Open question....

Ciudad Dario es a medium-sized town in Nicaragua. I just spent three days there doing a seminar on Peacemaking for a group of teachers in a Christian school. Teaching on the subject has become my passion over the last eight years or so. The material itself has changed as I have learned more. My perspective has changed too, from how do you get out of conflict once you are in one, to how to live a life a peace, whether or not you are in a conflict. More recently, I have delved into the subject of bullying. It is interesting that I am yet to find a word in Spanish that is the equivalent (there are lots of bullys who speak Spanish, just not a single word that really expresses the same idea as the English word).
The teachers are supposed to start the school year next week, and I knew that they had lots they still needed to do, so I finished up my seminar at about 2pm on Friday so they could have a couple extra hours to work. While I waited for my hostess, I sat down with one of the books I had brought along in case someone wanted to buy a book (no one had any money to buy books)It was The Wounded Spirit by Frank Perretti. It had impacted me the first time I read it and impacted me again as I re-read it in the light of what I have been studying about bullies. There are some things that a person can and should do alone, there are other things that a person should never have to face alone, and one of them is bullying. Just wondering...what is your experience? Ever been bullied, and had to face it alone? Ever been a bully or watched bullying and done nothing? What would have helped you?