I have personally been on both sides of this type of situation. It started by me being bullied. I was push, slapped, beat, and teased to no end until I could no longer take the abuse. At that point I just snapped, and started to fight back. The biggest problem with this was that it felt so good to be standing up for myself I found myself behaving exactly as those that I felt wronged me. I was truly torn with my behavior, but with some outside help I came to realize that I did have self worth and did not have to treat others badly to make myself feel better. I am truly sorry for the individuals that I bullied, and have managed to apologize to most of them. While many feel that bulling is part of life it is not acceptable in any way. If there is no stand made against bulling by changes in school policies the cycle will just continue.