Hi everyone my name is Genesis Ocasio i am 17 years old and i am from Puerto Rico , it all started when i was 13 in middle school i was new to everything over in PR , see i was raised in Pennsylvania and coming to a Spanish country was difficult , I barely new how to speak the language so the made fun of my accent and also of my grammar , I'm alergic to mosquito bites , so coming to PR wasn't the best my legs were full of bites and of scaps i was very shy cause of that , they also made fun of that , and called me names , also they would say "Poor mosquito that lays on you , I think you will kill the mosquito , and not the other way around ." I would cry every day when I got home .Then one day out of no where this girl started a rumor about me having lice , it wasn't true but they still would say I did , I would cut class and skip school just to not get near them or see them . One day I couldn't hold it anymore and stood up for myself , I said its my body my problem , you don't like people talking about you or your defects so don't and stop talking about mine ! Don't doubt it you are awesome don't let any one tell you, you are worthless because you are important ! Stand up for yourself you are not alone ! Remember maybe today you are in a storm and don't know what to do but , tomorow is a new day a new beginning filled of live and laughter . Always some one is gonna be there for you don't doubt that .

Hi everyone my name is Genesis Ocasio i am 17 years old and i am from Puerto Rico , it all started when i was 13 in middle school i was new to everything over in PR , see i was raised in Pennsylvania and coming to a Spanish country was difficult , I barely new how to speak the language so the made fun of my accent and also of my grammar , I'm alergic to mosquito bites , so coming to PR wasn't the best my legs were full of bites and of scaps i was very shy cause of that , they also made fun of that , and called me names , also they would say "Poor mosquito that lays on you , I think you will kill the mosquito , and not the other way around ." I would cry every day when I got home .Then one day out of no where this girl started a rumor about me having lice , it wasn't true but they still would say I did , I would cut class and skip school just to not get near them or see them . One day I couldn't hold it anymore and stood up for myself , I said its my body my problem , you don't like people talking about you or your defects so don't and stop talking about mine ! Don't doubt it you are awesome don't let any one tell you, you are worthless because you are important ! Stand up for yourself you are not alone ! Remember maybe today you are in a storm and don't know what to do but , tomorow is a new day a new beginning filled of live and laughter . Always some one is gonna be there for you don't doubt that .

Hi everyone my name is Genesis Ocasio i am 17 years old and i am from Puerto Rico , it all started when i was 13 in middle school i was new to everything over in PR , see i was raised in Pennsylvania and coming to a Spanish country was difficult , I barely new how to speak the language so the made fun of my accent and also of my grammar , I'm alergic to mosquito bites , so coming to PR wasn't the best my legs were full of bites and of scaps i was very shy cause of that , they also made fun of that , and called me names , also they would say "Poor mosquito that lays on you , I think you will kill the mosquito , and not the other way around ." I would cry every day when I got home .Then one day out of no where this girl started a rumor about me having lice , it wasn't true but they still would say I did , I would cut class and skip school just to not get near them or see them . One day I couldn't hold it anymore and stood up for myself , I said its my body my problem , you don't like people talking about you or your defects so don't and stop talking about mine ! Don't doubt it you are awesome don't let any one tell you, you are worthless because you are important ! Stand up for yourself you are not alone ! Remember maybe today you are in a storm and don't know what to do but , tomorow is a new day a new beginning filled of live and laughter . Always some one is gonna be there for you don't doubt that .

Hello, I am sickened that the school system in the majority of the communities DONT CARE. My son experienced being bullied for at least 5 years that I know of, maybe more, in elementary and middle school. We lived in a small community and thought we were in a good place. Our son had an IEP with no improvement in all those years. The teachers would have just rather he was not even there. They didn't help him at all so he was flunking class after class. I didn't know what to do or how to help him. My heart was breaking for him. Most days he would come home in tears, I tried to couch him and resolve it ourselves but nothing worked. The final straw was when I found a letter about killing himself if the kids didn't stop, I was never ment to see this he told me later. I was terrified but so glad we had a chance to change his life. We have since moved to community that takes care of its own, with a  top rated school with under 225 students K-12. The move has saved our sons life.  He is now a Junior in High School, has confidence and is an A, B student. He still has an IEP for reading and writing and is now reading at a 5th grade level. This is the damage he will have to undure for awhile to come. Our son is planning to attend college after he graduates from High School. WE ARE SO PROUD OF HIM.

