Tag Archives: bullies

Life Lesson

Posted on June 22, 2024 by mitchteemley

“Bullies assault the weak, professing to ‘teach them a lesson.’ But heroes face the powerful, and in prevailing teach themselves.” ~The Wishing Map φ

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Welcome to Teenage Boot Camp

Posted on August 30, 2022 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir We were in junior high school, theoretically, to learn Math, English, and Social Studies. But we all knew the real reason we were there: to learn how to be cool, so they’d let us into real high school. … Continue reading →

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When Bullies Win, Everyone Loses

Posted on April 18, 2022 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week “Though the boys throw stones at the frogs in sport, the frogs do not die in sport, they die in earnest.”  ~Bion of Borysthenes (325 – 250 B.C.) Suicides among children have tripled since the start … Continue reading →

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My Prize Trip to Hell

Posted on January 25, 2022 by mitchteemley

Source: vintage.es My Real Memoir My dad, the newspaper dealer in our newie suburb, regularly took his most enterprising paperboys to housing tracts where we’d solicit for new subscribers. I was an ace! In fact, by age eleven I’d won … Continue reading →

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