I hate first impressions.

[ec437]

I'm frusterated with this. Let me explain who I was for the first 2 years of high school: you know that one kid who just never seems comfortable around his peers? The one who just always says awkward things cause he doesn't know how to carry himself? Yeah, that was me. But, over the last year, especially over this last summer, I have changed. ALOT. I am truly a new person. I came back to school this year with renewed self confidence, I'm no longer known as "the joke-killer" and even give some of the more popular people rides to off campus lunch... (woohoo, I know, we're stupid high schoolers ) but somehow, it just seems like no one is willing to forget who I was and just see me for who I am now. This is why I like meeting new people; they don't know me from before. Only from now... Anyways, I still have little social life involving friends from school, because it seems like they just don't know that I'm really not actually like I was before. I just don't get the respect that I deserve. Example: last night, I met and was hanging out with college girls 2 years older than me, even got a number or 2, but guess what? My friend from school refused to believe that I had gotten any numbers for any reasons other than them feeling sorry for me. Now trust me, I am an EXPERT on awkwardness , and last night, there was none. I don't know, maybe respect will come with time, maybe not. I'd like any advice you guys might want to offer, although I'm not exactly sure what it is I'm asking advice for. Thanks.

[zebrathree]

I had no respect for my first 2 years of HS. I beat a few people up though, and I was feared for those two years.

Then I became cool. So damn cool.

I am the essence of cool. Like Shaft cool.

[Suislide]

holy shit ex472

that is hexactl yrhe same way i am now.
i anow
ama completely diffen person then was in grade 7-9. ut my friend seom before reused fo foreget who i WAS isntead of focusin on who i AM.

so now i make nte freidns who know me ONLY as whot i AM, cause they didn'w knoe me before.

[ec437]

is suislide drunk or typing on a broken keyboard?

[Jimster]

Originally Posted by ec437

is suislide drunk or typing on a broken keyboard?

The former.


Which means he most likely loves me, just like every drunk AFer.

[xyfalconsrock]

i changed from being very low in self confidence from years 7-9.this year i changed heaps, and i have a g/f.

[ec437]

meh, I almost have a gf, its a long story... which I think I've told before... anyways...

[Mediocrity]

I was about the same way...

But I came back with so much confidence and personality that they forgot who I was and focused on who I became... I slaughtered people with my sharp wit when they shot off crap in class... by the end of highschool I was one of the few people respected by almost everybody. Even got an apology from a hot girl at the end of my senior year because she was a bitch to me... I miss high school...

[publicenemy137]

I'm glad high school is over... I was one of those guys who knew a lot of different people and groups, but never belonged to one of them. I'd hang out and talked to a bunch of ppl but never really was considered a part of the group.

[landyacht]

People build an impression of you in their mind and aren't willing to change because they're stupid.

Stupidity is the bottom line.

It doesn't matter what's going on around you or what other people think, because most of those people are Stupid.

Now not everyone is stupid, individuals are not stupid, but collectively people are stupid.

In regars to the 'friend' of yours who didn't believe you, well, what kind of friend is he that he can't take your word for face value? I think that speaks worlds of the people you associate with.

What you ought to do is stop trying to show everyone who you are and get them to understand, and just BE who are now and things will take their course. If they don't get it, who care? After high school you only see them every 10 years and by then EVERYONE has changed so nobody really cares anymore.

Hope that helps. I know what that was like. I said forget you to people and wnet off and did my own thing. I met better people, now have closer friends, and am happier.

Good Luck, God Bless.

