Debbie Downer

Something about Facebook today (maybe seeing the faces of friends from elementary school) reminded me of how much violence there is in school, even where I went upstate. The school bus was always the worst. And it disturbs me that I can't remember the name of the douche nozzle who held a knife to my throat against the bus window (I only vaguely remember his face), or the dude who kicked me (really hard) in the crotch on the playground for no apparent reason. I don't remember why I didn't report either of those, or why I didn't tell anyone about the fight I got into on the bus in fourth grade with a girl named Katie, who kicked me in the stomach multiple times. My older brother got into dumb fights all the time. But it's disturbing to me that even at that young age, I had been physically attacked twice by male students. I wonder if that's normal, or average. Maybe I was just lucky.

Those were my only brushes with school violence, and they all happened before middle school. But there were so many fights in the cafeteria too, and the auditorium.

Anywho. Ramblings.