This is all prepuscent ... it was in the teens and Junior High that I started to 'man up' ... wasn't good at it ... but I DID man up
The rest is as how we all remember ... those that dare to remember.
The bottom line of all remarks to this thread is;
Leave the kids alone.
Protection from gangs and getting shot has nothing to do with bullying ... THOSE're criminal offenses.
I handled failure and defeat and embarassment and all the negatives and learned success and winning and inner/outer strength.
It's the American way to allow defeat and losing ... it's how we win.
It makes us better lovers of our women.
It’s the American way to allow defeat and losing ... it’s how we win...
...you use the incorrect verb tense in your comment...the present ‘is’ must be replaced by the preterit ‘was’...now your comment is correct...
...although I allow that you are partly correct, in that a certain subset remains subject to your above tenet...to wit, straight white boys...