eatyourkimchi:

rincupid96:

Thank you Simon and Martina for talking about this topic.

When I lived in Korea, I was bullied.

So badly.

I was beat, isolated (or, wang-dda), teased, my entire school was basically against me.

And you know why?

Just because this ONE guy paid attention to me and he was my friend.

This SINGLE friend I had when I was 5 was taken away from me.

How?

The “jjang” of the school (A.K.A the most popular kid) had a crush on him and she didn’t want him to spend time with me.

So she turned the ENTIRE school against me.

Everyday was a torture for me, 

At 5 years old I should be happy, and waiting for school to come, and you know, being a kid!

But as kindergartner, I locked myself in a bathroom and cried everyday, no one would come comfort me, or even care about me.

INCLUDING the teachers.

I once tried telling a teacher, she looked at me straight in the eye and just nodded.

That’s it.

The teachers couldn’t help because the bully was the principal’s niece.

Eventually, I had to transfer schools and I had a hard time making friends because I was so scared they were going to bully me too.

I actually cried on the first day because I felt like I ruined anything.

I made new friends, but I had to move out of the country for a “BRAND NEW WORLD” -ahaha

These years had such an impact on me, who I am, my mom doesn’t want me to go back to Korea because she thinks I’ll get bullied again.

So thank you, once again Simon and Martina for sharing this, and helping people acknowledge it.

I want to teach in Korea and reach out to all the kids because, you know what? I’ve been there, and

IT 

IS

HELL.

I’m really sorry that this happened to you, and I’m also really thankful that you shared your story.  We don’t have the answers for stopping bullying in South Korea, but we hope that we can, at least, raise more awareness of the issue.