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A Bully Story: What To Do Against Harassment

A Bully Story: What To Do Against Harassment by D.O.C., OTD/C If there is one unfortunate constant of life, it's bullying. For kids, play (at any capacity) is their #1 occupation. But when bullying come into play, it disrupts the natural progression on a child. Bullying is like a weed in a garden. It has the ability to alter a child's personality across the lifespan into adulthood. At it's most extreme consequence, a repercussion of bullying is a mass shooting inside a high school. For me, I received my own shock from bullying during my childhood when we moved from a quiet town in Illinois to a heavily populated Little Haiti community in Miami, and lived as a real life Karate Kid. At that time, I was forced to fight daily against "Zoe Pound" gang members in Middle School. Zoe Pound grew to be one of the most notorious gangs in the U.S. with prominent members such as the rapper Kodak Black . Having to face bullying from this gang changed who I was to the point to w