what a great post! I was bullied as a kid - frizzy red hair, braces, poor lol I was an easy target. Back then there wasn't as much attention given to it - it was "just the way it was" or girls being girls. But those school years changed me forever. I'd never want someone to feel how I did.
Now with an 11yr old I have rammed into his head the treat others as you wish to be treated and also to have an understanding of these "bullies" are really hurt on the inside and lashing out, it has nothing to do with you. Don't hand over your power to them.
<3 really liked your post - bullies don't just disappear after grade school... they become bosses, coworkers, people at the store.. so it's best we all remember they are hurting people inside and kill them with kindness!