Being Bullied for Three Years Taught Me to Walk to the Beat of My Own Drum

Alienation taught me that being alone isn’t so bad after all

Photo by Rene Asmussen

I was bullied every single day, for three years, when I attended middle school at a private institution that cost an arm and a leg.

I was emotionally torn down by my teacher regularly and by the vast majority of my classmates, and I found solace in my…