As I was growing up I used to be bullied at school and I never told anyone about it the most painful thing is that I saw my friends picked on but I couldn’t do anything about it.

One day I decided to join the big girls’ team so I wouldn’t be picked on. I joined the team and surprisingly I became them. I picked on my friends too because I wanted to fit in. I lost myself but after I saw how that destroyed my friendship I decided to walk away.

It was scary but for my friends…I would do absolutely anything. I was scared to walk around in the schoolyard and even in class. Something disturbed me though the teacher never recognised this shady behaviour until we reported it.

I was later given a nickname by those bullies “a cry baby”…..I bravely laughed at their wrongdoings and they told me I was crazy. I managed to stand up and say to all of them and said: You know what stupid is what you’ve been doing to all the other kids in class. It doesn’t make you powerful to be a bully it just makes it clear to the rest of those victims that you are clearly as dumb as we thought you were.

When I left their circle the other one grabbed my hand and said who do I think I am? I just shook my hand off her hand and pointed my finger at her and said: You messed up with my friends in my territory… what did you expect I should have done?

Walked away like the rest of them… and be scared?

Actually, you deserve to be a comedian because I am not the one to be slapped on the left cheek and turn to give the right cheek.No I am bad if you think you are bad actually I am worse. Mess up with my friends and the other kids and you will know what I am made of.

I walked away and I was never picked on again. The lesson is to never see the size of the dog and think it is impossible to beat it. Lose when you know that you at least tried because the worst thing you can do in life is give yourself a benefit of the doubt and never try.