by all means let people know what is going on so they can watch over you, but whatever you do, DONT get them directly involved, DONT fight back and DONT show any weakness. they are the 3 worst things you can do, especially if they are the violent kind of bullies. i dont know what goes through their heads, but doing the above pretty much switches their psycho buttons on. i use to get bullied alot at school. i told the school counsellor, thinking i could just get tips off of them and get stuff off my chest. so what did she do? she stuck her noses right in it and stirred the pot. things got 10 times worse from there on. i didnt know what to do so i ended up lashing out at them [sticking up for myself as some call it] and losing control and crying. the bullies threatened me with violence, and they werent bluffing either, they had already beaten several girls to a pulp and one had given my friend a hard slap in the face. the bullying then extended to outside of school. i went to the car asap after school. afterschool was always the time for fights so the faster i got out of there the better. if i saw them at shops they would bully me there. they told their friends from other schools to do the same as well. i always had to watch my back. the counsellor realised she had stuffed things up so she promised not to get involved anymore. she then gave me the best advice. ignore them and dont show your weakness's. so no looking away, no crying, no running, no talking back, no yelling, no dobbing. dont act like you are avoiding them, just act like they dont even exist. stand with friends when the bullies are near. they are far less likely to do something if you have backup. i wish she gave me that advice in the first place because they soon moved on.