I am Namiko and i am a 13 year old girl, and I am very self-conscious about my weight all during 5th grade to 6th and 7th I've been called names.. I've been sworn at, and teased. At first these things did not bother me as much now it didn't affect me as much until this day, when I was walking home from school to pick up my little brother and a group of boys we're near. I tried my best to avoid them but I failed horribly. When I had went across the street one yelled " fat ass bitch" and through a big block of ice in the back of my head. I went home crying because that really hurt my feelings, I ended up telling my grandmother and my mom about the situation and my mom was livid. I don't feel safe as I did before. I feel like things are going to get worse, I try to keep myself at peace no matter what anyone says but it is not working at all. I feel like no one will ever care for me, now days boys only look at females just because of their looks never for their personality. I always doubt myself I have no type of confidence what so ever. I doubt that anyone will ever have a crush on me because I've been told once that I am a boy and I'm not gonna succeed in life. I honestly feel like nobody cares for me at all and why am I still here on this earth in the first place. Nobody would care if I dropped down dead right at this moment. I've even tried cutting myself which didn't work. I've thought about suicide so many times its driving me crazy. I get treated like a piece of trash. Sometimes I just want someone to just shoot me or kidnap me and kill me because nobody cares about me anyways so why not. I give up on everything.

Most people assume bullies are just in schools and between a group of children. But I've learned from personal experiences and bully can also be a parent. I was beat,insulted,tortured BULLIED for 16 years! By a person who was supposed to be my father. I don't know if I'm the only person to go through this but I have fought HARD to deal with because we all know it's not easy nor healthy to hide it or try to get passed it..Since I'm a recording artist the best way I know how to release my pain is through music..Here is my story http://youtu.be/CTMOMst-474?list=UUHbwahWil0kM645aeSNC0Sg 

Hi, my name is Sandra and I'm 16 years old. I'm from Norway, so I don't have the same school years, or grade system as most of you. I have allways been chubby, my whole life. My first two and a half years in school we were only 11 people in my class, 9 girls, and 2 boys. Out of all these kids, I was the biggest. And they wouldn't let me forget it. I had two really good friends thay never picked on me, and to this dey ne of them is still supporting me. But this one guy wouldn't let it go. I was called "Fatty" "Ugly" and so on every day, he still does this today, but not as often. In year 3 we moved, because my mom was pregnant and we needed a bigger house. My mom had me when she was 17, and my dad was 19. They split up when I was two, and my dad moved away. Since then I lived with my mother, steph-father, steph-sister and half-sister. On my dad's side I have a half-brother and a half-sister. I am the oldest one in the flock, and when my dad moved back here everybody started expecting so much from me. My steph-sister started tormenting me. She would hit me, pull my hair and so on. And my mom would ust watch, and do nothing about it. This is where my problems started. I never learnt to stand up for my self, and this never improved. When we moved i started in a new class, we were 9 kids, 5 girls and 4 boys. I knew one girl before, and she is currently my best friend. Anyway, as I mentioned I was quite big, I wore glasses and my hair was really curly. I had no self-esteem what so ever, so i used to ust wear big sweat pandt and a big hoodie to school. They would call me names, "they" being my friends, one thing they used to call me was "Chris Medina", they still do. They said i had the same body type and hair. One day in fourth grade i thing, in English class, our teacher made us read sentences out loud in class, my sentence was "I'm a man." My friends thought this was really funny, and used every oppurtunity they had to tell everyone about this. In norway when you start in 8. grade you start at a new school, and so we did, we are now 27 people in our class, and they had to tell every one in our class about the "I'm a man" thing. And everybody thought it was hillarious, and so they started calling me a "she-male". Since i hate arguments I just laughed it off, like i did every year. I even laughed it of when my friend punshed me in the face. My guy friend straight up punched me. I didn't tell enyone, i just covered it up. They still hit me, they still call me things, I am in 10. grade right now, and it's not getting better. I was recently diagnosed with severe depression, and social anxiety. My steph-sister and my freinds ruined my life, and i have tried to commit suicide two times. This is my story so far, hope you guys have had it better.

