I don't know if I'm hated, but I'm disliked by a lot of people.
I have no idea what I've done, but never mind, eh?
I have no idea what I've done, but never mind, eh?
How popular are/were you in school?
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I was a class favorite. Voted "Wittiest in Class", which is a tactful way of labeling the class clown.
I was about as popular as a fart in a spacesuit, as they say...
It's strange, but because I reached 5ft6 by eleven, being taller than everyone else made me a target - the law of the playground is strange indeed. I also took to wearing a trenchcoat and was called Terminator for a long time, which was embarrassing as a girl. I did manage to get the school to collect three huge truckloads of toys for the kids from Chernobyl, so my youth wasn't totally spent hiding in a corner.
I remember prom - five lads asked me to go, the first four were making fun of me, so that by the time the fifth asked, who I incidentally had a HUGE crush on, I thought he was doing the same and told him where to shove it. I was heartbroken when I saw him at prom with a girl wearing tiny glittery hotpants (the girl, not him, that would have been easier to deal with...)
Who here would LOVE to go back to those heady school days with the confidence that you have as an adult and be able to tell all those who were nasty to them to sod off, as they'll end up with seven kids before 30 and a long term career in a fast food chain of their choice...
BTW: Anyone still in school, this IS the happiest time of your life, but its also the time where the real world doesn't count - so called nerds will end up popular because they'll end up loaded, those who "get some" will end up as teenage parents, and you'll never get so much free time off as you do at the moment. Funny how it never seems like the happiest time when you are there, isn't it?
It's strange, but because I reached 5ft6 by eleven, being taller than everyone else made me a target - the law of the playground is strange indeed. I also took to wearing a trenchcoat and was called Terminator for a long time, which was embarrassing as a girl. I did manage to get the school to collect three huge truckloads of toys for the kids from Chernobyl, so my youth wasn't totally spent hiding in a corner.
I remember prom - five lads asked me to go, the first four were making fun of me, so that by the time the fifth asked, who I incidentally had a HUGE crush on, I thought he was doing the same and told him where to shove it. I was heartbroken when I saw him at prom with a girl wearing tiny glittery hotpants (the girl, not him, that would have been easier to deal with...)
Who here would LOVE to go back to those heady school days with the confidence that you have as an adult and be able to tell all those who were nasty to them to sod off, as they'll end up with seven kids before 30 and a long term career in a fast food chain of their choice...
BTW: Anyone still in school, this IS the happiest time of your life, but its also the time where the real world doesn't count - so called nerds will end up popular because they'll end up loaded, those who "get some" will end up as teenage parents, and you'll never get so much free time off as you do at the moment. Funny how it never seems like the happiest time when you are there, isn't it?
This. All the popular kids in school knew me, but I was never close friends with any of them.Amnestic said:
For first and part of second year of high school (not sure what that is in US terms) I was teacher's pet in every class, top of every class and as such extremely unpopular with my so-called "peers".
Halfway through my second year I snapped, refused to go into school any more until they acquiesced to my demands, which were "allow me free reign in which classes I do and don't attend". I spent around nine weeks at home reading until they obtained permission (naturally one of the classes I refused to attend was P.E. which meant some higher-up official had to be consulted because P.E. is a compulsory class until you enter fifth year).
I spent my last two and a half years at school in the "special kids" section, where the aggressive kids were held, since there was nowhere else for me to be held while classes were off. Those years were pretty much teaching experience for me, there were only two adults (teaching assistants usually) present in the room at any time and they were kept busy attempting to maintain some level of non-riot, so the kids who had any interest in doing any work (AKA the kids who'd been promised rewards like computer time once they'd done X problems/questions/pages) would ask me for help. Out of sheer boredom I usually did, depending on how recently the individual in question had last thrown a chair, fist or rock at me.
TL;DR: Substitute teacher, punching bag, token bookworm.
