VoxBrief - February 2016 - The School Bullying Problem

THE SCHOOL BULLYING PROBLEM By Roslyn Phillips, BSc DipEd. National Research Officer, FamilyVoice Australia

"Throughout school I was always a geeky kid," Stuart McGregor (41) says. "A nerd if you will. The kind of kid bullies love. Except I had one feature that stood out. I was a coppertop. A red dog. A ranga. A redhead. With freckles.
"That feature made me a target for bullies. On a daily basis I would be beaten. I was afraid to go to the toilet at school for fear of my head being flushed. "Let's get that red out of your hair, ranga," the bullies would say as they tipped me upside down. Blue Loo tastes as awful as it looks and smells."