I care because during my first 6 years of Elementary, I was bullied. During my last year it was behind my back. I couldn't trust a lot of my friends, but I knew those I could trust, and I talked to them about it. They were a great help in comforting me and helping me stand tall and be proud of who I am. I watched a movie, and a girl like me grew up to have the highest possible security clearance!! I play violin and know that if I just stand tall and practice, I'll get better and make it big one day.

Anya - 12 - California

Bullying has made a huge impact on my life. I have been Bullied physically and cyberly. I have been bullied by friends, enemies, other parents, teachers, and many more. I have a really low self esteem and not very many friends. I am going into high school now and I am really scared because I don't want people to knock me down and say mean things about my figure and my height. I am scared to go places like malls, grocery stores, and beaches because I am afraid of being seen and judged by others... I have 2 loves. One, I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE to sing and play guitar. Two, I love basketball... People that knock me down and tell me things that I know aren't true, keep me from doing the things that I love. Almost everyday I come home crying from school feeling bad for myself because I don't have any friends or family. I wish things would change... someone help please <3

Shelly - 13 - California

I was bullied all the time but i was bullied for having a opinion . They would say my opinion was stupid and i should just shut up. Friends really help though. 

Brianna - 11 - FL

I think bullying is wrong because if you bully someone imagine that person bullying you and you have to also think about your actions bufore you do it and if you need help than get help dont be scared to stand up to them  then you can ignore them or talk to a teacher,parents also dont listen to them just think about something and say that your unique in your own way

Christina - 11 - MA

i was bullied since 3rd grade and i know the pain.   i was little over weight in school and alot of people made fun of my weight and i was slower in my education skills it took me a longer time to think about stuff.   i have been kick punch push stab  i had broken bones i have scars.  i had no friends i was a loner.  i was in the 8th grade i met this old man and he saw my cuts my scars and he told me son what happend i told him my story and he look at me and said son do me a fovor and never give up  he told me that i was the bigger man and after our talks i felt better of who i am.  everyday i would go to school and i would sit by myself and do nothing trying to hide from people  one day i brought my guitar and i wrote a song about my life of been bullied.  if i had any advice for people out there getting bullied tell your parents tell your friend tell someone  stand up head high and be who you are and dont let bullying take over you .

cody - 18 - boerne tx

bullying doesnt affect ONE person. it has a domino effect. everytime someone is bullied, someone else has to suffer. i myself was bullied all through elementary school and middle school. i was teased because of my height, physical appearance and the fact that i was capable but "slower than a turtle" when learning. i never really had friends i could trust and i faked happiness to my family. pretty soon, i got used to the scars of being bullied. but I HATE the feeling of being so helpless; its unbearable. in high schoo, i met this girl two years older than me. she was a great friend adn so happy all the time. no one knew what was really going on. then, she missed school. first, 3 days. then 5. then 10. then two weeks. i never had her number or address so i just sat and worried. she texted me once and i found out that they followed her. they trashed her HOUSE and battered her. they beat her until she was lifeless. it started a while ago but she never showed her pain. she was strong. but it got so bad she had to cut all connections and move CITIES away ..and i never saw her again. being a victim of verbal abuse and witnessing bullying at its peak made me realize, we have to STOP BULLYING BEFORE IT STOPS US.

mary - 15 - california

Bullying is just wrong. I hate seeing other's getting picked on for no reason. Growing up, I was bullied all throughout elementary and middle school. I didn't know how to stop it. So i just cried. People were just so rude to me and would always tell me i'm too fat, or not pretty sometimes they would even make fun of my height because i'm so short. Now that i'm in high school I feel like i have a little more freedom but sometimes i still have people come up to me and say things that i don't want to hear. My freshman year, rumor's spread around the school that I was pregnant... I would ask people why they would say this stuff to me. Their response was always the same. "You're fat, you're not cool. Or you don't smoke" I have a tough life ahead of me. I have a sick mother who's not doing too well, and my father died a few years ago. Now the only thing that makes me feel better is cutting myself. I started in the 6th grade and ever since then, it's the only way to express my problems. I wish people would at least not talk about me.

