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Bullying lasts a lifetime

THEY are the best days of your life.

That’s what we were told about being at school. We had to write essays in which we “discussed” why this was so.

For many, they really were – no bills, few responsibilities, friends and fun. For others, they were days out of William Golding’s Lord of the

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