[LT1 Kayker]

High Skool is gay. Im in my senior year right now, and ever since 8th grade middle skool the only thing I ever cared about was being "cool." But now I couldn't care less. In elementary skool I was the short, fat, squishy kid. In middle skool I had grew about a foot in half a year and got "THE PLAUGE" (pizza face). Then last summer before this year started It completely went away, and I started to not care about what people thought. I was teased super bad my whole skool experience (K-11), but now, my senior year, everyone thinks im like the coolest guy ever. I just be myself now, not care about what people say or what I say, i've always been really laid back, but now I am even more. My extreme fatness and then the giraffe mutant growth spurt and the pizza went away, with the fat and short to the really tall equalling out so im somewhat built now...Well anyways when Im talking to girls or just start talking to some guys or whatever, they seem to like me, or maybe even be glad im talking to them. Then they ask who I am, and once I tell them the 1/10 that remember my name from before are just shocked and didn't even notice it was me, and the other 9/10 just act like im a totally new person they never even met...I dunno I guess im just saying skool doesn't matter to be cool in. Just get the work done and make it through, then wait for the 10 year anniversary thing and show up. I guarentee you wont notice half the people there, and they wont notice you either. And I doubt ANYBODY would remember if you were cool or not back then, and even if they do wtf would they care.

Heres the rules to be cool in High Skool.
10. Smoke.
9. Wear clothes big enough for two of you.
8. Swear all the time, the N word should be your main weapon here.
7. Be really laid back, never get mad about anything.
6. Be loud and obnouxious when you have nothing to say.
5. Drive like a nut when skool gets out.
4. When you buy skool lunch, throw it all away cuz your too good for it.
3. Only assholes get the girls.
2. Walk like you own the place. (strut)
And the number one rule is...
The longer you are in high skool, the cooler you are. The 21 year old super super super senior is the coolest guy in my skool...lol.

Yeah anyways...im bored and forgot what I wrote kinda, so theres the rules, and i'll just say that skool is gay and who cares if your cool or how you act as long as you get through it. I know how to spell skool btw.

[Fully_Sick]

If people are giving you shit for your past, bash em up. You'd be surprised how many people will stop to talk shit after a nice beating...

Otherwise just bulk up and be yourself, HS girls are notorious for being shallow, so if your ugly[not sayin you are!] do something about it

yeah thats all the crap advice i gort

[ec437]

lol, yes I'm glad I'm a guy, 'cause its a helluva lot easier for the not-so-hot guy to get the smoking hot girl than it is for the not-so-hot girl to get the hot guy. Yes, being good-looking helps, but I've learned that with self confidence a guy can make up for anything (well... almost anything. I suppose there are those guys that couldn't make up for anything no matter how confident they are lol) he lacks in looks


but of course thats not to say I lack too terribly much in looks

[Tanner455]

well, my life (long story short)

For the last 11 years, I was quiet (still am) I never talk to no one not even teachers, for gym I always been chosen the last. Looking at people have fun and laughing together..(hurts to think about it) anyways, looking at these girls holding hands with their b/f in the hallways, (wished I could be them.) People always calling me names like (fag,moron,retard,4 eyes geek,etc...)

This is my last year of school (Senior year...yeah!) can't wait til it ends.

I don't have a g/f (wished I did) This year is going Ok so far, since I'm a Senior I don't care about the other students. So people do say hi but I know they are showing respect, but friends.

That's basically it for my life, so I should just take my past and put it in a box and kick it out the window. Thanks for your effort. I don't know when the next time I'll be online, I'll reply back soon as I can.

Thanks

[96Civ]

My Highschool years were a little odd. I never thought I was ever really cool, but since last year I discovered that most of the kids in the halls knew who I was by the stories that spread about me. (I.E. Blue hair, drove a dirtbike to school, took chances, major smart ass) Everyone knew who I was and I earned a major amount of respect by just being the person who I am because my junior and senior years were explosive for me and everyone else. I was always the quiet kid and I rarely got good grades at all.. but since last year I just emotionally blew up and let everything hang out. My style, my words, the truth about ME and everyone else.

One of the things I notice is most of the time, comments aimed at you are just to find your reaction at the moment and an attempt to expose you to the commenter and everyone who is watching. You can either make a funny remark (its OK to diss yourself if your trying to be funny.. its bold) or be serious and play the victim.

I never got into fights, never yelled at anyone (except with happiness) and treat everyone with the same respect they gave me.

I'm not cool.. I leave that question up to everyone else who knows me.

And the point is... I dont have to worry about it at all, and no one else should either.