Did anyone see a bully become sucessful?

I just finished watching 'The Gift', and it got me thinking, though I was never bullied, I saw some 'smart kids' take advantage of shy, less educated kids, these weren't your stereotypical, u wot m8 i'll get me nan on you type of bullies, I mean the bully I saw was popular, charismatic, smart, and tbh as much as you disliked him he was bound to get somewhere in life, from what I'm hearing now the guy is now studying at a top university but he still is as ruthless as ever.

Did any of you have any bullies who weren't just kids who weren't really going to places, but people that seem like no matter how bad they were they'd still be able to make it?

Sadly. He's now studying dentistry at KCL

Are these the manipulative kind of bullies, rather than, say physical bullies? Isn't their behaviour a slight extreme of what people see in successful, professionals? You know the dominant kind? Obviously, I'm overgeneralising, but do you get where I'm coming from?

I just finished watching 'The Gift', and it got me thinking, though I was never bullied, I saw some 'smart kids' take advantage of shy, less educated kids, these weren't your stereotypical, u wot m8 i'll get me nan on you type of bullies, I mean the bully I saw was popular, charismatic, smart, and tbh as much as you disliked him he was bound to get somewhere in life, from what I'm hearing now the guy is now studying at a top university but he still is as ruthless as ever.

Did any of you have any bullies who weren't just kids who weren't really going to places, but people that seem like no matter how bad they were they'd still be able to make it?

I know this one girl who used to bully one of my friends. My mate was an average student but the bully was a straight A* student even though she had a boyfriend and she went out and did drugs a lot. On results day, my friend got As and Bs with a C and the bully got like 6 As and 6 A*s and then moved to a REALLY competitive school. She's still with her bf and recently I heard that she got an offer from Oxford and Durham or something (I doubt that for some reason because I remember reading the Oxford offers come later on or something so idk). That bully was charismatic, she was smart, she was manipulative and two faced.

It depends on what happens really.

One girl I know was bullied REALLY badly by a gang of girls in my year. They used to call her a slut and send her abuse. Three years on, the girl's had offers from amazing universities to do Vet Med, the girls in the gang have either dropped out of school, turned pregnant or done badly in A levels.

Karma's a bitch someday I guess.

Sadly. He's now studying dentistry at KCL

Are these the manipulative kind of bullies, rather than, say physical bullies? Isn't their behaviour a slight extreme of what people see in successful, professionals? You know the dominant kind? Obviously, I'm overgeneralising, but do you get where I'm coming from?

Yes, I suppose so. It just annoys me because he's doing it for the money (has admitted this) and is not a genuine nor kind person.

Of course, and it made me think, these bullies are manipulative and often lack little compassion, unlike physical bullies, I think these bullies could do a lot more damage to peoples well beings, and when people see that they are sucessful, what are they bound to think?

It's messed up but my thinking was that it's possibly these characteristics they show that lead them to becoming successful. And it probably comes in handy when they are managers etc and it is perceived necessary to be ruthless at times.

By the way, what's the gift? a documentary or film or?

Bullies that physically assault you etc. are the ones who usually become refuse collectors, unemployed etc. (i.e. scum). But a person who is manipulative and bullies you with his/her intelligence and charm are likely to end up as politicians and managing directors.

I just finished watching 'The Gift', and it got me thinking, though I was never bullied, I saw some 'smart kids' take advantage of shy, less educated kids, these weren't your stereotypical, u wot m8 i'll get me nan on you type of bullies, I mean the bully I saw was popular, charismatic, smart, and tbh as much as you disliked him he was bound to get somewhere in life, from what I'm hearing now the guy is now studying at a top university but he still is as ruthless as ever.

Did any of you have any bullies who weren't just kids who weren't really going to places, but people that seem like no matter how bad they were they'd still be able to make it?

Wouldn't it be fun i girl #1 missed her Oxford offer xD