I was teased non-stop all through elementary school... I mean, it got so bad that my mom and the principal of the school met and they thought about transferring me to another school. I think I cried at least twice a week. I was a really sensitive kid and they picked on me 'cause I was little and Asian (I was the only asian kid in my grade), so I didn't look like the rest of them. I went to the nurse a lot, with headaches. They ran all sorts of tests and didn't find anything wrong, but in retrospect, I bet that the headaches were related to the teasing. And I couldn't fight back... it was like, when the teasing started, I would just freeze up. At first, I think I tried to fight back, but they'd just tease me more and then I'd end up in tears in a corner somewhere. In middle school, it let up considerably, 'cause I was able to make new friends... I didn't have any friends from my elementary school in middle or high school. But every once in a while, someone would say something... usually I was able to ignore it, but sometimes... Now I can't cry in front of anyone. I get so mad when I see people being mean to someone else, and I usually voice my opinion, loud and clear.