Hello, my name is Galiano. When I was in 4th grade, My elementary teacher hit me on my head since 2006. She did that because I didn't do my independence work. 2007, they banned me from computer time, causing me to act up bad, hitting me more on the head, and causing my life turning more miserable. 2008, I went to Piedmont Lakes Middle school since 2008. The teacher told me to shut up and everybody thinks it's funny. I wasn't happy for what they've done to me. 6/01/09, everybody got cool gifts from the teachers except me and I was jealous. 6/02/09, Speech teacher got me a printed picture of me from the student hero award ceremony, I was really sad and I was crying because I got bad gifts. 6/03/09, it was the last day of school when everybody got chocolate cupcakes and I got vanilla cupcake. I was crying at the last day of school for not what I deserve. July 2010, I got kicked out of summer school because I tried to hit the teacher for not giving me what I wanted, and the bus driver said I'm not allow to go to summer school for me forever for the next 3 days. I went to Robinswood since the first day of school, but it was bad. Everybody makes fun of me, never pass me the ball, got me kicked off the bus because they think I hit a student, but I didn't. I told the truth and finally they've believe me. I don't have friends anymore and I lost my respect for the teacher that bought everybody t-shirts and I didn't get one. She was my period teacher that was acting ghetto. 2011, I went to Wekiva high, I was bullied sometimes, I tried to tell the truth but they don't want to hear it. 2012, Students makes fun of me and no adults believe me. I use glue to put it on the toilet seat and I got in trouble for doing that. 2013, I was writing bad words on my paper because the pain I've suffered in every school I go to, I got caught by my teacher for writing that. So I tried my best to stay strong for everybody. I've been bullied for nine years and I'm free from it. I'm still crazy in my high school year and I don't even like it. If everybody is feeling upset or being bullied, I'm always by their side. Be what you wanna be in the real world and don't let your life down

After not getting what I wanted for ten years, I decided to find out how to make my life change. But I hope to find any good classes I wanted in school, but the school didn't give me any good classes since my elementary, middle and high school year. When I graduate from high school, I'm going to join the army. I just wanted to accepted in anytime

My name is Marie. I'm 23 years old and I have been bullied most of my life. It started with people punching me on the bus since elementary school. Then in middle school it got worse with girls pulling on my clothes because of my small size, I was only able to fit into younger girl sizes. Boys calling me an "alien" because of how I looked back then. Because of bullying I did grew into a deep depression that was unknown to my family for years. I was going to take my life away in 8th grade because all I thought was... it's just going to get worse. But it didn't, I kept holding on to hope. I made sure I made a change. I got stronger by being around friends and family. High school rolled around, it was all different. I became wiser, made motivation talks to myself and made friends with upper classmates. I became more social. I found love in the most unreal event that is now a 6 (going on to 7) years relationship. Even though I still have depression today because of bullying, I refuse to seek treatment because I found better ways to fight back. Make friends who you know will be there through thick and thin, not ones who will drop you like a fly. Your going to go through some rough patches but always remember someone is there holding your hand with you the whole time. Your never alone. Now, I'm bully free and I'm teaching the kids I work with about bullying and how they can change it and help put an end. If you feel alone... just look the sky and breathe, someone is there for you even when you don't know it. Always have hope, happiness, strength and faith in yourself. You are stronger than you think. You will never know what can happen in the future if you just give up. We are all here for you!