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(In United States, high school, north-east, small town of 25k, early 2000's) Got bullied, was the only girl in computer classes. Cliche, I know, but actually
by octokatt 7y ago
(In United States, high school, north-east, small town of 25k, early 2000's)
Got bullied, was the only girl in computer classes. Cliche, I know, but actually happened. Dead bugs on my notes when I left my desk, awful things direct messaged to my computer, shoved around, had my computer unplugged while trying to work, gum shoved over the lock on my locker... one time a guy wiped his wet hands on me and said "Don't you hate it when you go to the bathroom and get piss all over your hands?"
I stood up for myself a lot, but man, the piss on the hands thing made me cry. I did not have friends in those classes.
I was singlehandedly the reason why the computer lab got rearranged and policies were updated twice. I still ended up deciding to go for a different major in college because I never wanted to have that happen again.
Ended up always being in an IT role anyway because I learned so much from the teacher. He was my favorite, and went to bat for me a couple of times. I still send him Christmas cards, nearly twenty years later, because he was such a good teacher and I still use the stuff he taught.