cricks5 wrote:Chris in school my knowledge kept away bullies only because they were too scared I would get payback by beating them on exams if they picked on me. I didn't even reach 5'0 until I was at least in high school. A slow grower, but by then my mind was already more then halfway to the size it is today.
If I were you and I am not unfortunately, you would do best to start working out building up your physical strength so that you don't get picked on still by those older then you even by a few months.
Cricks; according to Chris he is still
well under 5' 0" even at the age of 15; I don't think (unless he is exaggerating his smallness for fun) that physical training is going to help him all that much.
As for why the bullies did not pick on you Cricks - does that
really sound like the likely reason to you?
In my school there was a freshman no bigger than Chris 12. Like Chris, he was an undersized, mouthy brat (sorry Chris

) and he used to shout insults at kids
way bigger than him (including me) from a distance and run away through the crowded hallways if anyone tried to retaliate. Once I tricked him into a trap and corneredd him - and he thought I was going to beat him up; but I didn't have the heart to do it; just simply shook him a bit and let him go. THAT was his secret; no one wanted to beat up on such a small kid (he was no bigger than Chris says he is - he weighed maybe 70 pounds sopping wet) no matter how mouthy he was! Maybe the bullies didn't thrash you simply because others would look down on them for doing it not because of your exam skills (most bullies couldn't give a damn how much better others score than them). Or maybe they just didn't dislike you THAT much - although that seems like a stretch!

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