I've been asked to talk to high school classes. What amazed me was the teachers..."I saw a boy slam his girlfriend into a locker. Is this abuse?" If the teachers don't know and understand, what chance do the students have?

I hope some of you watched Oprah today. It was so typical of a victim of abuse. Confusion, hoping he'd be sorry for almost killing her, thinking she loved him. To people who don't know about abuse it seems surreal but to us who have suffered it, it goes with the territory and we understand completely! [Mad]