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Originally Posted by heyitsme7
Why didn't people like me in the past? sure i made fun of people. Who hasn't? So why was i being treated like the odd man out? why isn't equality emphasized? not cool.
Other kids could get away with it while I got suspended for a few words and for some pranks i played on others. Yeah, people did the same to me and my teachers could care less.
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We're apes, and you apparently smell funny to the rest of your pack.
Sorry, I'm a bit cynical at the moment.
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Yikes. Social skills and the old "give and take" are things that are very difficult to get a grasp on.
The more I have been reflecting on it all, the more I am thinking it is a random, luck of the draw, initial thing that happened and then spirals out of control.
For example. Say you were playing basketball at recess. You miss a shot and someone says, "Oh you blew it!". You hang your head. Then something during class happens and someone says "kinda like when Heyitsme blew it!" and 10 people laugh. The next day someone says "don't blow it this time". Pretty soon, you're name becomes synonomous with "blowing it".
This then starts to sink into your head. Your self esteem changes. People at school see that too. They begin to believe that they are better than you. You begin to believe it, too. In the end, nobody even really remembers how they decided that you were beneath them. They just think you are.
BUT NONE OF THAT IS TRUE. The simple fact is, you missed a shot at recess one day. So what?
People love "reasons" to believe they are better than others. Competition is ridiculous these days.
Kids like to attack vulnerability. So some kids get quiet and stay under the radar. Some kids do all of the attacking. And some kids get attacked the most. And when they do, even the quiet under the radar kids come out to join in the fun, because it keeps them from being on the bottom.
This is the nature of kids! The sad part is, if you play that game and get stuck at the bottom, the spiral never seems to let you up.
So here is my ultimate solution. Be nice to the lowest kid on the totem pole. Seek out the biggest outcast you can find and be his friend.
He needs a friend worse than you do. And then together, you'll find another friend. And another and another. And make a point to never hurt each other, or make fun of something that they are sensitive about. And make a point to defend someone that is being picked on. Love and kindness can overcome Alpha male crap. As long as you still have a captive audience like in school.
In adult life, it is harder, because the interactions are less frequent.
All of this is in my opinion. But I have issues too, so, yeah.
