would both have to see the head of year who was a right dragon battleaxe old lady.
we both went there and the teacher left us.
the head of year aksed whats happened and as he explained she said "serves you right you little bully" and turned to me and said "well done richard,finally someone has stood up to him" and he still got the bollocking and was told "if richard has to come back here coz youve annoyed him again OR if you try and get your mates involved YOU will be suspended now get out1"
hahaha i couldnt believe it.then she just explained that he was terrorising everyone in general and that hopefully she wont get as many victims complain about him.
but it wasnt time to celebrate just yet....after that lesson it was lunchtime.
i didnt go to the usual year 11 exclusive hang out area coz i knew thered be grief.
i just went with a bunch of mates to the concrete/football area and we stayed well away until the bullshit would blow over.the who school had heard about it within the short time since it happened.
and then in the distance i see 3 of the real tough lot walking fast and with a mean look on thier faces and it was obvious they were hunting for me.
there was the knife carrier and the giant of the school plus one other goon all after me.
my mates said fuck them they wont do nothin.i said i aint waiting to find out and started walking home but one mate chased me and said if i run home then my life will become 10times worse coz they will know i was shitting myself.
he said come on weve got your back and mark(our mate) will be able to break it up/negotiate with them as they are weary of him and it will all just end up in a stand off,plus sampsons knife is just for show.how many fight has he had and never actully used it or even pulled it.he aint that crazy.
so i came back and the other mates said"they asked if we had seen you and they want a word"
i thought ok lets go to the year 11 area and deal with it.
in the back of my mind i thought if theyve all heard the story then perhaps they would think im just as crazy.
anyway as we went up the stairs i got a massive cheer and felt like a celeb...a scared one.
they all came over and i had a few mates stand with me although they were just as worried but eventually it just ended up like"so,you beat up Tom did you rich?" and instead of showing off i was all modest and just explained that it was coz he had pissed me off and if he is so hard why is he getting you lot to do all his talking.tel him yo come over here himself and see what happens.and they said you mess with him then you mess with us blah blah but my mates plus a few others started having their opinions like"its between them two,not you lot...or do you want to make something out of it" it was wicked and i think it showed that the lot who think they are all hard are not invincible so tensions were high and it looked like any of them were considering starting on me but i stayed there all the same and luckily nothing worse happened.
next graphics lesson,the beaten one was very quiet and didnt even annoy others.a lot of the girls in there were thanking me because he had annoyed them previously.
he was obviously very embarassed however his friends started stirring and saying re-match etc.one approached me and started trying it on like saying "do you know karate/do you think your ard now etc etc" and i simply said "do you want to find out?do you want a repeat of before,this time on you?" he changed his tune and said "i was only asking,its not my fight its between you two,if you start on me i will get henry,colin and sampson on you" i said "gotta get your mates,cant fight for yourseld,cant stick up for YOUR mate,its nothin to do with them"
the 3rd one in that lesson was quiet as a mouse ever since the first incident.
as time went by they started getting brave again with the names.
i was clever this time and just got my brother from year 8 who was already making a huge reputation for himself by decking a lot of year 9/10/11s.
he was big for his age and he was the naughtiest and still is the craziest of us 3 siblings.
i got him to have words with them and then they went and told on me but the head of year laughed it off that they were frightened of a 12year old and because i hadnt actually directly done anything to them myslef i couldnt get in any trouble for it.
they had to just decide wheter it was still worth annoying me.
i told them as we all left her office remember you will be suspended if you set anyone on me
anyway,after leaving school we would sometimes see them on nights out in local clubs and they would always try and brown nose me but id never shake their hands or say hello back.
id just ignore them and they knew that they werent at school anymore and didnt have a bunch of bodyguards to hide behind.
they would sometimes try and give me a glare but until they come over it was laughable and id just smirk at them.
also those cowards along with the other so called tough guys never did show up at last novembers 10year school re-union. pussies. in the adult world they would be considered pathetic.
and its funny how some of these ard men were still out that night in the local pubs but never showed their faces at the re-union
School bullies are fucking excellent, just because they never know when to quit.
Fucking excellent!