I attended John Muir Middle school from 2006 - 2008. Within these three years, I've witnessed, participated in, and received bullying. The middle school I attended had tightly packed cliques and everyone knew almost everything about each other. I witnessed a friend of mine being bullied by other girls in school. I was still trying to find myself, so I never spoke up. I even joined the girls in bullying her and making fun of her. It got so bad that she had to transfer schools, however I didn't responsible. After she left the drama settled down and everyone was looking for a new target, me. It then came my turn. I went from bullying, to being bullied. This went on for another year before I wanted to transfer schools. Although all the girls hated me at school, I made the decision to stay. By 2008, the hatred towards me died down and the girls actually apologized for the way they treated me. I can related a lot back to Malala and how she was being discriminated against and bullied. The girl I bullied and I are friends and I apologized to her. Bullying is a serious issue because it definitely effected the way I viewed myself, and had a huge impact on my self esteem.