Amber - 15 - NY

I used to be a bully. I was horrible to so many kids and I used the excuse of having bad things happening in my life, not realizing that the kids that I bullied could have some bad things happening in their lives as well. I learned about a kid that I bullied life. And it was horrible. It sucks now that I ook back and know that I just added more pain. Once I figured it out, I wrote him a letter telling him how sorry I was. Fortunately to this day he and I are friends. I feel so lucky that he forgave me. Now I am a completely different person and if you ask my peers at school they would say I am the sweetest kid they know. I want to help the bullied and the bullies. I stand up for kids who are picked on and I will leave my lunch table and go sit with someone that is sitting by themselves even though it not what everyone else is doing. NO ONE DESERVES TO BE BULLIED. And for the bullies I ask that you try to put yourself in that kid's shoes adn wonder what they have to deal with at school AND HOME. Hopefully when we all get older we can just tell our kids about how people USED TO BE bullied because they were different or an easy target and say that we are glad that it no longer exists. Hopefully one day this will all be ancient history. For the bullied kids I want you to know that you are loved and cared for and that it will stop. Try your hardest to stay strong. Peace luv rcknroll

Marie - 14 - IN

I care because i was been for several years in school nad am struggling to deal with it to this day. I am bullied because  i was born premature and because of that i am blind in my right eye and have vision in my left eye and beacause i like school and i am a nice person. I hate to see other people go through what i am going through. Bullying can hurt people in serveral ways. i feel bullying can end!

tiana - 15 - st.louis

I care about bullying because I've been bullied and bullied people. I've had my karma for bullying. Trust me, you get what you give. Bullying is nothing cool, funny, or good. Don't do it. 

Megan - 14 - Missouri

I am bullied because i am diffrent. i have something called trisomy 8 mosaic(kinda like a cousin of trisomy 21) i also have a problem drooling(all though i am getting better at remembering to wipe it off my face) and i also have a speech problem but most people can understand me. i have problems with my muscles and such to. i have a wee bit of autisum. im am very smart though. i love reading(i aced my reading taks test this year like always)i love learning news things. im consentlly on the computer looking stuff up. people tease me because im diffrent and abnormal i am called names and everything else! i want every kid who sees this to know your not alone! keep fighting the good fight im with you no matter what!

margaret - 16 - rockdale, texas

I am bullied in school and because of it, I got Depression.  Every time that I feel left out or people talking behind my backs I feel alone.  I think that I am the only one who is going through with it.  But I figured out that I am not the only one.  But I am making the best of everyday that I can.  If I can help someone else, it would be one less person to a safer schools.

Kayla - 17 - Pennsylvania

Cyber bullying is one of the most mean and cowardly thing one can do. It should be stopped, but this will require a lot of effort, co-operation from many and also alot of COURAGE. To the victims of this epidemic, stand up against them bullies! start speaking up!  don't let them be, report them. Not just for youself, but also for the sake of others. Imagine if you don't report them, they might stop harrassing you after a while, but they'll probably move on to another victim. Why should we let them do this to us? They are the ones at fault, remember, BE BRAVE BECAUSE YOU'RE TRUE.  to the victims: #staystong  lotsa love, xoxo

Tammy - 15 - Malaysia

I care because in 7th grade, I was absolutely tortured. I will never be the same. It's been three years, and I still wake up at night, crying, because of what they did to me. I was beaten, made fun of, pushed, hit, stabbed, etc. They stole my clothes in the locker rooms during PE, and they would soak them in toilet water and cut them up. They trapped me in lockers because I was so little. (I now have claustrophobia). They gave me swirlies which scared me to death because my aunt tried to drown me when I was four, so have always been scared of water. I was depressed, and had nobody. But today, I am a survivor. Though, at times, I feel like a victim, because it still haunts me, I know that I am past that, and I am so much stronger. NOBODY deserves to be bullied, and I am here because I want to help put a stop to this. Depression, guilt, anger, suicidal thoughts, being scared to go to school.. Kids don't deserve to go through any of that. I want to help kids across the world who are being bullied, who are living a constant nightmare. I want to let them know that there is a light at the tunnel. That life is worth living, and things will get better. I don't ever want anybody to be treated the way I was. I shared my story, to let you know that things can get better, and they will. You are not alone. EVER. And you are loved. <3 

Kylie - 15 - Arizona

I left school because of bullying and I know how much it sucks. Nobody should ever have to go through that. 

Danielle - 12 - New York

i hate to be bullied !

desainelle - 15 - Philippines

i have some people in my class that call me stupid,wierd,ugly,fat,retarted,dumand many more. and they always did i would make excuses to get out of class and i would tell my mom i wuz sick or just something but i got help and thats all you have to do . i got help 

                                        JUST ASK FOR HELP 


                    GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!!    

mckenzie - 13 - tn

i don't want to see others get hurt. i think that it's just stupid to bully anyone, since most people do it out of jealousy. well bullying won't change the fact that you're just someone who doesn't care about others but him/herself. bullying doesn't solve anything at all, but in order for the bullies to know that we all have to unite and stop them together. United we'll never be divided!

