I realized what a big brat I was as a kid

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We always hear on the news or stories online about kids being bullied. So I try to recall a time when I was bullied at school. Yes there were those occasional petty teasings like how funny my surname sounded (cause it means "cold rice"). But apart from that, none. If anything, I was the bully. I wasn't the mean, physically abusive bully but I was definitely mean in my own way - verbally. Gossiped or bad mouthed anyone I didn't get a liking to or when I was jealous that they were richer, or prettier, or more athletic, or smarter. I am not proud of who I was back then. I've made a few enemies in college as well because I was tactless. I wasn't the worst, but I definitely did things that a good girl shouldn't do. I am absolutely ashamed of things I've done that I shy away from reunions or gatherings for fear that they'd remember. Now I've come a long way from being the brat that I was. Too extremely that my supervisor thought I am a very timid person that it comes across as underperforming (and nursing happens to be a very competitive profession) I want to regain confidence without being the arrogant and bratty child that I was. Were you the bully back then? Or the bullied? Have you done awful things as a kid? Did you change for the better or for worse? Have you become the total opposite of who you were?