I was the quiet, introverted kid who was always studying, practicing piano, or in choir rehearsals. I knew quite a lot of folks in my grade, but I had only a small circle of close friends. Most people thought I was smart, but in reality, I worked hard and really liked to read anything I could get my hands on, so I knew random bits of knowledge here and there. I really appreciated the individuals -- both students and teachers -- who praised my hardworking nature instead of my "intelligence."
Once it came time for me to figure out what I wanted to do after high school, I felt really lost because I liked everything but wasn't particularly committed to any specific field. I had considered going into translation due to my love for learning new languages, music therapy thanks to almost a decade of being classically trained and wanting to help others... the list goes on.
Thankfully, I had awesome female science teachers who fed my curiosity in the sciences, and I got recommended to take AP Calculus in my senior year. The teacher happened to graduate from the mathematics/teaching program at the university that I ended up graduating from this year.
I had never heard about "anxiety" until one of my music teachers who had taught me since elementary school pointed out that I am prone to anxious thoughts. I wish I had take a more proactive approach in addressing these thoughts during high school so that I could have suffered somewhat less at university and even now.
super quiet, introverted goth kid. i'm still very introverted, but i've definitely learned to speak up when needed & also how to dress myself lmao. i'd still consider myself vaguely goth, but Adult Goth rather than Awkward Teen Goth.
I was the kid who liked to draw a lot. My brother and my best friend would also love to draw. We were all into anime at the time, which at the time wasn't very well known in the US. I guess we were all considered nerds or something, because we'd get bullied often.
I was the quiet kid with high anxiety and also happened to be a cynic who loved discussing ideas. No particular style as such, I did (and still do) long distance running and basketball, did well in classes and grades and had a small group of friends. My anxiety made school incredibly hard for me, it was a pretty bad time of my life tbh. In junior school I was bullied quite badly and high school was just... high school lol. I really hope that one of these days resources will be available for teachers to actually learn about mental health and how to deal with kids who have it.
I moved a lot and most schools weren’t very nice because I was very painfully shy. You get a reputation for whatever reason and it sticks forever. The last high school I went to and ended up staying at for 2 1/2 years was nice. I had finally grown into my face because for the longest time I was all eyes and mouth. I was pretty much the shy music nerd who hung out with the alternative kids, but also had my inner group of friends. I never had a boyfriend, but I didn’t really want one because guys are confusing and I never found one that I clicked with. I was the girl the guys had crushes on but, never approached me because they didn’t know how. I got yelled at by my guy friend because I agreed to go to prom with my other guy friend, this hurt really bad I cried over it. He was shy too and I had no idea he liked me, I liked him back and probably would have dated him, but not after he yelled at me. I also always tried to do nice things for others and didn’t listen to gossip and was nice to people equally because I believe in thinking for yourself. Even though my prom date was someone people talked crap about he was still a nice guy and he took me to Denys and bowling afterwards
I was a misfit punk kid. I don't really regret who I was, I was kind of cringeworthy in certain respects but I still like or agree with a lot of things I liked or thought (though I've changed or grown up in other ways).
I got bullied a lot and was often in trouble as a result but by the end most bullies had just given up on trying to pick on me. I was also over high school very fast and was really relieved when it was over. I had some untreated mental illness but eventually I got help for it. It was a long path but I'm doing better now. I wish that part had been totally different because it wasn't fun at all to deal with on top of the usual teenage things.
I was your stereotypical Type-A nerd, an obsessive perfectionist who probably overworked herself constantly. I was the type of student who freaked out over getting a 98% rather than a 100% (please don’t hate me), and I worked super hard to get high grades. This — along with my ethnicity in a pretty homogeneous school — made me a perfect target for bullies throughout middle and high school. At one point, some students actually stole my binder full of unfinished assignments, and I assume they threw it out. I lost a few weeks of work.
But in high school I found a fantastic group of likeminded friends, and we stuck together like glue until graduation. They helped keep me grounded, and stayed up long nights with me to study for final exams. I couldn’t have done it without them!
In high-school... hoo boy, I was the awkward nerd who clutched her trapper-keeper full of literature so close to her chest, like it was a baby. I was so over-protective of that thing. You also NEVER saw me without my Captain America hoodie. I never ever took it off. Rarely ever. Everyone'd be so shocked whenever I removed it, like if it got hot or I was having a sweating episode or something LOL. I also like to think I was 'popular' for being 'my brother's sister', that's how everyone knew me. He wasn't popular or anything, but a lot of kids were nice to him and knew him due to his disability. I don't mean that offensively, I swear. A lot of kids were nice to him because they were aware of his disability and wanted to befriend him and such. I'm not good at wording things someone help me reword that in a better way so it doesn't sound offensive obkjrfdkgedkfbl
But, not only that, a lot of kids picked on me for having a bit of an anxious stutter, a really bad slouch (I have scoliosis so my posture is quite off-key), and just being tall. I was called 'Jolly Green Giant' by the 'popular' people, and the other nerds (that excluded me LOL) called me 'Purple Guy' from Five Nights at Freddy's, due to my slouch LOL. I found it quite funny but there were a lot of names I was called and such. I liked high-school, but at times I didn't wanna go. My attendance was incredibly sporadic. Although, I do miss it. I missed my senior prom which was on an ACTUAL BOAT?! But... looking back, I think I would've gotten seasick or passed out again, like I did with my junior prom, haha. Sometimes I miss high-school, sometimes I don't.
Someone who struggled a lot when their friends weren't looking. I was subject to some targeted harassment but I didn't tell my friends. We were studying for classes and college prep exams so I didn't want to burden them any more. Even within my friend group there was a lot of hurt that I never really addressed.
i was a pretty average kid t h never had trou le with bullies but i wasnt popular, i had a bunch of friends and classmates whom i got along with and thats pretty much it! i wqs lucky lol, regarding my grades.. they were a littlw bit on thw bad side butnits bc i had untreated adhd lol i still managed rl fknish high school and im now in college studying what i like and getting great grades!
i threw beans at one girl for a year because i thought she was dumb and she also said she hated me for being skinny without working out like not even as a joke she meant it literally
the best part was she really was dumb af so the teachers kept putting her at the same table as me so i would help her
honestly i cant think of a better word to describe me than ******** (r word). sorry if u dont like it but i at least get the pass bc im autistic.
I was the one nerdy white kid in an otherwise all-Hispanic class. That made me the social pariah... Basically, even being neutral to me made you unpopular by association, and being nice to me was asking to be mercilessly bullied. I, myself, was bullied quite heavily on a daily basis by everyone, with the exception of the Goths and Rockers, who did not really care about being popular.
I was the quiet outcast nobody liked and nobody cared to talk to. I didn’t have friends and didn’t care for friends. I got made fun of for things out of my control and it was ****.
I was home schooled I didn't experience bullying and all that well I did but that was through online means not physical my life would be not so good if my family decided not to homeschool me I ended up dropping out of school even them due to some personal reasons I do plan to finish at somepoint thought
I know a lot of people were bullied in high school and it was a bad time in their life, but for me it was basically the exact opposite. In elementary school I was relentlessly bullied and had zero friends. When I started secondary school it was like a fresh start and I made so many great friends that I still talk to. I became a confident and happy goth QUEEN. also I loved all my teachers and they loved me too tee hee
I had one friend that let me hang around with her and her friends at school but I was never invited to anything outside of school. I never spoke to any else. I was never bullied and I never knew anyone that was. But I guess when no one talks to you, you really don’t know anything that’s going on in school.
I had nothing in common with my friend’s friends. They watched different shows, listened to different music, and way were more mature than I was.
