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"She was teasing me, I didn't know the words,
I didn't know the English language."
"In my last school I had no friends"
"I've been through a lot of experiences of bullying here at school and in the world"
(reporter) "Students at the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind
recall their own personal experiences with bullying"
"No one would sit next to me at the lunch table,
and the same group of girls would bully me,
you know continuously because of my vision problem
because they thought that I couldn't see certain things."
(reporter) "But now they're taking a stand to make sure students young and old
understand what bullying is so they can prevent it"
"Some people get the misconception that bullying is something physical
you know hitting, spitting, punching, pushing, all that kind of stuff.
But there is being bullied through text messages and emails
and on Facebook and Twitter and all that stuff over the internet you know.
Even isolating someone, not letting them be around you for no reason."
(reporter) "Florida law defines bullying as:
And these students say it's all about positive behavior,
taking a stand, and learning what to do at a young age."
"The younger you get to someone, I think is the better they'll have knowledge and less likely it will be."
"Don't just let it happen, you know don't ignore it.
You have to do something about it."