What did you do when you were bullied?

Okay, I'm going to say it. I was bullied throughout the 13 years I studied in school. It was the kind of school where you could start from kindergarten till high school and during those years I was socially isolated, teased, name-called, I had my back poked with several pencils, my books stolen, never got a guy to crush on me (who wants to go out with the freak?).. Things didn't improve much when my acne started and I had to wear glasses and braces... ha! It's a bittersweet memory now that I'm older, but I hated every minute of it! The more they taunted me, the more I tried to hide from the world. One of the least occupied places in school was the library. The books were ripped and old and some books didn't have the last pages in them, but reading became my sanctuary. I learned most of my English from the books that I read and I found that it was easy enough for me to speak in English (English is my fourth language) Heck! I had better grammar and pronunciation than most of my teachers! So i guess being bullied wasn't such a bad thing... Where did you guys go? What did you get out of being bullied?