Bullying can never keep me down

In school I didn’t feel safe nor confident. I was always a target for the bullies that walk the school. They teased me about my skin color and about my weight. They saw the unique things about me and made them into a flaw. They insulted me about the silliest of things and even though it didn’t matter, it still hurts. How come people do those things and feel good about themselves? But they didn’t care. I felt that I didn’t belong and that I shouldn’t even try my best at school. But something in me did not want to give up and I ignored all the negativity that they threw my way and I am proud of myself and not let people who didn’t know me get to me or even have any thing to say that didn’t speak about the values I have for myself.