What's in a Name Cowgirl Blues by Elsi Vassdal Ellis

Kids bullying kids, athletes bullying athletes. We are living in an age of verbal and physical, as well cyber bullies. The torments of bullies become tattooed on the heart. What's in a Name Cowgirl Blues recounts my 6th grade victimization at the hands of new classmates when a 12-year-old "introduced" to Elsie, the Cow, spokes-cow for Borden's dairy products. Without intervention by my teacher, I became more withdrawn or, as she told my parents, "I didn't communicate." I ended the taunting by taking on the largest kid in the class.