[Norahs]

Latley I feel like every one has a purpose but me. All my friends are perfect but me. I just hate my life so much. I was always treated like a dead fish every since I could remember. I never recieved priase from teachers from kids nor my parents. I just feel like the world would be better without me. I just got over my Eating Disorder and I am a little bit happy bout that but when I go to school it seems that I just get sadder. Oh never mind My life is perfect I mean getting made fun of and getting screamed by a teacher for no reason is a sign of good luck! Being beat up in every period is also fun to! Mine I love my life with alot of twist and turns! I am just like the other kids. Oh wait I forgot Im not...

[(JD)]

(((((((lukeyeats))))) Lucky! grrr I'm proud of you for working through your eating disorder. I'm glad you are not satisfied with your life, so you can work to change it. You won't always be in school. I would talk to the teacher after class and tell the teacher that when they talk that way you feel like they are yelling at you (even if they really are...this will put the ball back into their court to begin to act like an adult!) If they dismiss your feelings, then tell the principal...honestly and sincerely. Sure, maybe you don't do everything perfect (none of us do, btw) but that doesn't mean you should be yelled at!

Finding a purpose in life is life's goal, imo. You have time. Remember, even many famous scientists only had ONE thing that got them that fame, one contribution. I'm still waiting to make mine, but looking. Why not wait and look with me?

[Norahs]

I woud love to wait to look at you, beacuse your face looks like heaven.

[FaithisAlive]

Its hard to feel good about yourself when you never get the validation you need... I know... I excelled in music yet my parents never praised me or showed any pride...

I was teased in school too and now it doesn't matter in my life... I agree with Sky that you should show your maturity and talk to this teacher about giving you the respect you deserve.I am a mom.

I have a son who is 16 and once when he told me a teacher had ridiculed him in front of the class, instead of going to the school myself I told him he should politely tell her how it made him feel when she did that and that he didn't appreciate it and to ask her to not do it again.
Guess what? She respected him for coming to her like that and she never mistreated him again.

Maybe you will have to go above her to the principal.. maybe not. but I assure you that by standing up for yourself in this way you will gain a little confidence.

You must be quite the survivor to have overcome an eating disorder...to me that shows strength and courage most of those other kids at school have no concept of.Keep your sense of humor... it helps.

As for purpose. i dont'know how old you are but my son has no purpose except to enjoy being a teenager... he is all about having fun and living his life...he works enough to keep his car on the road .. and to pay his cell phone bill and he spends his spare time skateboarding or playing pool... hangin out with his friends...thats it.

He doesn't have a plan for career or college.. he can't even answer the question of what he wants to be when he gets out of school.I think some kids ( if truth be known about it) have the purpose their parents give thm.. they plan what their parents want for them.

Don't be so hard on yourself... nobody is perfect.. some can pretend they are.. which is what I tried to do... but there is no such thing...we all are human and as such make stupid mistakes and poor choices all throughout our lifetimes.

Be yourself.. that is enough. and one day it wil even feel like it is enough. Wishing you the best...Faith