School

09-07-2008

I remember back at the end of year 7 (final year of primary school), we were sitting around near the end of the day - it was the last week of school so we weren't doing any real work.

The teacher started asking the other students to pick out what they thought each student would do for a living when they finished high school. For some reason it was unanimously suggested that I would work with computers. I have no idea why

09-07-2008

With in my school with people who can dance usually solve stuff with Dance offs,
With the ones that can't I have a stoic evil look on my face nad then it will just give the message that I don't like them, but the 5 regular groups that harrass me have found immunity to that, hmmp, I need a new game plan,

I've been sick for quite a while now, bad cough and stomach bug, if haven't been able to dance, If I don't get better soon until school starts hmmmm, new game as well,

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09-07-2008

Dragon . . . knock em the . . . out. . . if they don't fall run!!!!

09-07-2008

Haha , thanks Jarkari,

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10-07-2008

Maybe we should help each other with bully problems,
Our older members could probably provide the most insight because they have gone through the whole experince,

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11-07-2008

For the love of all that's sacred int his world, don't ask me for advice (unless you want to turn out a little... weird *tic*).

But then I am ridculously opinionated so if I keep reading this thread, you might get my advice whether you want it or not. ^_^

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"It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living. " Sir David Attenborough

11-07-2008

Thonoir,I respect your modesty, I really dislike the people in school who are over confident and think they are so cool,

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Usually only one way to settle things Shuffle off or DDR battle that's the asian way,

11-07-2008

Maybe you should try being "over - confident" . . . Works better when you start fresh but if you act reasonably confident then people are more likely to respect you, in most cases, unfortunately if they've been on your case for a while that probably won't work. It doesn't mean it'd right, I hate cocky people to but there's confidence and over confidence. . . . All else fails kick in the sack and keep kicking while he's down. . . be prepared for expulsion . . .

11-07-2008

I find that there is a group of snobby people who think there god's gift.The thing is they follow you around and make fun of you.We have 5 mintue breaks beetween classes so one day i decided to sit by my locker and read Americas Best Zoos.The snobs found out what i was reading and they started kicking me and calling me animal freak.Ugh!!!!!!!Then to make it worse a teacher was coming down the hall so they chucked a p*** magazine in my lap and made one of the cool teachers think i was a p*** junkee!!!He did'nt get me in trouble,he just laughed but now he makes it sound like i am.UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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11-07-2008

Thanks Jarkari, I guess I'm doing fine in genral in school, I don't find myself sterotypical nerd,

People bag me I get angry inside and I move on, people in my class i guess are friendly but I've never had one of those groups were you are a respected "member"

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11-07-2008

Zoogoer2000 I can understand you, I personally think going to teacher has no real effect though, maybe you should try indirect retaliation,

Do you have any new age talents? Dancing? Martial Arts? Maybe the school just needs to view that you are an extremly great guy, with lots of talent? I'll try looking in to this issue for you on the net,

I'm just trying to help so if I'm doing this wrong tell me,

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12-07-2008

This seems to fly in the face of the advice given so far (see - told you I'd be back) but I'd say to not bother 'trying' anything. If you have a core of good friends then that's all you need. Sure the majority might not get on with you or make an effort and there'll be kids who are just straight out jerks but, digging out the old cliche book, just be who you are. I went through school being bullied and had one or two other issues which dwarfed that btu I had 4 friends who are still, 17 years on, my best buds. You don't need to change for people - if they don't like you then to hell with them. ^_^

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"It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living. " Sir David Attenborough

12-07-2008

right, since i'm 17 and next year i will be going to be in my final school year before university (year 13) I think i'll just throw a little advice into the ring.

Thonoir is correct in what he says. As long as you have a good core of friends then you'll be fine. Jerks will be jerks and are encountered in every walk of life unfortunately, however once you reach 16 the ratio of decent people to jerks changes drastically and there are far less jerks about (people maturing usually).

As for zoo related stuff at school, in my opinion, it is better to keep an interest of this nature to yourself, this board or when at the zoo. At school, try to keep to more mainstream interests (in my case, music and football) as this will mean the bullies will struggle to target you for what is (in their eyes) a geeky subject.

Another important tip is to be confident (although not over-confident). Bullies will rarely pick on people who are happy and being confident makes it hard for people to put you down. Being in a close-knit group of friends will really help in this case.

12-07-2008

I'd definately disagree with CZJimmy's comments relating to zoo interests. If that's what interests you, then why hide it? Likewise if you're not overly interested in the more widely accepted pursuits, why focus on them? If you have a passion or an interest in something, don't let how you express this be defined by the perceptions of others. Of course, if you like zoos AND sports (for example), be happy and proud in pursuing both. I'll take myself as case in point - in my early teens, I played rugby and football but still got bullied and befriended a bunch of guys who, like me, loved art, film, comics... we were (still are) pretty much total geeks. Strangely, one of the biggest (popular) jerks around asked to be in one of our films (yeah, we recorded tons of fun little films - martial arts, Star Trek spins, animations, that kind of thing) but we declined.

To quote Janis Joplin, "Don't compromise yourself - you are all you've got."

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"It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living. " Sir David Attenborough

12-07-2008

Thonoir, fair enough with disagreeing with me. I've just found that not deliberately mentioning it has worked for me. I guess every school (and it's pupil population) are different.

If i'm asked about animals, I'll answer with some knowledge, but I don't go around school discussing zoos and animals. Basically, I leave it up to my friends to bring up the animal subject, not the other way around.

Edit: Just realised, despite saying that, i have included animals and zoos in my coursework when it was possible! Oh the hypocrisy!