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People making fun of people.

Freethrow03 Posts: 32 Joined: 2004/06/12	2004/06/13, 11:25 PM I've been lifting weights in our school weight room for about 9 months, all of the high schoolers like to make fun of the smaller kids. They don't usually pick on me cause i'm liftin more then most of em were when they were my age. But a friend of mine they pick on all the time cause he's lifting a lower weight. They started picking on him so bad that he just stopped going to the weightroom. I want to say something to them(peolple picking on him) but i'm just gonna be a freshman that no-one will listen to. Does anyone have any ideas of what I could do or say to get people to cut done on the fun making?
hecdarec Posts: 2,457 Joined: 2003/12/16	2004/06/14, 09:40 AM Nothing. There is absolutely nothing that you can do to stop these people from making fun. The only thing to do is continue going to the gym and show them that they are not going to affect you. Tell your buddy to get back in the gym. Soon he will be making fun of them. -------------- I cry once a day.
mmaibohm Posts: 1,621 Joined: 2003/09/30	2004/06/14, 09:49 AM That will work hec also next time they need a spot let the bar sit there for a while!!! just kidding dont do that -------------- I am that which must be feared, worshipped and adored. The world is mine now and forever.No one holds command over me. No man. No god. I am ANIMAL! and that is enough.
Freethrow03 Posts: 32 Joined: 2004/06/12	2004/06/15, 12:44 AM Thanks for the help. I'll tell him next time i see him.
princesslodgey Posts: 1,748 Joined: 2004/02/21	2004/06/15, 04:24 AM People make fun of others because they see them as a threat and will continue to do it if they think it is bringing the people down. If you don't let it affect you or at least make them think it isn't affecting you they will eventually stop.
princesslodgey Posts: 1,748 Joined: 2004/02/21	2004/06/15, 04:25 AM Failing that he can use the old line "I may be skinny, but I can grow, you will always be ugly"
asimmer Posts: 8,201 Joined: 2003/01/07	2004/06/15, 09:42 AM Isn't there a coach or instructor in the weight room? I hate to be a tattle tale, but go and tell someone. The school probably has it in their mission statement somewhere that they want it to be a non-threatening school where everyone feels secure. The other issue is that recdently, that type of bullying has lead to incidents like school shootings. Bullying can be very damaging. Tell someone what is going on and tell your friend to work on his Manson stare and get back in the weight room. -------------- If you fall down seven times, get up eight. I\'m not lazy, I\'m energetically challenged.
dfly411 Posts: 1,352 Joined: 2004/03/04	2004/06/15, 10:07 AM If there is one thing I hate, it's the people that get busy in the gym and then forget that they were once the weeklings that make fun of. I say you put icy hot in their underwear and flatten their tires.
Spazasaurus Posts: 38 Joined: 2003/04/02	2004/06/15, 10:46 AM Tell him not to let them jerks get under his skin. I was where he is when I was that age and their painful jeering only served to motivate me. Tell him to stick with it and go with that motivation and he will be much happier in the end. Before long, he won't have to listen to it anymore. If possible, go when those buttheads aren't around. I would go as soon as the gym would open, them guys are never there to bother you then. It is a school though, so I don't know the set up. Oh, icy hot is not fun! Unfortuneatly, I am speaking from experience here. :(
Freethrow03 Posts: 32 Joined: 2004/06/12	2004/06/15, 10:52 PM The problem about telling someone is that this friends brother is the coach, but i'll look at the schedule to see when there is gonna be a switch on instuctors. His brother doesn't let the high schoolers pick on most of the kids but theres a few were he jsut kind of turns his head. Thank you all for your help.