A father who was once homeless celebrates his high school graduation after he quit school at age 16 after years of relentless bullying on June 28 in Winnipeg, Canada.

Brian Petersen, 56, endured years of bullying in high school where his cruel peers preyed upon his small stature and called him names like “shrimp”, “runt,” and “sissy”.

Brian says his tormentors would rip his homework, push him in the halls, and shove him into lockers for hours at a time.

He abandoned school in 1979 when he was just 16, unable to endure another day of harassment.