Help

I am a 11 years old girl and in sixth grade. I am constenly being teased by the 'popular' girls, rather everybody hates them, and I have to keep back from crying in class. I have tons of......I wouldn't call them friends.....around me, and whenever someone calls me a name, they stick up for me, then start calling me names later. EVERY one of my 'friends' do that, so I'm afraid. If I leave them, I'll get picked on the popular girls even more, but if I stay, they'll tease me. My whole school is mean....and I'm not saying that because I'm a spolied brat, I'm saying it because it is true. To make matters worse, my mom says she doesn't care about me beng teased and she's busy and my dad hasn't been home for a long time. My teacher thinks that my friends are nice, so she completly ignores me along with the rest of the school, and I really want to drop out. Any advice?

You dont want to drop out in the sixth grade, trust me, you dont.

Getting past bullying in school is tricky, especially if no authority figgure wants to help.

First I would bring it to the attention of anyone who will listen, teachers, office staff, administrators, anyone. See if you can get your hands on a witness that will tell the truth. Even if it does no good, your establishing a history of bullying, very useful if you ever get in trouble.

If that fails, learn to be an actor. If the tease you, smile and laugh, no matter how it makes you feel inside. I know thats hard (Im six feet tall with red hair, freckles, and skinny, I had my share of verbal abuse at school)but the less response they get from you, the less interested they'll be in you and the quicker they'll find someone who WILL respond. But you need to understand that you need to let out that pain sometimes, by talking to someone or through art, reading, whatever, just dont keep it inside you. I made that mistake.

If it EVER gets physical, you make sure that the other peron throws the first punch. If she does, you are within your rights to defend yourself. If a girl starts hitting you, hit her back. If you run or dont do anything, that will make people think they can get away with pushing you around. Bullys are like wolves, they want to go for what wont fight back, once you start fighting back, your too risky to go after. If someone is hurting you physically, hit them back. Dont slap, closed fist punch. You might get in a little trouble, but its better than getting the crap beat out of you.

Your best bet is just to act like everything is fine and that you dont have a care in the world, even though you may be ready to cry inside. When you get home, let it out. Find someone you can talk to and vent.

Hope this helps, I graduated a few months back from high school. I vividly remember the teasing I got for various things