As a young person I had my share of struggles and difficulties with bullies and was bullied. My personal experiences with bullying began early in middle school and continued throughout middle school and high school. Given a small frame and a statue, classmates often created pranks against me. The pranks didn't start out as bullying; the insults started early in my school career. Names like four eyes, studderbox, nerd, dumb, Steve Urkel, were just a few of the many names I endured while in school. Entering high school as a freshman was one of the funniest and most traumatic moments as a young person. Entering high school with a new attitude, I thought the bullying was over. By the second week of school, I found myself being bullied by another classmate. This classmate used intimidation and threats to physically harm me if I ever told anyone. The bullying started to become more public by being ridiculed by others. My self-esteem became low and I developed a shell of myself. I would beat myself up after being bullied, hitting walls and doors as if he were the bully. One day a coach came to ask me if I was interested in seeing what high school wrestling was all about. I immediately fell in love with wrestling, but I had stressed the reasons why I learned moves to use on others, like my bullies. Once I joined the wrestling team, my sense of pride and self-respect returned. This feeling lasted only a month, when the struggling football players came to train. It became apparent that I was the smallest on the wrestling team and became the training dummy. The biggest wrestler on the team was called the heavyweight as he stood six feet tall and weighed about two hundred and ninety pounds. Became my wo... paper center... Hazing athletic exploiter and Title IX in public school locker rooms. Western New England Law Review, 5377.Ury, W.L. (2000).The Third Side.New York: Penguin Books.Van Raalte, J.L., Cornelius, A.E., Linder, D.E., & Brewer, B.W. (2007). The relationship between hazing and team cohesion. Journal Of Sport Behavior, 30(4), 491-507. Waldron, J. J., Lynn, Q., & Krane, V. (2011). Duct tape, freezing heat, and paddles: Initiatory tales of U.S. men's sports teams. Sport, education and society,16(1), 111-125. Waldron, J. J., & Kowalski, C. L. (2009). Crossing the Line: Rites of Passage, Team Aspects, and the Ambiguity of Hazing. Exercise and Sport Research Quarterly,80(2), 291-302.Wolke, D., Copeland, W., Angold, A., & Costello, E. (n.d.). Impact of childhood bullying on adult health, wealth, crime, and social outcomes. Psychological sciences, 24(10), 1958-1970.