Halfway through my second year I snapped, refused to go into school any more until they acquiesced to my demands, which were "allow me free reign in which classes I do and don't attend". I spent around nine weeks at home reading until they obtained permission (naturally one of the classes I refused to attend was P.E. which meant some higher-up official had to be consulted because P.E. is a compulsory class until you enter fifth year).
I spent my last two and a half years at school in the "special kids" section, where the aggressive kids were held, since there was nowhere else for me to be held while classes were off. Those years were pretty much teaching experience for me, there were only two adults (teaching assistants usually) present in the room at any time and they were kept busy attempting to maintain some level of non-riot, so the kids who had any interest in doing any work (AKA the kids who'd been promised rewards like computer time once they'd done X problems/questions/pages) would ask me for help. Out of sheer boredom I usually did, depending on how recently the individual in question had last thrown a chair, fist or rock at me.
TL;DR: Substitute teacher, punching bag, token bookworm.
I was fairly popular. I was a guy able to integrate with the different groups in my year. People in the lower years knew about me due to my time on stage at the school shows/stand up and comic routines at Comic Relief.
The American accent helped a bit as well. Girls in Edinburgh LOVE it!
The American accent helped a bit as well. Girls in Edinburgh LOVE it!
Yeah, im almost the same except i dont have a close group of friends and everyone in my school hates me. But im used to it so it's pretty cool.PersianLlama said:
Well, in the old days I was the loudmouth who was an attention seeker and also very gullible and well... stupid, I hung out with the nerdy types and always tried to be the leader and maybe even a bit of a bully. I'm not sure how popular I was, my friends liked me, I suppose that was plenty enough.
But now I'm very much a loner, I barely talk to anyone, don't hang out with anyone, I guess I have a low tolerance for people nowadays (well, stupid people anyway). I only started a month ago but I've grown very popular with the teachers, probably because I'm one of the few who doesn't feel the need to act like a twat most of the time.
But now I'm very much a loner, I barely talk to anyone, don't hang out with anyone, I guess I have a low tolerance for people nowadays (well, stupid people anyway). I only started a month ago but I've grown very popular with the teachers, probably because I'm one of the few who doesn't feel the need to act like a twat most of the time.
I was upin everything, I chilled with every social class. Even won some popularity contests too. Was voted Best smile my last year. Yeah the ladies loved me and so did the guys. I hosted the parties for New Years and I didn't discriminate either, all were welcomed. Some were intimidated I guess. I really liked my High School. College was some of the same, I was the VP of Finances in College and was inmanyschool events. Social butterfly I guess.
I'd say 4 out of 6 people you ask at my school will know me. It's mainly because I come from a tribe of brothers all a year and a half apart, that all are football stars. So I'm usually usually know as the quirky little bro of them. But the best thing I'm known for is the almost offensive title of 'Twitch.' I have Tourettes, and my random tics in class definitely liven things up a bit for the student body =D
On multiple occasions I've had classmates ask me if I was a new student, even though I had been at the school since I was a freshman, yeah, I wouldn't really be in any particular group, not even the outcasts, I was the guy you didn't even know was there until you were grouped with him in a class project, although I guess if I had any title while in school it would be "that guy who is always reading books".
tried to be, wasn't
didn't try to be, got a whole bunch of new friends
that is usually how it goes?
didn't try to be, got a whole bunch of new friends
that is usually how it goes?
Best dancer in school.
Consistently got excellent grades without studying too much.
Kinda shy but still talked to most people worth talking with.
Had a nice group of friends.
2nd tallest guy in school.
I'd say fairly popular and in the eyes of most teachers/students, a nice kid who studied as well as enjoyed life and wasn't the usual nerd.
I am 24 now btw.
Consistently got excellent grades without studying too much.
Kinda shy but still talked to most people worth talking with.
Had a nice group of friends.
2nd tallest guy in school.
I'd say fairly popular and in the eyes of most teachers/students, a nice kid who studied as well as enjoyed life and wasn't the usual nerd.
I am 24 now btw.