Monsters in the playground
Jonathan Denny was happy in primary school. Then he changed schools and started Year 6. From one school playground to another, he says, life changed horribly.
“There was this kid whose name was Tom. Every day he’d have a go at me. He’d shove me, call me fat, call me stupid, call me dumb, call me this, call me that. At that age, when you’re 12, you’ve got no mental capabilities of being able to assess a situation; you don’t come up with anything better than tears.
“I think it was because I was the new kid and I was trying to fit in. He was at the top of the chain and I’m pretty sure he was letting me know my place.
“Every lunch time I just dreaded going out there in the playground, simply because I knew I’d go out there, and I knew he’d be waiting for me.
“I’d go home in tears. Mum had to take me out of school at lunchtime so I didn’t have to face the playground.”
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