Half of the congregation were nodding as Tom Howe preached on bullying -- bullies ranging from international leaders like Putin to that of school kids. He related a story of a bully knocking school books from a student's arms and kicking them down the hall as a girl laughed.
As he condemned bullying I was thinking that it was different when I went to school, but then memories of bullying began to crowd into my mind. The worst I remember was the case of two friends who threw another friend into the bayou. After some struggling the non-swimmer got to the bank. His two friends thought this was so much fun they threw the victim in again. He struggled but he was too exhausted to reach the shore and drowned.
I was not involved in anything approaching that tragedy, but I can remember being bullied and got into trouble with the principal when I defended myself.
As he condemned bullying I was thinking that it was different when I went to school, but then memories of bullying began to crowd into my mind. The worst I remember was the case of two friends who threw another friend into the bayou. After some struggling the non-swimmer got to the bank. His two friends thought this was so much fun they threw the victim in again. He struggled but he was too exhausted to reach the shore and drowned.
I was not involved in anything approaching that tragedy, but I can remember being bullied and got into trouble with the principal when I defended myself.
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