Year one and year were ok.

No different to what you would expecct them to be at that age.

The problem started in year three. Year threes were made to share the upper playground with the "big kids"

The big kids just looked so intimidating. At least it's not me they're actually picking on.

That Trevor guy was the biggest bully of them all.

He especially liked picking on the skinney kid in year four.

"That's going to be me next year" I recall thinking. I wasn't looking forward to being in year four. Up to now I'd looked forward to every day at school. I wan't so sure now. I didn't mind the safety of the classroom, it was only the playground I was scared of.

One day, Thomas had to stay back because he didn't do his reading homework. This gave me an idea. I stopped doing my reading homework too so that I too can be kept behind and don't have to face the wild jungle of the playground and that bully Trevor.

A lot of people in year three, four and five would confront Trevor about his bullying and he would give everyone a sob story about how he had been bullied most of his life and that's all he knows.

Even though he said this over and over, no child believed him. What did he think we were, adults? it's only adults who fall for rubbish like that.

Anyway, the time came for Trevor to move on. Even though the quit year four kid didn't say anything, I could see how happy he was that Trevor was leaving to go to High School.

What could I have done differently?
Should I have done anything differently?
It wasn't really my problem was it?
I mean, I'm just a lone kid in a big playground.
What difference could I possibly have made?

I was recently faced with simmilar questions. And as before, I did'nt know what to do. What can one do?

The nation is a blatent bully and hides behind the fact that it was bullied many years ago, albeit by people other than the ones it's chosen to taken it's anger and frustration out on.

Unlike Trevor, Israel will not be moving onto another school so we can't just sit back and wait for that day.

Unike the kids of the playground, a lot of adults are falling for the shit they are being fed by the bully. They think it's somehow justified for the bully to pick on the skinny nation.

It's not only affecting Palestine. It's also affecting the future of the kid whos decided to bury his head in the classroom. It's stopping him from getting an education, securing a bright future. All because he's scared of the playground.