Why Tom Cruise and not Daniel Radcliffe? Daniel is 5'5" tops and Tom is more 5'7"-5'8" I believe.

Now it would be false to say Tom Cruise doesn't have any insecurity over his height, given that he is known to wear thick-heeled shoes for that extra solid look. But he's not hugely insecure, otherwise he wouldn't have married women taller than him and probably WOULD be doing height surgery!

Besides, Daniel Radcliffe has talked about his height more in the past and seems content, so as well as being even shorter than Cruise, why would he even do leg lengthening?

In that case, I guess he should have been kicked out for doing the nipple twist. So I can see the appeal in "knocking him out" because he had started the physical abuse, in fact that's how I felt at the time but I felt too physically weak to put him in his place.

And to make matters worse he actually bit (yes, BIT) another peer on the nipple. This person was about an inch taller than me at the time and really skinny, but didn't react in the same way at all and took it as banter. He was even one of the people laughing at me for almost starting a fight that in the eyes of most people, I had no chance of winning. And I can remember wanting to take my anger out on that guy because of this.

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Hi did you stay 5'4 for a long time before getting your last spurt to 5'6/7? I remember when I posted this topic I was 5'4.25 and now I measure 1/4 inch difference at 5'4.5 6 months later. Hopefully I will grow a bit more!

Anyway, I do a construction related course which does tend to attract thick-skinned and immature young people. Sorry for the confusion because I believe the defintion of "college" is different in America and has a different meaning. It is classed as further education but I am not sure what the US equivalent would be. Thankfully since the incident my teacher has split our group so that the more mature people are in a separate group.

I really wasn't sure which section to post this under but went with "Heightism" section. At this point I am feeling inadequate, strongly desire to be taller and almost giving up.

Up until recently I was more accepting of my height, but yesterday I was at college and this guy picked on me because I am small. Not to say I'm not the only one he picks on, he has been in trouble with teachers before because of his bad behavior. He did this thing on me called "nipple cripple" which means suddenly grabbing someone by the nipples and twisting them. He missed my nipple but left quite a big bruise and it hurt for hours. This guy must be about 5'10" or 11" (a good six inches taller than myself) and I told him if he did it again I would punch him in the face. He responded by saying if I did that he would hit me back 10 times harder. We squared up to each other but it didn't erupt into a fight and he told me to "come back when I'd grown taller". What made me even more angry was the fact that he did what he did because he thought he could get away with it, because I am the smallest kid. He also did it to another guy who is about my size but he took it as banter and was even one of the people laughing at my reaction and saying that I would have lost the fight. After this incident my pride was hurt badly and I strongly wish I was bigger and taller so I could stand up for myself. I knew deep down I would lose the fight. 

I just want to ask for anyone's advice, how do I deal with a situation like this??? I am kind of a "late bloomer" which might mean I will gain a bit more height before I'm 21, but clearly I'm never going to get near average height. I was extremely short at 15 because I was 4'9 and now I'm not so short but still very short at 5'4.25 at age 18. I might reach 5'6 or 7" at the very most. The fact that I look so much younger than I am also makes me a target for bullies like this.

I know people are going to say to walk away from a situation like this, but it's physical abuse and I don't see why I can't give it back. When in pain it triggers a 'fight or flight' response and because I am out of immediate danger chance are I will lash out next time around.