Angelica - 14 - Mission, Tx

i deal with bullying too. i have dyslexia and dyscalculia (dyslexia with numbers) and i studder when i read. im scared to death of reading aloud in class. i know people talk about it behind my back but not everyone knows about my disorders so they dont know what they are making fun of. im supporting pacer because bullying not only hurts me but so many others as well and we are all hurting. bullying needs to stop. if u know someone who is bullied try to help, even if helping means just listening to them or sticking up for them. it helps to have someone there. my love goes to everyone in the world who is bullied. i pray that one day we will be free.

Sarah - 15 - Missouri

I think that it is wrong that people get bullied. During my years in elementry, I was bullied. I was so scared to tell anyone. I remember never being glad to go to school because I knew that I would be bullied. But when I finally told someone, I felt much better because soon after I told them they stopped it for continuing any further. It is my hope that teenagers can work togther to stop bullying forever.

Reanna Wareing - 16 - Canada

Bulling isnt right and people can really get hurt by bulling.I recently had a incident were i tried to get a boy to come fight my friend because of things he had said.But afterwards i realized that it wazent the correct thing to do because someone could have seriously gotten hurt.I can tell you from my experiecne if this ever happens to you to just stay out of the situation because you can get in trouble or someone can get hurt.

Gavin - 12 - cumberland,marlyland

i am bullied every day if i and around or not i have no one to turn to my mom has done all she can do yet i am still bullied i have learned tea-kwon-do to defend my self and it does no diffrent i have dealt with bullying sence kindergarten and have just finished the sixth grade and am still dealing with bullying whether it is because i have ocd or a speech problem or for no absalut reason i get bullied i have gone to the teachers and the principle even my mo has gone up to the school i have told my mom about 7 of the times i have been bullied this year alone i have benn bullied about 70 times bullying is wrong and needs to end i support teensagaistbullying.org for this reason bullying needs to end

dakota - 12 - akron ohio

I don't have many friends becasue people make fun of me.So by not having friends i get made fun of it.I get in so much trouble at school because of the people that make fun of me.I'm really tired i wish bullying would just stop.I cry my self to sleep at night because of it.):

Wendy - 12 - Elkhart IN

ask for help... it may not seem like it now but things will get better, and people out there do care.
"In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope." 

Laura - 15 - Rochester MN

I left a school because I was always bullied by other girls. I speak out because no should ever get so sacred they stay away from school or from the outside world in general. I so happy that I'm at a new school and can finally speak out aganst bullying. 

Siara - 13 - Washington

i saw two kids get bullied at my school and they both left. Now me and my friends feel left out from the rest of the class and they purposefully leave us out. One time kids were going to play a game and they asked a kid to play who was standing right next to me. They looked at me and just left. Today, they were talking about an end of the year party and they were sitting right next to me and my friends. One of the kids said,"We can invite everybody, well almost everybody..." They looked at us when they said the last thing. Kids don't get that just because i sing and do plays it does not mean i'm not athletic or like girls. People don't get you can be more than one thing. BULLYING NEEDS TO STOP!!!!!

Brett - 13 - Pennsylvania

i was bullied but having my friends really helped.

peri - 11 - london ontario

I've been bullyed. the bullying  start in 7 th grade.I was scard ,emberest ....
so i didn't wanna go to school. a week later i dicided to be home schooled.
i guess the girls in my school were just jelouse because i was in "popular click " . it still hurts .......  

Monika - 16 - europe,slovenia

I care because i was bullied in my secondary school worst still i am not only bullied by my classmates by the senior and  my teachers.I was the one who was picked in the class the most because i was short and small size. My growth was slower then others by two and a half years.They will all  insult me with bad thing even in front of the teachers but none of them care they even laugh at me. people say stick and stone can break my bones but words never will that's is not real it hurt so much. i have gone through it and no one else should have ever gone though it like me. Do what's right and change what it is not . Bullying is not right and will never be right.

Jerry - 12 - Singapore

I care because I know what it's like to be bullied. Not only that but by all of your best friends. I still don't know what I did but it doesn't really matter becuase it didn't stop them from hurting me everyday. I have to avoid different hallaways because they would yell awful comments. They become friends with people they keow I don't like to hurt me. AND yes it worked! They tell vivacious lies about me and all of my secrets. I walk by myself sometimes because i made them the center of my life and when they all ditched me I turned around and realized I did't have any other friends. It is a struggle everyday and now and then I cry because I never thought this would happen to me. There mean girls. But then i realize I will take a lot of experince from this and promise I will never do this to another person. It has made me stronger and a better person in the end. It sounds like bull but it's be optmistic or kill yourself over things you can't change. Roll with the punches or get beaten to death:) Bad quote but it help me!

Liagh - 15 - lorida