You just take back the power to be yourself. Isn't that what turning the other cheek is? It's not, okay, well go ahead and bully me some more.

It's, you hit me once, go ahead with your thing but you're not getting

to me with this. I've got the power to be who I am. That's former teacher and

author Nancy Ru on today's episode of Focus on the Family

with Jim Daly and I'm John Fuller. John right out of the gate here I want to

thank teachers for the job they do. We know it's a tough job, but we're grateful for everything. Teachers meant the world to me.

I mean, so many teachers poured into my life, especially as a troubled kid without a mom and

dad. They really helped shape so much of my characters awesome

our guest today has been there as a teacher and you're going to hear some of her

gripping stories and I think a lot of us have dealt with those bullies that

she'll talk about. I had a couple in my elementary school years and I think back to

third grade remember that you remember that? Well I remember mine, not yours. But this kid, for whatever reason, he wanted to beat me up. I just was a target of opportunity, I guess. And I was faster than him, so he never really had the chance to

you get out running well there you go you probably could catch me now but who knows but I

remember my sister cut wind of this and so she decided to stick up for me. She was probably 14 and I was whatever,

nine and I remember running down Artesia Boulevard in Compton where we live for that short period and

she jumped out from behind this bush and deck that kid

stood over him and said don't bother my brother anymore and he didn't the problem I

had is going to school and explaining why my sister had to stick up for me.

But he was bigger and my sister was more his size.

So I feel okay about it.

Well going back, I mean we're having some fun with it, but that can be pretty traumatizing and pretty

difficult you know you live in fear until that is settled and thankfully my sister

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