When I started my public school, back in kindergarten.  School was unbearable; every day I had a sign saying, “beat me.” Lunch and recess were the worst parts of the day.  During lunch I'd have my lunch in my face (but not on a daily basis thank god) and at recess I was thrown off the slide. Most of that changed  when I found a group of friends at a new school that were like me and if someone messed with one of us they would have to face all of us.