GringoJones

This is unbelievably horrifying, and certainly offers a fascinating (and ghastly) insight into the flip side of the "all animal life is sacred" creed.

As a softie for animals, being exposed to this would be pure hell on earth for me, and I can't imagine I would ever be able to recover. Even the good I'd be doing in your shoes wouldn't ever outweigh the colossal mind-rending suffering being imposed on those poor souls.

But that's me. What would you say your takeaway from the experience has been?

What was the school's reaction? Was there any recognition that they had failed you leading up to this point? Also, any media coverage?

Interesting. I was curious about the slant that the media would put on the incident, but I guess this was before the big "stop bullying now" movement really kicked in.

So this having been some time ago, how has your life been since? I understand how bullying can affect someone in general, but did the incident and its fallout have any specific lasting effects?

That's a good perspective, and I'd imagine is really the one thing you could allow yourself after that experience: that regardless of the horrors you witnessed, you can at least gain a very real appreciation for more traditional Western standards of care.

At any rate, full kudos to you for having the strength of character to do it in the first place. I'd be suffering from hardcore PTSD, and I admire you for being able to offer some level of solace to those poor, poor creatures.

I hear that. And thanks for sharing your story. You went through hell, and it could have had a much sadder ending; I'm glad you're here and able to talk about it.