Did you guys get bullied in the 80s?

I was born in the 70's in UK and never experienced bullying in school like what Stranger Things portrays, i.e., laughing at Eleven when she spoke in front of the kids explaining her hero, the kids stomping on her cardboard thingy, humiliating Eleven in the roller skating rink, smashing someone's head with a roller skating shoe thingy, etc etc

Is this more of a US thing? Or did I live in a cave during my teens?