[Mountaindewed]

I knew a kid in school. I was 15-16 at the time so he was 13-14 but he looked a lot smaller. He didn’t talk to anyone. Like when you’d ask him something he’d look at you and walk away. He’d sometimes talk to the teachers and was a good student and on honor roll. He’d have these behavior outbursts every once in awhile but basically he just ignored everyone even when they were talking directly to him

So I looked at his Facebook and he’s got a lot of racist stuff up. He has his own business. He owns a house. He doesn’t seem like the same teenager from before. So idk. Was he legit shy or was he just unhappy being at that school and thought he was better then everyone?

[unaluna]

He sounds like a reactionary. Like he was in his own little world.

[divine1966]

Some people want to be left alone. Nothing to do with being shy.

When my daughter (very much a social butterfly and opposite of shy) was in a middle school, she literally talked to no one. I had to put her into different high school out of the school district (very cookie cutter main streamed, not her crowd at all). That was a game changer

Racist stuff is not cool. Not sure what’s that about

[RoxanneToto]

It’s hard to say, to be honest. Could be many reasons.
In my case, I was shy but did try to make an effort, but eventually stopped because, even when asking innocuous questions, I often got looked at like I’d just sprouted a second head - yet, I also heard other kids saying they thought I was stuck up, because I rarely spoke! Vicious circle. I did end up wanting to be left alone too, anyway.
The racist stuff may or may not be anything to do with how he was as a teenager. My dad was racist and had a faux superiority complex, but wasn’t shy at all.