I feel for you lot, I really do. But, to add a little balance, (and to alleviate the worries of any members thinking about sending their children to the UK to complete their education!) I want to speak from the point of view of a non-'nerd' and non-educationally abused member of the forum.
I can't recall that I was ever bullied. I'm sure I would have remembered if I had been. I never had my head flushed down the toilet. Was never held upside down by the ankles and shaken till the tanners fell, jingling, to the tarmac from my blazer pockets. (Oh sorry. No-one did that one did they? Um ... can't think where that one came from. Moving on ....)
What I'm trying to say, in my rambling way, is that even us regular kids - with no facial blemishes, who could kick a ball with a fair degree of accuracy, had no gripe against society/parents/teachers, with no mannerisms that could remotely be mistaken for homosexuality - still found solace and a sense of belonging in pop music.
I agree with Howard who, I think, said that it was something that was 'mine alone', something entirely separate from being a child of my parents. I would also say that it doesn't necessarily take the words of a song to set the hungry mind of a teenager to thinking about the world's wrongs and rights. Because that's what we were, hungry. For books. For knowledge. For the spark that would set us off on our path in life. And the music, the sound that is unique for all of us, quite simply, helped us on our way.
... time for some cocoa I think!