School was ok for me really, we had plenty of 'hard nuts'. We just kept out of the way really and didn't get involved. My best friend was something of a target. Her dad was a detective in the 'special branch' of the Police. The school was very rough and full of 'Police haters'. Occasionally she would get picked on but tbh the bullies where so thick it was easy to outwit them.
One day sticks in my mind. One guy was giving her a load of stick about something, she was only a small skinny girl but she threw herself across 4 tables and grabbed him by the scruff of his neck and dragged him over the tables, cursing and swearing at him, it was so funny, he went all gooey and said things like 'I never meant it' etc. She ripped the whole front out of his shirt, which was also hilarious. He got really worried his dad was going to tell him off about the shirt. Poor guy, I think of him fondly and wonder whatever became of him.
I was bullied at work once which was truly horrible. I had a new boss who was a total male chauvinist. He threw a party one night when he arrived which we all felt obliged to attend. One of his rich business chums took a shine to me and wanted to take me home in his Rolls Royce, I declined and that was the beginning of the end. He was really difficult with me at work and did his utmost to make me feel left out. I couldn't complain to our superior because he had him over a barrel (blackmail). Really nasty piece of work. I had to leave the company. These days I don't think it would happen, so many more HR laws etc.