This is something that's been bothering me. I just need to get it off my chest, you don't have to read this.
I'm in grade 8. I moved to a new school a couple months ago. There's this boy in another class. A couple days ago, he came up to me and asked if I wanted a nickname. I thought I'd humour him bc I assumed it would have something to do with my nickname. Instead, he started listing off pet names. He said things like muffin and babygirl. No one at my old school did anything remotely close to that. I was super uncomfortable to the point where I actively try to avoid him. The thing is, a bunch of other boys both in and not in my class do things like this. The most common is that this boy who sits really close to me will joke about us dating in front of the entire class. All the boys will laugh about it and it feels like they're making fun of me and mocking me. Some of the teachers will watch this happen, but not do anything. The worst part is that this is because I'm new. My friends told me it would stop in a couple weeks at the most. It's been almost 4 months. Idk what to do, or if I should even do anything. I don't want to tell the principal cause I don't want to make a fuss and I'm not sure if it even counts as bullying or harassment. Do you guys think I should do something about this?
Also, thanks for reading my rant.