Ever since I was younger, I've always been a little overweight, and also confused about whether or not I like boys or girls. I was confused and had no one to talk to about it, because in my family, it was considered wrong and something we should not talk about. When I was in 2nd or 3rd grade, I was starting to get bullied by my classmates. Everyone would call me fat, and say that I weighed too much for my age. As the years went on the bullying only got worse. I wasn't sure what I was doing wrong, all I was, was a little overweight. People probably would not have suspected that I was sad on the inside because I am the most happiest, and laughable person you would know. My bullies in this situation were pretty much all the guys in my class. I would usually only hang out with girls because they wanted to do more of the things I wanted to do. Around 5th or 6th grade is when the bullying got the worse. I got called gay, faggot, uncool, fat, lard, elephant, etc. This happened pretty much everyday, and I didn't know how to stop it. So as the years went on, into 7th and 8th grade, I didn't talk at all in class unless I was asked to, and I didn't really laugh as much as I used to. I tried to close myself off from the world. But then I realized that, I can't just ignore my problems, because they would never go away, unless I dealt with them. So, I started to take stand, and cut those people out of my life. I ignored what they were saying, and started hanging out with friends that only supported me, not hurt me. After that, I found a tremendous change in my attitude, and my life style. Now, I am president of my class, and I am involved in school, and I guess

you could say that I'm popular. I never could have gotten through this hard time without my friends. Also, the advice that I would like to give to you guys is that you should never, ever run away from your problems. Don't do what I did. The sooner you deal with the problem the happier you will be. Tell an adult, a teacher, parent, aunt, uncle, anyone. Don't leave the problem alone, it's not fun to go through something like that alone. I hope you can take this story, and get something out of it!

ADVICE: Also, the advice that I would like to give to you guys is that you should never, ever run away from your problems. Don't do what I did. The sooner you deal with the problem the happier you will be. Tell an adult, a teacher, parent, aunt, uncle, anyone. Don't leave the problem alone, it's not fun to go through something like that alone. I hope you can take this story, and get something out of it!