<human>: Can you succinctly summarize the text in 1-3 sentences?

I'm kinda short, only 5'6".  Was shorter back in middle school/high school.  I'm also hispanic, that's the premise.

5th grade my mom married my step-dad and I was put into catholic school.  Worst place ever, in a class of maybe 25 people and 6 were guys, I was the new boy and was instantly picked on.  Mostly for being short and it was brutal.  Daily they would throw my gym clothes around and I was always the last one back to class because of it.  I would cry and all that.  My mom even asked the priest why these kids would do this even though it's a "God" environment.  He said "The kids are just MEAN."

6th grade I would actually laugh at the jokes as they were kinda funny and I didn't want a repeat of 5th grade.  The bullying stopped, soon I was in the group and it wasn't so bad.

7th - 12th I was back in public school, I didn't get bullied even a 1/4 as much, but still it would happen.  I wasn't a "cool" guy really.  I was kinda shy and stuff.  Mostly the bullying went onto me being hispanic.  I look more italian really, but still it was ammunition for them.  It affected me but again, I would laugh it off but it would still keep coming.  Finally I bounced back, simple phrase but it worked.  "Hey, I've heard all the racists jokes.  Come back when you have new material cause you're boring me."  Only had a couple bullies then, but they were just plain assholes but for the most part I became cool with them and we'd joke about how I must be great at swimming and jumping fences and such.

I do feel bad for one guy because he would say racist jokes to me, so I made fun of him for being ugly and fat and that he'd never have a girlfriend.  He would avoid me for the rest of high school.
<bot>: I beat bullying by either laughing with them, or telling them to stop beating a dead horse with the same racist jokes.