WE'VE RAISED HIM LIKE OUR OWN.  HE REALLY IS HER GRANDCHILD, BUT HE'S MY BOY.  AND WHEN THEY STARTED PICKING ON HIM, I DID THINK "WELL, KIDS ARE KIDS".  BUT IT NEVER SEEMED TO END.  AND BY JUNIOR HIGH, IT GOT NASTIER, LEWD, AND FLAT OUT CRUEL.  AND NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES WE WENT TO THE SCHOOL, IT SEEMED THEY MADE HIM GET PUNISHED FOR STICKING UP FOR HIMSELF.  FINALLY, I SAID NO.  NO MORE WOULD HE BE PUNISHED WHEN HE DIDN'T START ANYTHING.  WE'RE PUTTING HIM IN A WHOLE NEW SCHOOL DISTRICT NEXT YEAR TO START HIGH SCHOOL. THEN WE WATCHED THE MOVIE, BULLY.  AND WE CRIED. THERE WERE WHOLE PASSAGES THAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM REAL LIFE.  IT IS SCARY TO THINK WHAT COULD'VE HAPPENED HAD WE NOT GOTTEN FED UP.  APPARENTLY SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE NOT THAT DISSIMILAR AROUND THE COUNTRY.  LIP SERVICE TO THE NO-BULLY POLICY.